Straight Ahead Animation Podcast
@straightaheadap.bsky.social
We spotlight rising Black, Indigenous, & People of Color who are the future voices of the animation industry!
From intern to Production Coordinator, Karolyn tells us about what crucial role Development plays in an animation company. We talk about how Fibromyalgia has affected her life and goals. She focuses her creativity towards creating illustrations for children's books.
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November 26, 2024 at 6:22 PM
From intern to Production Coordinator, Karolyn tells us about what crucial role Development plays in an animation company. We talk about how Fibromyalgia has affected her life and goals. She focuses her creativity towards creating illustrations for children's books.
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Harley Knife is a Cree artist who has been animating for over 11 years! He shares his experience with depression and grief, and how it has affected his work. His hope is to inspire Indigenous kids to explore careers in animation, development, and coding.
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November 26, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Harley Knife is a Cree artist who has been animating for over 11 years! He shares his experience with depression and grief, and how it has affected his work. His hope is to inspire Indigenous kids to explore careers in animation, development, and coding.
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Making his way to the ring we have Rajkamal Singh a Punjabi-American Character Designer who is currently working as a Storyboard Revisionist. How does something like this happen you might ask? Well tune in and find out how it all started by attend D23!
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July 23, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Making his way to the ring we have Rajkamal Singh a Punjabi-American Character Designer who is currently working as a Storyboard Revisionist. How does something like this happen you might ask? Well tune in and find out how it all started by attend D23!
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Maritza Louis is a Syilx & Secwépemc Character Modeler working in the animation industry! Maritza has experience that spans across Feature Animation, Game, VFX & Cinematics! With all this experience she has been using her knowledge to help mentor others!
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July 9, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Maritza Louis is a Syilx & Secwépemc Character Modeler working in the animation industry! Maritza has experience that spans across Feature Animation, Game, VFX & Cinematics! With all this experience she has been using her knowledge to help mentor others!
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This week, we are proud to spotlight the Superhero Project: an organization dedicated to empowering youth impacted by serious illnesses, disabilities, community trauma, and other complex mental health or medical need.
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June 26, 2024 at 1:55 PM
This week, we are proud to spotlight the Superhero Project: an organization dedicated to empowering youth impacted by serious illnesses, disabilities, community trauma, and other complex mental health or medical need.
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New episode w/ Ricardo Scioville a Latino character designer, story artist, & creator of Cazadores De Estrellas/Star Chasers. He shares his experience creating a pilot in collaboration w/ Cartoon Network Latin America, & the project's spontaneous creation.
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June 18, 2024 at 6:45 PM
New episode w/ Ricardo Scioville a Latino character designer, story artist, & creator of Cazadores De Estrellas/Star Chasers. He shares his experience creating a pilot in collaboration w/ Cartoon Network Latin America, & the project's spontaneous creation.
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From storyboarding to making their own comics, Chinook Cartoonist Quinne Larsen is telling their own stories! Tune is as we talk about their graphic novel with First Second Publishing and how that came about. Did we mention they're also in a band?
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June 11, 2024 at 8:48 PM
From storyboarding to making their own comics, Chinook Cartoonist Quinne Larsen is telling their own stories! Tune is as we talk about their graphic novel with First Second Publishing and how that came about. Did we mention they're also in a band?
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Humble and hungry, James imparts a wealth of knowledge from his career path from production to writer in animation. We also get to chat about his dissertation on the Evolution of the Disney Princess he wrote for his Master's of humanities.
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June 4, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Humble and hungry, James imparts a wealth of knowledge from his career path from production to writer in animation. We also get to chat about his dissertation on the Evolution of the Disney Princess he wrote for his Master's of humanities.
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Tune is as we talk to @Artisminerva a Colombian animator who is currently working at Powerhouse Studios. We also discover why her love for How To Train Your Dragon is the reason why she decided to study at Sheridan College!
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May 28, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Tune is as we talk to @Artisminerva a Colombian animator who is currently working at Powerhouse Studios. We also discover why her love for How To Train Your Dragon is the reason why she decided to study at Sheridan College!
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Tune in as we talk to Haruka Sato, a Japanese concept artist working in Japan. Learn about all the different jobs Haruka worked until she landed her Background Painter role on an anime feature film.
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May 21, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Tune in as we talk to Haruka Sato, a Japanese concept artist working in Japan. Learn about all the different jobs Haruka worked until she landed her Background Painter role on an anime feature film.
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Tune in as we talk to JohnTom Knight, a Cherokee Native writer working in animation. JohnTom mentions how the book We Had a Little Real Estate Problem, landed him his position as The Lore Keeper on Spirit Rangers!
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May 14, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Tune in as we talk to JohnTom Knight, a Cherokee Native writer working in animation. JohnTom mentions how the book We Had a Little Real Estate Problem, landed him his position as The Lore Keeper on Spirit Rangers!
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NEW EPISODE! Tune in as we talk to @kianamai.bsky.social, a Japanese/Jamaican artist working as a Director on Big City Greens at DTVA! We discuss her amazing rise from storyboard artist to director as well as her love for Team Rocket!
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May 7, 2024 at 5:44 PM
NEW EPISODE! Tune in as we talk to @kianamai.bsky.social, a Japanese/Jamaican artist working as a Director on Big City Greens at DTVA! We discuss her amazing rise from storyboard artist to director as well as her love for Team Rocket!
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BRAND NEW EPISODE BRAND NEW LOOK! Tune in and see what is new with Ray and Yuki in their animation journey. We also discuss the new schedule format of the podcast moving forward.
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April 30, 2024 at 10:25 PM
BRAND NEW EPISODE BRAND NEW LOOK! Tune in and see what is new with Ray and Yuki in their animation journey. We also discuss the new schedule format of the podcast moving forward.
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ONE MORE DAY UNTIL THE SEASON 4 KICKOFF!!! Tune back in tomorrow for a brand new episode!
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April 29, 2024 at 6:26 PM
ONE MORE DAY UNTIL THE SEASON 4 KICKOFF!!! Tune back in tomorrow for a brand new episode!
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2 Days LEFT UNTIL WE KICKOFF SEASON 4!
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April 28, 2024 at 7:00 PM
2 Days LEFT UNTIL WE KICKOFF SEASON 4!
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WE ARE STILL ALIVE! Season 4 will kickoff not only with a new look but with a brand new episode next week 04/30! Tune in to see what’s new this season of Straight Ahead Animation Podcast! Please be sure to like and follow to stay up to date with us! #animationpodcast
April 24, 2024 at 12:57 AM
WE ARE STILL ALIVE! Season 4 will kickoff not only with a new look but with a brand new episode next week 04/30! Tune in to see what’s new this season of Straight Ahead Animation Podcast! Please be sure to like and follow to stay up to date with us! #animationpodcast
For the final episode of Season 3, we decided to roll out a throwback! We hosted a roundtable discussion for @geekgirlcon.bsky.social 2021 called "My First Steps in the Animation Industry"! Listen to this unreleased time capsule featuring @licree.bsky.social!
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December 14, 2023 at 5:18 PM
For the final episode of Season 3, we decided to roll out a throwback! We hosted a roundtable discussion for @geekgirlcon.bsky.social 2021 called "My First Steps in the Animation Industry"! Listen to this unreleased time capsule featuring @licree.bsky.social!
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Native writer @kellylynnedang.bsky.social, kicks-off by telling the most insane story about how they got their first internship on Unsupervised! We chat about her career as a professional DND DM, Native visibility in everyday life, and her upcoming musical: Starry.
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November 29, 2023 at 6:43 PM
Native writer @kellylynnedang.bsky.social, kicks-off by telling the most insane story about how they got their first internship on Unsupervised! We chat about her career as a professional DND DM, Native visibility in everyday life, and her upcoming musical: Starry.
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Native writer @kellylynnedang.bsky.social, kicks-off by telling the most insane story about how they got their first internship on Unsupervised! We chat about her career as a professional DND DM, Native visibility in everyday life, and her upcoming musical: Starry.
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November 29, 2023 at 6:43 PM
Native writer @kellylynnedang.bsky.social, kicks-off by telling the most insane story about how they got their first internship on Unsupervised! We chat about her career as a professional DND DM, Native visibility in everyday life, and her upcoming musical: Starry.
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Nicolette is an Acoma Pueblo storyboard & game dev artist. We talk about her time on Puppy Dog Pals, how connecting to her roots helped feed into her experience on Spirit Rangers, and how she found the courage to get her ADHD and Depression professionally diagnosed.
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November 15, 2023 at 11:02 PM
Nicolette is an Acoma Pueblo storyboard & game dev artist. We talk about her time on Puppy Dog Pals, how connecting to her roots helped feed into her experience on Spirit Rangers, and how she found the courage to get her ADHD and Depression professionally diagnosed.
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Nicolette is an Acoma Pueblo storyboard & game dev artist. We talk about her time on Puppy Dog Pals, how connecting to her roots helped feed into her experience on Spirit Rangers, and how she found the courage to get her ADHD and Depression professionally diagnosed.
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November 15, 2023 at 11:02 PM
Nicolette is an Acoma Pueblo storyboard & game dev artist. We talk about her time on Puppy Dog Pals, how connecting to her roots helped feed into her experience on Spirit Rangers, and how she found the courage to get her ADHD and Depression professionally diagnosed.
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Thrilled to share this fun podcast episode I did with @straightaheadap.bsky.social ! Ray and Yuki are awesome hosts and if you like staying up to date on who's who in animation, their podcast is a must!
We chat with writer and magician @angelamsanchez.bsky.social about their work on Primos; Scruffy and the Egg, their children's book that draws from the times she and her dad were homeless; and how she didn't even know writing for television was a career one could have!
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October 3, 2023 at 5:48 PM
Thrilled to share this fun podcast episode I did with @straightaheadap.bsky.social ! Ray and Yuki are awesome hosts and if you like staying up to date on who's who in animation, their podcast is a must!
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I was also on this week's @straightaheadap.bsky.social ! Straight Ahead Animation is a dope podcast that spotlights rising BIPOC voices that are breaking into animation and it was so cool to chat with them about comedy and cartoons! Check them out wherever you listen to podcasts.
November 8, 2023 at 8:03 PM
I was also on this week's @straightaheadap.bsky.social ! Straight Ahead Animation is a dope podcast that spotlights rising BIPOC voices that are breaking into animation and it was so cool to chat with them about comedy and cartoons! Check them out wherever you listen to podcasts.
We chat with writer and magician @angelamsanchez.bsky.social about their work on Primos; Scruffy and the Egg, their children's book that draws from the times she and her dad were homeless; and how she didn't even know writing for television was a career one could have!
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October 3, 2023 at 5:38 PM
We chat with writer and magician @angelamsanchez.bsky.social about their work on Primos; Scruffy and the Egg, their children's book that draws from the times she and her dad were homeless; and how she didn't even know writing for television was a career one could have!
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Jose Hernandez is an El Salvadorean-American freelance artist for Visual Development. We chat about the reality of getting through dry periods in the industry, and also about his time on The Casa Grandes which sprouts a conversation about culture as a Hispanic-American.
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September 26, 2023 at 5:36 PM
Jose Hernandez is an El Salvadorean-American freelance artist for Visual Development. We chat about the reality of getting through dry periods in the industry, and also about his time on The Casa Grandes which sprouts a conversation about culture as a Hispanic-American.
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