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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.

  1. 022: Dave Joly - creator of Midnight Snack

    01/14/2025

    022: Dave Joly - creator of Midnight Snack

    Dave Joly! 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! Find Dave at: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dave.joly YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/davejoly LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/davejoly Behance - https://www.behance.net/DaveJoly?locale=en_US Show Notes Atari - https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/dave_joly/interview_dave_joly.html ET game - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T.the_Extra-Terrestrial(video_game) Eadweard Muybridge - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadweard_Muybridge Bryce 3D Show Your Work by Austin Kleon Animation Wild Card - https://animationwildcard.com Blender - https://www.blender.org/ CG Boost blender course - https://www.cgboost.com Chuck Jones - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Jones Annie Joly - https://www.anniejoly.com/about Kevin Parry - https://kevinparry.tv/en/learnfromkevin MoHo - https://moho.lostmarble.com Camera - Nikon d5500 Dave’s Money 101 - https://bit.ly/Money101update_davejoly Nice Shorts is… Fu Yang ⁠https://fuyang.wixsite.com/fuyang/about⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/cuckoostuff/⁠ @cuckoostuff Johnny Knittle ⁠https://johnnyrk.com/ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/johnnyrk/⁠ @johnnyrk

    1h 30m
  2. 021: Stefie Gan - Creator of Joss Lotuses to Grandma

    12/27/2024

    021: Stefie Gan - Creator of Joss Lotuses to Grandma

    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.

    1h 33m
  3. 020: Lindsay Berkebile (Pt. II) - Adult Swim Stop-Motion Bumper

    12/13/2023

    020: Lindsay Berkebile (Pt. II) - Adult Swim Stop-Motion Bumper

    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! Visit the links below to watch her finished Maya and the Three and Centaurworld animations! Watch the Adult Swim bumper Skin of my Teeth Adult Swim bumper Follow Lindsay Instagram: @10secondday TikTok: @10secondday twitter/x: @10secondday IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3126621/ Vimeo: lindsayfatal Shout Outs Sam Shumway: @yungshum Jake Hauswirth: @beercanfan Aarica North: @urrcanarf James Morr: @tinyangrydog.animation Doug Cummings: @3doug Open the Portal: @opentheportal Nice Shorts is... Fu Yang https://fuyang.wixsite.com/fuyang/about https://www.instagram.com/cuckoostuff/ @cuckoostuff Johnny Knittle https://johnnyrk.com/ https://www.instagram.com/johnnyrk/ @johnnyrk

    41 min
  4. 019: Lindsay Berkebile (Pt. I) - Making a Stop-Mo Maya and the Three and Centaurworld

    11/29/2023

    019: Lindsay Berkebile (Pt. I) - Making a Stop-Mo Maya and the Three and Centaurworld

    NS 019: Lindsay Berkebile Intro Today we have 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 the cutout animations she did with Netflix for Maya and the Three and Centaurworld as she walks us through how she and her team brought those into existence using a down shooter multi plane and binders filled with paper cutouts for amazing replacement animation shots Visit the links below to watch her finished Maya and the Three and Centaurworld animations! Watch the films Maya and the Three full animation Centaurworld full animation Follow Lindsay Instagram TikTok twitter/x IMDb Shout Outs Sam Shumway: @yungshum Jake Hauswirth: @beercanfan Aarica North): @urrcanarf James Morr: @tinyangrydog.animation Doug Cummings: @3doug Nice Shorts is... Fu Yang https://fuyang.wixsite.com/fuyang/about https://www.instagram.com/cuckoostuff/ @cuckoostuff Johnny Knittle https://johnnyrk.com/ https://www.instagram.com/johnnyrk/ @johnnyrk

    1h 40m
  5. 018: Cami Kwan (Pt. II) - Creator of American Girl Doll of the Year 2022

    06/21/2023

    018: Cami Kwan (Pt. II) - Creator of American Girl Doll of the Year 2022

    Cami Kwan is a stop motion director, producer, and one of the amazing partners at Apartment D Films, an animation studio in Burbank, California! Over the the last two episodes we talked to Cami about making the American Girl Doll short series and what it meant to Cami to help tell the story of their first Asian-American Girl of of the Year doll. She also told us about the origins of Apartment D and how she has transitioned from animator to overseeing a full production crew. We also got to hear a bit about her amazing work animating a music video for The Life I Know by the band The Itchy Worms American Girl Doll of the Year: Meet Corinne Tan The Life I Know by The Itchyworms Follow Cami Cami's Instagram: @camikwan Apartment D Instagram: @apartmentdfilms Apartment D website: www.apartmentdfilms.com Nice Shorts is... Fu Yang Website: https://fuyang.wixsite.com/fuyang/about Instagram: @cuckoostuff  Johnny Knittle Website: https://johnnyrk.com/ Instagram: @johnnyrk

    1h 12m
  6. 017: Cami Kwan (Pt. I) - Creator of American Girl Doll of the Year 2022

    06/07/2023

    017: Cami Kwan (Pt. I) - Creator of American Girl Doll of the Year 2022

    Cami Kwan is a stop motion director, producer, and one of the amazing partners at Apartment D Films, an animation studio in Burbank, California! Over the next two episodes we’ll be talking to Cami about making the American Girl Doll short series and what it meant to Cami to help tell the story of their first Asian-American Girl of of the Year doll. She’ll also tell us about the origins of Apartment D and how she has transitioned from animator to overseeing a full production crew. We’ll also get to hear a bit about her amazing work animating a music video for The Life I Know by the band The Itchy Worms.

    1h 10m
  7. 016: Terry Ibele (Pt. II) - Creator of Let's Go Luna Interstitial Shorts

    06/06/2023

    016: Terry Ibele (Pt. II) - Creator of Let's Go Luna Interstitial Shorts

    Terry Ibele is an award-winning stop-motion animator in Toronto, Canada. He’s produced and animated for television, short film, and digital media. He specializes in taking ideas from concept to completion – including design work, storyboarding, puppet/set fabrication, animation, and editing. He is also the host of the Animation Industry Podcast! In part 2 of our interview, he shows us the sets from his Let's Go Luna shorts, teaches us about paper mache, and how to use good vs bad toilet paper for scenery. We talk about building his home studio during the pandemic along with supplies and budget needed. Discuss pitching his shows, working with a mentor, and how he balances hosting his podcast with his work schedule. Links Terry Ibele's Full Interview (Pt. I) Why Evergreens Are Always Green Aiken Drum | Let's Go Luna | Stop Motion Animation The Strange Ride | Let's Go Luna | Stop Motion & 2D Jackalope Song | Kids Animation DIG! DIG! DIG! - GIPHY Arts + Caruna Exquisit Corpse Stop Motion Segment The Silly Duck Wizard (Stop Motion) Follow Terry Website: terryibele.com Instagram: terryibele Animation Industry Podcast Shout Out Stop Motion Department Toronto Animation Arts Festival International Ottawa International Animation Festival Julie Stewart Rick and Morty Adventure Time Brett Jubinville Fred Seibert Oprah Winfrey Adina Amin Citoplasmas Stop motion Animation Studio Kinetic Armatures National Film Board of Canada Bone Mother A Claymation Easter Nice Shorts is... Fu Yang Website: https://fuyang.wixsite.com/fuyang/about Instagram: @cuckoostuff  Johnny Knittle Website: https://johnnyrk.com/ Instagram: @johnnyrk

    1h 8m
  8. 015: Terry Ibele (Pt. 1) - Creator of Let's Go Luna Interstitial Shorts

    10/07/2022

    015: Terry Ibele (Pt. 1) - Creator of Let's Go Luna Interstitial Shorts

    Terry Ibele is an award-winning stop motion animator in Toronto, Canada. He’s produced and animated for television, short film, and digital media. He specializes in taking ideas from concept to completion – including design work, storyboarding, puppet/set fabrication, animation, and editing. He is also the host of the Animation Industry Podcast! In part 1 of our interview, Terry walks us through his Let’s Go Luna shorts! He discusses creating “Evergreen Content”, teaches us the origin story of The Mouse, and shares his life-long hobby of creating an epic wizard tome! Links Why Evergreens Are Always Green Aiken Drum | Let's Go Luna | Stop Motion Animation The Strange Ride | Let's Go Luna | Stop Motion & 2D Jackalope Song | Kids Animation DIG! DIG! DIG! - GIPHY Arts + Caruna Exquisit Corpse Stop Motion Segment The Silly Duck Wizard (Stop Motion) Follow Terry Website: terryibele.com Instagram: terryibele Animation Industry Podcast Shout Out Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Ultra City Smiths Let's Go Luna! Sheridan College ToonBox Entertainment The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Chris Walsh Davey Swatpaz Reddit Peter Hannan CatDog Toon Boom Dragonframe Flowframes Nice Shorts is... Fu Yang Website: https://fuyang.wixsite.com/fuyang/about Instagram: @cuckoostuff Johnny Knittle Website: https://johnnyrk.com/ Instagram: @johnnyrk

    56 min
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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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  • Creator
    Fu Yang and Johnny Knittle
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Fu Yang and Johnny Knittle
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    Nice Shorts