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Interview With Sarah Marino: Visual Development Artist For Nickelodeon & Reel FX (Part 2) :: ArtCast #77

By Chris Oatley

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In part one of this interview, Sarah Marino told the story of the struggle to find her calling as a professional artist and how she got her first animation job – not in the art department – but as a production assistant.

In this episode Sarah talks about her success in both animation and kidlit, her new gig as a background painter and VisDev artist at Nickelodeon, her new course at The Oatley Academy and how a single post-it-note doodle changed her life forever…

Listen To The Interview With Sarah Marino:

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Read the transcript for this episode here.

Episode Highlights:

  • What it’s really like to work as a concept artist on an animated production.
  • How Sarah found her illustration agent.
  • How to create production-ready concept art that will make most modelers and texture artists love you.
  • Behind the scenes of The Book of Life and how Sarah got her new gig at Nickelodeon.
  • Why we don’t hate our old artwork.

Do You Need An Art Mentor?

Interested in applying for Sarah’s new course at The Oatley Academy?

 

When I started brainstorming my “dream team” for The Oatley Academy, Sarah Marino was the first person who came to mind.

Sarah is a fantastic artist, an evocative storyteller and an inspirational teacher.

Last year at CTN-X, Sarah was coaching aspiring and pre-professional artists at The Oatley Academy booth. During – literally – every one of her portfolio reviews, she got right to the heart of a each person’s struggle and offered specific, inspiring, actionable feedback. One student after another walked away looking inspired, confident and prepared to level-up.

If you’re interested in applying for Sarah’s new course, please click here to join the notification list.

You will receive an alert when Sarah begins accepting auditions.

Watch The Book Of Life Trailer:

Connect With Sarah Marino:

Follow Sarah on Twitter

Sarah’s Portfolio

Follow Sarah on Tumblr

Learn More:

The Rising Stars Of Animation

Interview With Pascal Campion

Animation Jobs Go Fast

Jorge Gutierrez deviantArt

Jorge Gutierrez’s Blog

CTN-X

The Magic Box

The Breakthrough:

This week’s Breakthrough Story comes from Jim Mehsling.

Check out Jim’s Kickstarter, his work at cartooncaveman.blogspot.com, and watch him on deviantArt.

Please consider sharing your own Breakthrough Story for The ArtCast.

Questions?

Do you have any questions about The Magic Box Mentor Sessions or a response to anything in this podcast episode?

Share your thoughts in the comments below…

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