Life is like a hurricane…especially if you just got out of school, and you’re trying to break into animation. Bre and Way sit in the virtual booth with Umaimah Damakka, Li Cree, and Shosh Joseph, three awesome animation artist that are early in their…
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Hi Animation Fam! Summer is just around the corner, and you know what that means…. GRADUATION SEASON! Bre and Way sit in the virtual booth with Umaimah Damakka, Li Cree, and Shosh Joseph, three awesome animation artist that are early in their careers. We…
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09 Hey Animation Fam, In this episode of the podcast Bre and Way have a virtual sit down with Lynne Southerland. Lynne has worked in animation for 20+ years as a producer, editor, and director. She co-directed Mulan II: The Final War, produced the HBO animated series Happily…
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Hey Animation Fam, In this episode of the podcast Bre and Way have a virtual sit down with Charles T Jones, Animatic Editor at Disney Television Animation. We talk Charles’ journey into animation, jumping from live-action editing to animatic editing, and color editing, and how…
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Hey howdy hey folks, On this BW episode of the podcast Bre and Way chat with David Steward II and Carl Reed of Lion Forge Animation. You may know Lion Forge as being part of the team behind the Oscar-Winning animated short film “Hair Love”!…
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Hey Animation Fam! In this episode Bre and Way sit down with Deborah Anderson aka BlkWmnAnimator. We discuss Deborah’s Animation journey which takes her from Seoul, South Korea to New Orleans, Lousiana. She also talks about her inspiration for creating the BlkWmnAnimator Youtube Channel. You…
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You ever feel like…. a man stuck in a cat’s body? No? Well spoilers…that’s what you get with Pixar’s Soul! Welcome back to Season 04 of the Black N Animated Podcast. As you may have guessed this episode Bre and Way talk about Pixar’s Soul,…
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Swing Looooow Sweeet Chariot…Coming forth to carry me…..to the end of Season 3 of the Black N Animated podcast! Thats right. Here is the Season 3 Finale! Bre and Way are joined by Lorraine Grate, Nilah Magruder, Neil Wade and Lauren Andrews, staff of Black…
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Hello Hello Hello! In this episode of the podcast Bre and Way sit in the virtual room with Tara Nicole Whitaker! We discuss Tara’s journey: graduating from CalArts, working as a prop designer and character designer on a myriad of shows, all the way to…
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Trails of fire You always knew They would carry me home They’d lead me to you!! Welcome to another episode of the Black N Animated Podcast! And it wouldn’t be a season of the Black N Animated Podcast if we didn’t talk Anime for an episode.…
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