The Ink and Paint Folk Podcast

I&PG- 064, Lisa Dosson, Co-Founder of Model Drawing Collective & Commercial Storyboard Artist (part 2)

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Girls podcast where we celebrate women working in animation and explore representation behind the scenes and on the screen.

This is part 2 of our interview with Lisa Dosson.

She is a commercial storyboard artist who has worked on promotions for Disney’s Moana, Rapunzel, Pixar’s Coco, and Finding Dory among many live action commercials selling things like the Facebook watch. She’s boarded and animated on music videos like “Walk Over Me” for the All-American Rejects. She is also the co-founder and manager of the Model Drawing Collective, which is one of the best open figure drawing workshops in LA- having sessions at Titmouse Animation Studios, the Animation Guild, Nickelodeon, and more. 

 

Lisa Dosson links:
http://lisadosson.blogspot.com
https://www.instagram.com/lisadosson/

Model Drawing Collective:
https://www.facebook.com/ModelDrawingCollective/

 

Bre's Twitter:
@breanimator

Check out Bre's podcast Black n' Animated on Twitter:
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I&PG- 063, Lisa Dosson, Co-Founder of Model Drawing Collective & Commercial Storyboard Artist (part 1)

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Girls podcast where we celebrate women working in animation and explore representation behind the scenes and on the screen.

Lisa Dosson is a commercial storyboard artist who has worked on promotions for Disney’s Moana, Rapunzel, Pixar’s Coco, and Finding Dory among many live action commercials selling things like the Facebook watch. She’s boarded and animated on music videos like “Walk Over Me” for the All-American Rejects. She is also the co-founder and manager of the Model Drawing Collective, which is one of the best open figure drawing workshops in LA- having sessions at Titmouse Animation Studios, the Animation Guild, Nickelodeon, and more. Lisa is passionate about storytelling, figure drawing, and community-- which you’ll soon find out how deeply that runs! This is a two part interview with the first half focusing on how her dark days after college, new to LA, lead to a path where she co-created the Model Drawing Collective and how knowing the foundations will only help you on your artistic journey!

Lisa Dosson links:
http://lisadosson.blogspot.com
https://www.instagram.com/lisadosson/

Model Drawing Collective:
https://www.facebook.com/ModelDrawingCollective/

 

Bre's Twitter:
@breanimator

Check out Bre's podcast Black n' Animated on Twitter:
@BlackNAnimated

 

Ink and Paint Girls on Social Media:
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@InkNPaintGirls

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I&PG- 062, Color is Design with Ashley Fisher & Jessica Yost

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Girls podcast where we celebrate women working in animation and explore representation behind the scenes and on the screen.

In the design department of most 2D animated productions, you’ll find character designers, prop designers, background designers and painters, then finally, color stylists. If they are all in the same department, then why isn’t color styling classified under the “Animation section of the guild contract and why do they get paid less? That’s right, Color Stylist is found under the “Ink and Paint” section of the contract and has lower pay. An outdated section created back in the early days of traditional hand-drawn animation.

So what’s to be done? A sub-committee of Color Stylists within The Animation Guild are out in search of support to make a positive change for themselves and future color stylists. You may have seen their petition floating around, but not quite know what its all about. Well, you’re about to find out! Color Stylists, Ashley Fisher and Jessica Yost stop by the show to discuss!

#colorisdesign #ReelEquity #iasolidarity #iatse839 #tag839

Sign the petition! http://www.bit.ly/colorisdesign

 

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I&PG- 061, Monica Davila, Storyboard Artist

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Girls podcast where we celebrate women working in animation and explore representation behind the scenes and on the screen.

Thoughtful and intentional in her ways, Monica Davila shares with us her path from studying political science in college to being a production assistant to soon thereafter storyboarding for TV animation on shows like Shimmer and Shine, Big Hero 6 The Series, and The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. Of course, this is the short version! Listen in to the long version as Monica breaks down her process for finding work, getting work, keeping work, and all the nitty-gritty details of her storyboarding process.

 

Monica’s website:
http://theartofmonicadavila.tumblr.com

 

Bre's Twitter:
@breanimator

Check out Bre's podcast Black n' Animated on Twitter:
@BlackNAnimated

 

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I&PG- 060, The Colorful #Herstory of Mary Blair

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Girls podcast where we celebrate women working in animation and explore representation behind the scenes and on the screen.

Do you love the color styling of Disney classic animated films like Peter Pan, The Three Caballeros, or Alice in Wonderland?

Do you love the designs and color of the It’s a Small World ride at Disneyland? 

Or maybe you’ve seen her beautiful illustrations in adorable childrens books like “I Can Fly.”

Indeed, today, we fly back through history in celebration of MARY BLAIR!

Hosted by Rebecca Nelson and Cassie Soliday.

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The episode artwork of Mary Blair was drawn by Cassie Soliday, and painted by the wonderful artist and previous podcast guest, Joyce K. Lee.

http://www.joyceklee.com

http://www.casassy.com

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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RESOURCES USED

Books:

Canemaker, John (2003), The Art and Flair of Mary Blair: An Appreciation, Disney Press

Canemaker, John (2014), Magic Color Flair: The World of Mary Blair, Walt Disney Foundation Press

Johnson, Mindy; Foray, June (2017). Ink & paint : the women of Walt Disney's animation. Disney Editions.

Blair, Mary; Krauss, Ruth (1992) [1951], I Can Fly, Little Golden Books, Simon & Schuster

Documentary:

“Walt and El Grupo”

Art Exhibit:

“MAGIC, COLOR, FLAIR: the world of MARY BLAIR”

http://www.waltdisney.org

Websites:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_credits

http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/more-on-mary-blair-ceramic-mural-1965/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Blair

http://magicofmaryblair.com/about-mary.htm

https://d23.com/walt-disney-legend/mary-blair/

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/22/the-world-of-mary-blair_n_5003658.html

http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2010/01/walt-disney-in-rio-de-janeiro-circa.html

I&PG- 059, Ellen Woodbury, Veteran Animator & Stone Sculptor

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Girls podcast where we celebrate women working in animation and explore representation behind the scenes and on the screen.

Veteran animator, Ellen Woodbury, traded in her pencils for saw blades and carving tools and moved to Colorado. Although she left her animation desk behind in California, it’s clear that she kept all of the lessons she gained in her 20+ years at Disney Animation and now infuses the same philosophies into her one-of-a-kind stone sculptures, which you have got to see! In this interview, we discuss how animating is pure creative problem solving, how Ellen made the jump from hand drawn animation into the CG era, and why it doesn’t matter who the first female supervising animator was. Hint, the point is they broke through together.

 

Ellen's Website: http://www.ellenwoodbury.com

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0940189/

 

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I&PG-058, Breana Williams, Digital Designer and Storyboard Artist

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Girls podcast where we celebrate women working in animation and explore representation behind the scenes and on the screen.

Breana Williams loves animation, studied it in college, currently works in advertising as a digital designer, but she is dead set on getting a position in TV animation as a storyboard artist. Listen in as we discuss the steps she is taking to get to her dream job, how she stays motivated, and how she bounced back after getting some bad advice after graduation. We also discuss the origins of her new podcast she co-hosts called Black n’ Animated.

 

Listen to Black n' Animated!

 

Bre's Twitter:
@breanimator

Black n' Animated on Twitter:
@BlackNAnimated

 

Ink and Paint Girls on Twitter:
@InkNPaintGirls

I&PG- 057, Rebecca Nelson, Animator & Production Assistant

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Girls podcast where we celebrate women working in animation and explore representation behind the scenes and on the screen.

Rebecca currently works as a production assistant on Disney Jr’s “Puppy Dog Pals” at Wild Canary, but her path there has been anything but a straight line.  She’s worked freelance and in-house animation gigs leading her from Washington D.C. to Atlanta, Georgia, to Burbank, CA. With a desire to learn and soak up more than being just one piece to a bigger puzzle, she decided to transition into production to get the overall scope of the entire puzzle.

We discuss animation production (ok, we basically nerd out over it). We also talk about why it’s important to see ourselves in the art we make and to give back wherever you are... something this podcast is built on.

Rebecca's Twitter:
@happyquips

Ink and Paint Girls on Twitter:
@InkNPaintGirls

I&PG- 056, Allyson Bosch, Casting & Voice Director

Allyson Bosch is a casting and voice director in the Entertainment industry. She has worked for over 20 years in casting on many projects- animated and live action- tv and film. You may have heard of some of these titles: Recess to Lloyd in Space to The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz, According to Jim, Wizards of Waverly Place, Pound Puppies, and more! 

We discuss how casting a project is like a puzzle, how to network authentically, we even touch on why its OK to have your guard up as a woman in the industry.

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0097747/

I&PG- 055, Writing the Hanukkah Special with Jessica Carleton

Gather around the hanukiah and spin your dreidels, Hanukkah is here! Screenwriter, Jessica Carleton joins us on the Ink and Paint Girls podcast to discuss writing the Hanukkah special for Disney Jr's "Puppy Dog Pals."  

See more of Jess' work on her website: https://www.jessicacarleton.com