In This ArtCast: John Bermudes was a successful effects animator for hand-drawn feature films including The Iron Giant before pursuing his current creative calling as a Pre-Visualization Supervisor at Disney. John and I discuss all aspects of his career, the blending of the artistic and the technical during the making of an animated film and he shares some […]
Interview with Thomas James of Escape From Illustration Island :: ArtCast #29
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/oatley/029_ArtistsWebThomasJames.mp3 [ download the mp3 ] IN THIS EPISODE :: The future has arrived, for better or worse. Artists and storytellers are facing a fundamental redefinition of their craft, not to mention a fundamental redefinition of themselves. The industries that have traditionally supported, distributed and promoted those crafts have proved less resilient than we once […]
Demystifying The Good Idea :: ArtCast #28
In This ArtCast :: I share a revolutionary philosophy that “ideas are a dime-a-dozen” …and that’s a wonderful thing. I explain how we can unlock ourselves from the paralyzing fear of idea-theft and unhealthy obsession over our ‘one good idea’ by accepting two truths. 1.) Our ideas are not as precious as we think and […]
Interview with Christophe Vacher :: Art Director for ‘Transformers: Prime’ & Tim Burton’s ‘9’ :: ArtCast #27
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/oatley/027_ChristopheVacher.mp3 [ download the mp3 ] IN THIS EPISODE :: Christophe Vacher’s Art Direction on Shane Acker’s ‘9’ (produced by Tim Burton) was a driving force in what was destined to be a visual breakthrough for mainstream american animation. In this very personal interview, Christophe tells the story of his art life. He gives some […]
Alien Janitor: Process Video (part 2) :: ArtCast #23
Click Here to watch Part One of this series. This video was recorded in August of 2009. The ‘News’ announcements are outdated. The quality of the art, the video and the audio aren’t as strong as my more recent but I believe that the content is still worthwhile. In This Video :: In the second […]
