Check out Terry Ibele’s Animation Industry Podcast, featuring a new podcast every week focusing on the stories of today’s animation professionals – how they got to where they are and what they learned along the way. Now home to 190 episodes, the podcasts cover all areas of the industry, including storyboarding, writing, animating, directing, visual development, and game design.
Guests have included Aaron Augenblick, the notorious JJ Villard, Spike & Mike’s Spike Decker, Disney Director John Musker, Sony Lead Animator Humberto Rosa, Cuphead’s Tina Nowracki, Frederator’s Fred Seibert, Tumble Leaf’s Scarlet Nelson, and many others from major animation studios all over the world.
The last AIP podcast for 2022 – Episode 190: Laura Gonçalves’ Journey to create the Garbage Man
This episode features Portugal-based 2D animator Laura Gonçalves, known for the animated films Drop by Drop, Three Weeks in December, and most recently, The Garbage Man. In this chat, Gonçalves shares how she worked with the BAP Animation Studio collective to produce her film, including funding, and how she created her unique storytelling style.
Tune in to Ibele and Gonçalves to hear:
- What career options in the field of animation exist in Portugal
- Gonçalves shares the process she uses to produce her unique style of animation
- A look behind the scenes of working in an artist collective
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Ibele, himself a stop-motion animator (see AWN’s Fresh Takes piece on his whimsical short, The Silly Duck Wizard, deftly digs into all manner of topics, encouraging interviewees to share insights and opinions on a wide range of topics like pitching shows, marketing your work online, key skills studios look for when they bring on talent in storyboarding, vizdev, character design, and animation.
In 2018, Ibele, who lives in Toronto, decided to quit his career as a Marketer and pursue his love for animation. Since then, he’s become well known for his viral animation productions, which include the previously mentioned Silly Duck Wizard, which is how AWN first came to know him and his work.
Learn more about Ibele’s work and podcast by visiting terryibele.com. You can find all The Animation Podcast episodes on his Soundcloud site: https://soundcloud.com/animation-podcast.
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
