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Where we celebrate women and non-binary folk working in animation, and explore representation behind the scenes and on the screen.
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Wednesday May 22, 2024
Wednesday May 22, 2024
Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it!
Hosted by Kira Rodrigues
Today’s guest is character designer and visual development artist, Aroona Khiani!
After getting a start in Sheridan College's Animation program, she graduated with honours and went on to work for companies like Titmouse, House of Cool, Wild Brain, and others.
Find Aroona online.
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This podcast is produced in partnership with Women in Animation
womeninanimation.org
"Today, women hold only 20% of the creative roles in animation. WIA wants to make it 50/50 by 2025!"
Please also check out other great organizations promoting diversity in the industry: Black n’ Animated, Rise Up Animation, LatinX in Animation, Asian Queens in Animation, Asians in Animation, and Diverse Toons.
Ink and Paint Folk on Social Media:
Twitter: @InkandPaintFolk - Instagram: @inkandpaintfolk
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it!
Hosted by Cassie Soliday.
Today’s guest is author-illustrator Nilah Magruder!
Making her living with both art and words, Nilah created M.F.K, a middle-grade graphic novel based on her webcomic, and winner of the Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity and a picture book called How to Find a Fox. Her writing has appeared in anthologies as well as in projects for Disney-Hyperion, Scholastic, Penguin, and Marvel Comics- one comic of which starred Tippy Toe, Squirrel Girl’s animal sidekick- loved it so much! Also, Nilah created Spider-byte, Margo Kess, for the Spiderverse!
Needless to say, we have tons to talk about! From working in animation storyboards to transitioning into publishing.
Find Nilah online.
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This podcast is produced in partnership with Women in Animation
womeninanimation.org
"Today, women hold only 20% of the creative roles in animation. WIA wants to make it 50/50 by 2025!"
Please also check out other great organizations promoting diversity in the industry: Black n’ Animated, Rise Up Animation, LatinX in Animation, Asian Queens in Animation, Asians in Animation, and Diverse Toons.
Ink and Paint Folk on Social Media:
Twitter: @InkandPaintFolk - Instagram: @inkandpaintfolk
Friday Feb 02, 2024
Friday Feb 02, 2024
Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it!
Hosted by Cassie Soliday.
Today’s episode, we’re talking all about Peacock’s first adult animated original series, In The Know- a fun satirical NPR romp.
Lauren Caspian is NPR’s third most popular host. He’s a well-meaning, hypocritical nimrod, just like you and me. He’s also a stop motion puppet. Each episode follows the making of an episode of Lauren’s show In the Know, in which Lauren conducts in-depth interviews with real world human guests. Lauren collaborates with a diverse crew of NPR staff. They are also puppets and nimrods.
Joining me to talk about it is stop motion animator, Savannah Steiner and Set Dresser KC Englander!
A little about these amazing artists:
KC Englander is a stop motion set dresser and fabricator, sculptor and installation artist. They are a visual creative with deep film experience spanning 15 years. From PBS to Laika’s Boxtrolls, Kubo, and Missing Link, to Shadow Machine/Netflix and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, and more, KC knows how to build worlds by hand and collaborate compassionately with fellow makers.
Savannah Steiner is a stop motion animator whose work you’ve seen on many stop motion productions including Guillermo’s Pinocchio, the recent Chicken Run sequel: Dawn of the Nugget, Tumble Leaf, Tiny Chef Show, and more. She even directed Barbie’s first ever stop motion animated mini series for Mattel.
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This podcast is produced in partnership with Women in Animation
womeninanimation.org
"Today, women hold only 20% of the creative roles in animation. WIA wants to make it 50/50 by 2025!"
Please also check out other great organizations promoting diversity in the industry: Black n’ Animated, Rise Up Animation, LatinX in Animation, Asian Queens in Animation, Asians in Animation, and Diverse Toons.
Ink and Paint Folk on Social Media:
Twitter: @InkandPaintFolk - Instagram: @inkandpaintfolk
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it!
Hosted by Cassie Soliday.
Today’s guest is director, storyboard artist, and creator, Samantha Gray.
Sam has worked predominantly on acclaimed adult shows such as Rick and Morty, BoJack Horseman, Big Mouth, Tuca and Bertie, and more. She also hosts the podcast, Tired and Thriving! Listen about her animated journey, how she started at a small studio working in various roles, and how she decided what kind of supervisor she was going to be- one that leads with kindness!
Find Samantha online.
Listen to Tired and Thriving!
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This podcast is produced in partnership with Women in Animation
womeninanimation.org
"Today, women hold only 20% of the creative roles in animation. WIA wants to make it 50/50 by 2025!"
Please also check out other great organizations promoting diversity in the industry: Black n’ Animated, Rise Up Animation, LatinX in Animation, Asian Queens in Animation, Asians in Animation, and Diverse Toons.
Ink and Paint Folk on Social Media:
Twitter: @InkandPaintFolk - Instagram: @inkandpaintfolk
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it!
Hosted by Cassie Soliday.
Today’s guest is art director and activist, Andy Garner-Flexner!
Andy (He/They) was the art director at Disney TV Animation on The Owl House and has been a color designer, background painter, and character designer around the animation industry. Having gotten their start in production as an intern, then coordinator, Andy uses skills he developed there even now as an art director. Today, they talk about making the leap from production to color design, the leap into art directing, how the Queer Trans committee began at the Animation Guild and how it's led to a discord channel that nurtures a whole LGBTQIA+ community that spans many creative industries and is 1828 members strong, 245 which are union members.
Find Andy online.
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This podcast is produced in partnership with Women in Animation
womeninanimation.org
"Today, women hold only 20% of the creative roles in animation. WIA wants to make it 50/50 by 2025!"
Please also check out other great organizations promoting diversity in the industry: Black n’ Animated, Rise Up Animation, LatinX in Animation, Asian Queens in Animation, Asians in Animation, and Diverse Toons.
Ink and Paint Folk on Social Media:
Twitter: @InkandPaintFolk - Instagram: @inkandpaintfolk
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it!
Hosted by Cassie Soliday.
Today’s guest is storyboard artist and director, Brianne Drouhard!
Brianne is an artist mainly working in the animation industry. She has contributed character designs, storyboards and directing for Cartoon Network, Marvel, Sony, Disney, Warner Bros. Animation, and Nickelodeon.
She directed, designed, and produced the “Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld” shorts for Warner Bros. Animation.
Brianne is also the creator of the webcomic "Harpy Gee," showcasing a brave elf's adventures in a small town full of secrets, new friends, and misunderstood monsters; which can also be viewed in an animated pilot online that Brianne also directed.
Find Brianne online.
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This podcast is produced in partnership with Women in Animation
womeninanimation.org
"Today, women hold only 20% of the creative roles in animation. WIA wants to make it 50/50 by 2025!"
Please also check out other great organizations promoting diversity in the industry: Black n’ Animated, Rise Up Animation, LatinX in Animation, Asian Queens in Animation, Asians in Animation, and Diverse Toons.
Ink and Paint Folk on Social Media:
Twitter: @InkandPaintFolk - Instagram: @inkandpaintfolk
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it!
Hosted by Cassie Soliday.
Today’s guest is storyboard artist and director, Brianne Drouhard!
Brianne is an artist mainly working in the animation industry. She has contributed character designs, storyboards and directing for Cartoon Network, Marvel, Sony, Disney, Warner Bros. Animation, and Nickelodeon.
She directed, designed, and produced the “Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld” shorts for Warner Bros. Animation.
Brianne is also the creator of the webcomic "Harpy Gee," showcasing a brave elf's adventures in a small town full of secrets, new friends, and misunderstood monsters; which can also be viewed in an animated pilot online that Brianne also directed.
Find Brianne online.
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This podcast is produced in partnership with Women in Animation
womeninanimation.org
"Today, women hold only 20% of the creative roles in animation. WIA wants to make it 50/50 by 2025!"
Please also check out other great organizations promoting diversity in the industry: Black n’ Animated, Rise Up Animation, LatinX in Animation, Asian Queens in Animation, Asians in Animation, and Diverse Toons.
Ink and Paint Folk on Social Media:
Twitter: @InkandPaintFolk - Instagram: @inkandpaintfolk
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it!
Hosted by Cassie Soliday.
Today’s guest is stop motion animator and filmmaker, Fu Yang!
Fu is a Taiwanese filmmaker. Stop-motion is her forte. She creates award-winning animated shorts both on her personal and collaborative projects.
She brings unique handmade design and combines stop motion, traditional animation and motion graphics in her projects. She draws-- for opening up communications, finding connections with people, and revealing her thoughts on subjects that matter to her. In 2022, she reestablished an animation studio with her husband in St. Louis, MO, and works from filmmaking to teaching.
Fu interviews directors about their personal projects, tips and production processes on Nice Shorts.
Find Fu online.
Learn more about her short film, Fortune Cookie.
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This podcast is produced in partnership with Women in Animation
womeninanimation.org
"Today, women hold only 20% of the creative roles in animation. WIA wants to make it 50/50 by 2025!"
Please also check out other great organizations promoting diversity in the industry: Black n’ Animated, Rise Up Animation, LatinX in Animation, Asian Queens in Animation, Asians in Animation, and Diverse Toons.
Ink and Paint Folk on Social Media:
Twitter: @InkandPaintFolk - Instagram: @inkandpaintfolk
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it!
Hosted by Cassie Soliday.
This week is all about the filmmakers behind the film, Titina.
Today’s guest is director, Kajsa Næss!
Based on the thrilling story of polar explorer Roald Amundson and Italian engineer Umberto Nobile, Titina tells a true-ish story of glory and defeat, seen through the eyes of the street dog that became the world’s first four-legged celebrity who traveled to the North Pole in a Zepplin.
The film is hand-drawn in 2D, interspersed with real-life footage, and produced in Norway and Belgium.
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This podcast is produced in partnership with Women in Animation
womeninanimation.org
"Today, women hold only 20% of the creative roles in animation. WIA wants to make it 50/50 by 2025!"
Please also check out other great organizations promoting diversity in the industry: Black n’ Animated, Rise Up Animation, LatinX in Animation, Asian Queens in Animation, Asians in Animation, and Diverse Toons.
Ink and Paint Folk on Social Media:
Twitter: @InkandPaintFolk - Instagram: @inkandpaintfolk
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it!
Hosted by Cassie Soliday.
This week is all about the filmmakers behind the film, Titina.
Today’s guest is producer, Tonje Skar Reiersen!
Based on the thrilling story of polar explorer Roald Amundson and Italian engineer Umberto Nobile, Titina tells a true-ish story of glory and defeat, seen through the eyes of the street dog that became the world’s first four-legged celebrity who traveled to the North Pole in a Zepplin.
The film is hand-drawn in 2D, interspersed with real-life footage, and produced in Norway and Belgium.
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This podcast is produced in partnership with Women in Animation
womeninanimation.org
"Today, women hold only 20% of the creative roles in animation. WIA wants to make it 50/50 by 2025!"
Please also check out other great organizations promoting diversity in the industry: Black n’ Animated, Rise Up Animation, LatinX in Animation, Asian Queens in Animation, Asians in Animation, and Diverse Toons.
Ink and Paint Folk on Social Media:
Twitter: @InkandPaintFolk - Instagram: @inkandpaintfolk