A series of interviews with animators of all mediums about the short films they make as they share tips and peeks into their processes.

Nice Shorts
Claim This Podcastby Fu Yang and Johnny Knittle
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A series of interviews with animators of all mediums about the short films they make as they share tips and peeks into their processes.
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10/28/2021
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Recent Episodes

January 14, 2025
022: Dave Joly - creator of Midnight Snack
<p><strong>Dave Joly!</strong></p> <p>Dave is an illustrator and animator working in 2D and 3D and has been at the forefront of animation technology since its earliest days at Atari! For the last 30+ years Dave has been teaching university students how to create their own works of art!</p> <p>Find Dave at:</p> <ul> <li>Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dave.joly</li> <li>YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/davejoly</li> <li>LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/davejoly</li> <li>Behance - https://www.behance.net/DaveJoly?locale=en_US</li> <p><br></p> </ul> <p>Show Notes</p> <ul> <li>Atari - https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/dave_joly/interview_dave_joly.html</li> <li>ET game - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T.the_Extra-Terrestrial(video_game)</li> <li>Eadweard Muybridge - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadweard_Muybridge</li> <li>Bryce 3D</li> <li>Show Your Work by Austin Kleon</li> <li>Animation Wild Card - https://animationwildcard.com</li> <li>Blender - https://www.blender.org/</li> <li>CG Boost blender course - https://www.cgboost.com</li> <li>Chuck Jones - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Jones</li> <li>Annie Joly - https://www.anniejoly.com/about</li> <li>Kevin Parry - https://kevinparry.tv/en/learnfromkevin</li> <li>MoHo - https://moho.lostmarble.com</li> <li>Camera - Nikon d5500</li> <li>Dave’s Money 101 - https://bit.ly/Money101update_davejoly</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p>Nice Shorts is…</p> <p><strong>Fu Yang</strong></p> <p>https://fuyang.wixsite.com/fuyang/about</p> <p>https://www.instagram.com/cuckoostuff/ </p> <p>@cuckoostuff</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Johnny Knittle</strong></p> <p>https://johnnyrk.com/</p> <p>https://www.instagram.com/johnnyrk/ </p> <p>@johnnyrk</p> <p><br></p>

December 27, 2024
021: Stefie Gan - Creator of Joss Lotuses to Grandma
<p>Stefie Gan studied architecture at Barnard College, Columbia University, and drew from her expertise in spatial awareness as she used environmental metaphors in her films. As an MFA graduate at the University of Southern California, Stefie has experience working with researchers and scientists at the USC Wrigley Institute of Environmental Studies where she made an animated video depicting Life at the Rocky Intertidal Zone and the importance of plankton to marine life. Her award-winning film, Plastic Ecosystem, using found plastic objects to address the issue of climate change, received second place at the Oscar-qualifying Odense Film Festival. Her work addressing Asian Hate during COVID was also featured by the Getty Museum. Stefie has made an animated holiday video for Barnard, a reading campaign for Scholastic, colored frames for Oscar nominee Bill Plympton’s latest feature film Revengeance, worked on a Curious George documentary, and drew and animated for the Dow Jones Media Group, home of the Wall Street Journal. Stefie is the first in her family to go to college, and it’s important to her to bring her cultural heritage to her drawings and films.</p>

December 13, 2023
020: Lindsay Berkebile (Pt. II) - Adult Swim Stop-Motion Bumper
<p>Today we have more with Lindsay Berkebile!!!! Lindsay is an LA and Portland based Stop-Motion Animator and Director working in tv, ads, and films. You may have seen some of her amazing work in Wendell & Wild, I’m a Virgo, Robot Chicken, Crossing Swords, or many other super awesome projects. Today we talk to Lindsay about how she created an incredible stop-motion vomiting mandible bumper for Adult Swim!</p> <p>Visit the links below to watch her finished Maya and the Three and Centaurworld animations!</p> <h2>Watch the Adult Swim bumper</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://vimeo.com/824844825">Skin of my Teeth Adult Swim bumper</a></li> </ul> <h2>Follow Lindsay</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/10secondday/">Instagram</a>: @10secondday</li> <li><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@10secondday?lang=en">TikTok</a>: @10secondday</li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/10secondday?lang=en">twitter/x</a>: @10secondday</li> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3126621/">IMDb</a>: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3126621/</li> <li><a href="https://vimeo.com/lindsayfatal">Vimeo</a>: lindsayfatal</li> </ul> <h2>Shout Outs</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/yungshum">Sam Shumway</a>: @yungshum</li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/beercanfan">Jake Hauswirth</a>: @beercanfan</li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/urrcanarf">Aarica North</a>: @urrcanarf</li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tinyangrydog.animation">James Morr</a>: @tinyangrydog.animation</li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/3doug">Doug Cummings</a>: @3doug</li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/opentheportal/?hl=en">Open the Portal</a>: @opentheportal</li> </ul> <h2>Nice Shorts is...</h2> <h3>Fu Yang</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://fuyang.wixsite.com/fuyang/about">https://fuyang.wixsite.com/fuyang/about</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/cuckoostuff/">https://www.instagram.com/cuckoostuff/</a> @cuckoostuff</li> </ul> <h3>Johnny Knittle</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://johnnyrk.com/">https://johnnyrk.com/</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/johnnyrk/">https://www.instagram.com/johnnyrk/</a> @johnnyrk</li> </ul>
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