Ep 223: Penelope Nederlander

Penelope Nederlander

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Penelope Nederlander joins us to talk about working on the “Birds of Prey” ending titles she worked on as well as social media anxiety in the #Mograph industry. We talk about DFWC4D updates, realistic looking renders, future meetups, and ASMR.

Links

Insanely good looking power cord
Ryan Talbot’s substance work
Virtual ASMR
The Virtual Production of The Mandalorian, Season One
Mograph Master John Dickinson Joins the Boris FX Team
Adobe Patches Critical Bugs Affecting Media Encoder and After Effects
FUTURE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR CINEMA 4D
Deepdream 3D Video
Beeple’s People
GLUG GUILDFORD Event
The Mandalorian: This Is the Way

Ep 222: Tony Copolillo

Tony Copolillo

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Tony Copolillo joins us to talk about designing movie posters, VFX, 3D Printing, and dealing with burnout. We also discuss the Sonic Movie, Pixel Plow updates, and staying relevant.

Links

VFX Studio Behind Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Shuts Down
SioPio Youtube

Ep 221: Brian Behm

Brian Behm

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Brian Behm joins us to talk about finding your career path, being creative with what you have, and dealing with ADHD. We also talk about working, creating, posting, and forging your own path without worrying about what others are doing.

Links

Coffee Run - Bomper Studios
FD UVToolkit
MOTIONWORKS IS CLOSING

Ep 220: Barton Damer

Barton Damer

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Barton Damer chats with us about business, building a studio you would want to work for, and choosing the clients you want to work with.

Links

Node '19 | Jason Poley - Simulating Happiness
Ep 080 | Ryan Summers - If You Don’t Design Your Career

Ep 219: Sekani Solomon

Sekani Solomon

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Sekani Solomon joins us to talk about his new Star Wars short, chat about render engines, and discuss different types of #mograph jobs. Special guest host, David Ariew.

Links

Podcast Survey
Star Wars: The Last Stand
Star Wars: The Last Stand Making of Video
How To Run A Successful Motion Design Firm Outside LA/NY
Pause Originals — HOPE by SeenVision
Coming Soon: Universe 3.2
Productions: Coming Soon to Premiere Pro
Cavalry Public Beta Announcement

Ep 218: Fvckrender

Fvckrender

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Fvckrender joins us to talk about his interesting journey into #mograph, dealing with anxiety, and journaling to improve your life. We also announce our 2 day Texas event, dive into some new Beeple renders, and talk to Mark Fancher in-depth about our new Houdini course.

Links

Fvckrender on Instagram
Stop Being Afraid of Houdini
Dare Response
Day Trading Made Easy
The Wealthy Barber
The Intelligent Investor

Ep 217: Brianne Gagg

Brianne Gagg

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Brianne Gagg joins us to talk about working at Buck and give advice for young designers entering the industry. We talk about our new Houdini course and show a little promo, talk about the current 80’s design trends, and how stepping away from the computer screen can help inspire you.

Links

Brianne’s Website
Stop Being Afraid of Houdini
Ryan Summers Joins School of Motion as 2D Creative Director
Star Wars: The Last Stand Making of Video

Ep 216: Russ Gautier

Russ Gautier

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Russ Gautier joins us to talk about working on blockbuster films, freelance life in California, and the big push in 2020 for Houdini.

Links

Robotastronaut.tv
Lighting Artist Realizes People Have No Idea What His Job Means And Gives Some Amazing Examples
Cats VFX Team Explains What Went Wrong With The Movie
Beeple on creating a zombie Mark Zuckerberg and flesh-eating Baby Yoda to examine the times
Matt’s Dickbutt Houdini Simulation

Ep 215: Victor Dimitrov (Weightofthought)

Victor Dimitrov (Weightofthought)

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Victor Dimitrov (Weightofthought) joins us to talk about his experiences entering the industry and the mograph community. We also talk about external influences such as music and movies.

Links

Weightofthought.com
Insane Z-Brush Church Scene

Ep 214: Holiday Show 2019

Holiday Show 2019

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It’s our traditional holiday show with David Ariew, EJ Hassenfratz, and special call-in guests. Grab a scotch and join us by the fire.

Ep 213: Octane 2020

Octane 2020

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Jules Urbach joins us to talk about all things Octane 2020 in this holiday bonus episode. We dive into all the new features and get updates on the other exciting things Otoy has been working on as well.

Ep 212: Jessica Herrera

Jessica Herrera

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Jessica Herrera aka Herrerasaurus joins us to talk about her awesome character style. We also talk MacPro, Arnold GPU, and VDB Meshing for 3D Prints.

Links

Herrerasaurus.work
Star Wars: The Last Stand CGI Fan Film 4K
Chris Do Answers Tough Questions From Beeple– Heated Debate
Maxon Christmas Card

Ep 211: Eric Small & Chris Priddy

Chris Priddy & Eric Small

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Eric Small & Chris Priddy stop by to talk about niche markets in the #mograph field. We talk about technical and medical animation and where some of the real money in mograph is. We also talk freelancing, AEC files, Image Sequence viewing, and Unreal Engine as well.

Links

Five Ten Giant
Nucleus Medical Media
AECC4D
Pixar’s USD Pipeline
Disney uses Epic's Unreal Engine to render real-time sets in The Mandalorian
The Game Awards - Simon Holmedal

Ep 210: Nidia Dias

Nidia Dias

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Nidia Dias joins us from Portugal to talk about how she develops her amazing style frames. We also talk Octane 2020, the last of the 3D Design Plus Motion Tour, Apple dropping Nvidia support, and Re-meshing.

Links

Nidiadias.com
Mograph Mentor 3d Styleframing & Art Direction Course with Yeti Pictures
This is not BLUE (a lesson in color theory)
U-Render Forester Showcase
Trump’s Handwriting is now a font
TNGHT - Gimme Summn (Official Video)
Quad Remesher
Ryan Gordon - Cinema4D Quadriflow Plugin

Ep 209: John Dickinson

John Dickinson

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John Dickinson from Motionworks.net stops by to talk about Modeling, After Effects, Switching to PC, and staying relevant after 50. We talk about content aware fill in AE, Octane, Redshift, and Beeple’s new short.

Links

Motionworks.net
Researcher created an algorithm that removes the water from underwater images
Beeple New Short - Manifest Destiny
MANIFEST DESTINY PROCESS
Apple reportedly revealed the devices it expects to replace the iPhone during a secret employee meeting in October

Ep 208: Andy Needham

Andy Needham

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Andy Needham joins us to talk about the X-Particles Challange, Freelance Work, and Render Engines. We talk AE 2020, Filmic Pro, Ableton, AirPods, Camp Mograph 2020, Octane 2019, and more.

Links

Split focus diopter in Universal Camera - WIP for Octane 2020
Created Academy
Adobe's Adding A Livestreaming Function to Its Creative Cloud Apps
Dune Pro: PC Case

Ep 207: Hayley Akins

Hayley Akins

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Hayley Akins joins us to talk about Motion Hatch, the new Mastermind Program, Freelancing, Goals, To-do Lists, Contracts, Calendars, and Work/Life balance.

Links

Motion Hatch
Colorado Mograph Meetup at Ratio Beerworks
Mograph.com Dazzleship Drone Article
CGi Artist Makes a Masterpiece Everyday For 12 Years
New Robot Makes Soldiers Obsolete
NOT Cancelling Someone's Career
X-Particles Challenge 2019
Jan Sladecko’s Silly Wheel Episode 2

Ep 206: MEGA SHOW! Joey Korenman, Chris Do, & Ryan Summers

Mega Show!

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Joey Korenman, Chris Do, and Ryan Summers join us for our first Mega Show panel discussion. We talk about the state of the industry and answer questions from listeners. 2 hours was not even enough. There will definitely be a part two next year.

Links

School of Motion
The Futur
Ryan Summers

Ep 205: Billy Chitkin

Billy Chitkin

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Billy Chitkin joins us to talk about event titles, artist collectives, freelance, working for exposure, living with 2 adolescent cats, & buying a faster car.

Links

Gernge.com
Motion Graphics Professionals Camp Out and Unplug in Vermont
Is the Molekule air purifier really better than those already on the market? Review
Best Air Purifiers: Molekule vs Dyson vs GermGuardian vs Honeywell vs Coway & More
The Best Air Purifier Archived PDF
NASA releases 3D map of the moon for CG artists and creators
David Ariew’s Furry Mouse Scene Tutorial Part 1
cropped car memes
Can You Pet the Dog?
I’m Sorry Jon
That’s a Book Light
RealLifeLore

Ep 204: Chad Ashley

Chad Ashley

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Chad Ashley joins us to talk about the new Modern Surface Material Collection. We talk about the latest in render engines while dodging a bad tech day for Dave. Nothing a little editing can’t fix, right?

Links

Modern Surface Material Collection
NASA releases 3D map of the moon for CG artists and creators
Lockdown