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Zaruhi Galystan  is an Armenian-American character designer who is most well known for her work on Coco,Luca Pixar and her Wood-burning crafts.

In this podcast, we talked about Zar’s life as the first generation of Armenian immigrant to the USA, and how she got into animation. Zar also gives great tips about her process of character designing and the inspirations behind Coco. Her attention to detail and patterns and moreover her passion for wood burning and creating handmade artworks.

Last but not least Zar talks about her idea of putting her art into a good cause for helping the Armenian community by creating “Animators for Armenia”.

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For more updates please follow Zaruhi on IG @burnmehappy  or find out more on Arezou Art IG

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Torsten Shrank is a German character designer who has contributed in several animated feature films, TV-Series, commercials and games worldwide. He is best known for his work on Klause (The SPA Studios), Small Foot and many more.

In this podcast we talked about Torsten’s life back in Berlin, how he got into animation, some nostalgic animations such as "Bolek and Lolek”. Later how he got his first job as an animator and then his training with Borja Montoro. Torsten also give great tips about his process of character designing and the inspirations behind them that you don’t want to miss!

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For more updates please follow Torsen on IG @charac.tor or find out more on Arezou Art IG

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Claire Keane is an illustrator and visual development artist who contributed to the Disney films such as Enchanted, Tangled and Frozen. She currently published her 3rd illustrated book "Little Wonder" that is NOW available to purchase.

In this episode we talked about growing up in an artsy family (her dad is legendary Disney Animator Glen Keane and grandad is Bill Keane), Claire’s ambitions to become a singer to a turning point in her life where she studied in France, learning about fashion and graphic design until she finally went back to do visual development and worked on Disney’s Rapunzel (Tangled).

We talked about all the inspiration behind that movie for concept and character design and her sketchbook and versatility in styles, her fine art paintings and last but not least the illustrated children's book and all the personal inspirations behind them.

For all the superheroes mums and women out there we also discussed about keeping the balance between personal and work life after becoming a mum.

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For more updates please follow Claire on IG : @claireonacloud  or find out more on Arezou Art IG

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Claire Keane is an illustrator and visual development artist who contributed to the Disney films such as Enchanted, Tangled and Frozen. She currently published her 3rd illustrated book "Little Wonder" that is NOW available to purchase. 

In this episode we talked about growing up in an artsy family (her dad is legendary Disney Animator Glen Keane and grandad is Bill Keane), Claire’s ambitions to become a singer to a turning point in her life where she studied in France, learning about fashion and graphic design until she finally went back to do visual development and worked on Disney’s Rapunzel (Tangled). 

We talked about all the inspiration behind that movie for concept and character design and her sketchbook and versatility in styles, her fine art paintings and last but not least the illustrated children's book and all the personal inspirations behind them.

For all the superheroes mums and women out there we also discussed about keeping the balance between personal and work life after becoming a mum.

If you enjoyed this podcast please do not forget to share it with your friends and comment your opinions on your favourite platform.

For more updates please follow Claire on IG : @claireonacloud  or find out more on Arezou Art IG

You can find this interview with Farsi caption on my Youtube channel. (نسخه  با زیرنویس فارسی این پادکست در یوتیوب منتشر میشود)

Varun Nair is an Indian Visual Development Artist and Director based in France. He graduated from the Gobelins school of Image in Paris and has worked for several companies in the Animation industry including Netflix, Sony pictures animation, Bluesky, etc to name a few. Currently, he is a Co-director and Visual development artist at Illumination.

In this episode we talked about Varun’s journey in India where he painted religious art to how he made connection with French community and then moving to Paris. We also discussed about different practices he does, life drawing, Parisian life, his internship at Blue sky, funny comics he does and more importantly what made him to bring his Indian culture to his work and of course his latest experience at THU event. You can also learn more about Character design fundamentals.

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For more updates please follow Varun on IG : @varunnair92 or find out more on Arezou Art IG

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Carter Goodrich is an award-winning LA based character designer, illustrator best known for his covers for New Yorker Magazine. Carter has worked with numerous well-known animation companies on classical movies such as Prince of Egypt, Sinbad to big companies like PIXAR, Dreamworks ,Sony, on movies such as Ratatouille, Brave, Open Season, Hotel Transylvania, The Croods, Coco, and Despicable Me to name a few.

In addition to his character design work, Carter has written and illustrated seven award winning children’s books for Simon & Schuster pub.

In this episode Carter talks about his artistic background, working as an illustrator for New Yorker magazine, how he started to getting into animation industry and working in Dreamworks alongside Nicolas Marlet and Carlos Grangel. Tips about character design and also about illustrating children’s book. Last but not least we talked about his upcoming projects.

For more updates please follow Carter on Twitter or find out more on Arezou Art IG

You can find this interview with Farsi caption on my Youtube channel.

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Tuna Bora is an award winning LA based,Turkish illustrator, animation director and production designer , best known for her distinctive storytelling style and diverse daily sketches. She has worked on many companies such a as Google, Nexus Studios, for the advertising, animation, games projects.

In this episode on the first half of the podcast we talk about unspoken parts of immigration, opening up yourself the way you are and the cultural differences between west and east and all the vulnerabilities it brings.

On the second half we discuss the process of Tuna's work:

00:47:49  "The Little Red Riding Hood" AR project and the challenges it had to retell a well known story through a new medium.

00:55:15 All about making "Pearl", the first VR film to receive an Oscar nomination,all the innovations storytelling and style of the short.

01:20:00 Making her own independent movie "Solipsism" and the symbolic meaning behind it and my interpretations about the movie.

01:31:00 All about Tuna's dedication to her daily sketches and the mindset behind her versatile style.

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For more updates please follow Tuna on IG : @tunamunaluna or Vimeo or find out more on Arezou Art IG

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Juan Pablo Zaramella is an Argentinean director and animator, mostly well-known for his comedy Stop Motion and Pixilation. His short films has won more than 500 awards all over the world.

In this episode Juan talks about the process of his works and finding ideas, sound designing,  how he loves to explore diverse style in animation from 2D animation to the realm of stop motion like Claymation and Pixilation. 

You can hear all the process of his short film “Luminaris” which has won 324 awards, holding the Guinness World Record for the Most Awarded Short Film in history. Find out what is Juan's  favourite movie of all time and how he got inspired by that and discover his new upcoming projects.

He touches on the importance of attending festivals and communication and all about his experience in Tehran international animation film festival.

This is one of the rare "English" podcast interview with Juan, so if you enjoyed this podcast please do not forget to share it with your friends and comment your opinions on your favourite platform or send in a voice message to me.

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For more updates please follow Juan on IG @jpzaramella or Youtube or find out more on Arezou Art IG

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For more updates please follow Richey on IG: @richeybeckett or find out more on Arezou Art IG

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Portlynn Tagavi is a half Persian, half African American character designer, storyboard artist and filmmaker working in companies such as Paramount, Fox, Dreamworks TV and currently Netflix.

She studied Character Animation at Cal Arts and filmmaking at American Film Institute.

In this episode Portlynn talks about her mixed background culture and her journey to find out more about her Persian heritage. She gives some great tips on storyboarding and ways of storytelling and how it leads her to take a role as a director to make her short movies as well as the differences and similarities between making a live action and animation movie. We touched on important subjects such as bringing body positivity into her work, supporting "Black Lives Matters" with her art and being more open about female experiences stories with her graduation short " Caught Red Handed".

You can hear all about her latest comedy short film THEY WON'T LAST  which has been recognized by festivals such as Emmys awards and BAFTA !

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For more updates please follow Portlynn on IG : @portlynn.tagavi , Vimeo or find out more on Arezou Art IG

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Andrew Chesworth is an Oscar-nominated director for "One Small Step" at Taiko Studios , 2D animator, 3D animator, character designer and instructor working on phenomenal projects, Disney's Moana, Zootopia, Big Hero 6, Netflix's Klaus. He is currently working on his recent Patreon Project "The Brave Locomotive !

In this episode Andrew talks about directing commercial animation, great tips about acting in animation and performance, how to use reference for animators, inspirations behind Baymax Big Hero 6, geeking out about Disney's 9 old men, and the process of writing a score for One Small Step (Tap to listen) and directing his passion project.

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For more updates please follow Andrew on his IG : @andrew_chesworth , Youtube, Vimeo or find out more on Arezou Art IG

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You can also take an online class for storyboarding with Kris in Schoolism. For extra dose of inspiration watch his TEDTALK which I mention in this podcast.

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For more updates please follow Kris on his IG : @Krispearn or find out more on Arezou Art IG

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In this episode Deanna shares all her journey from being a 2D animator at Yowza Animation to become a character designer. We also talked about her love for fashion and vintage style, making collages and adding her Italian flair to the upcoming Pixar's feature film LUCA ! As well as her podcast with   Zaruhi Galstyan back in 2016, "Straight against the Curve".

For more updates please follow Deanna on her Instagram : @deanna_marsigliese 

or find out more on Arezou Art IG If you enjoyed this podcast please do not forget to share it with your friends and comment your opinions.

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In this episode I will talk about "Trojan Horse was a unicorn" , a creative community that brings creators from every area of the industry, including Games, VFX, Animation, Film, and VR, and why I think this event is the BEST in entertainment industry!

I will take you to my journey back in Malta in 2018 and 2019 edition, the vibes of this event, tips and tricks and you will also learn about the competitions and prizes that this event will bring to you.

If you have attended THU before please feel free to share your favourite memory with me in the comments.

Find out more on my IG : @arezouart , THU IG : @THU_official  @THU_Japan

In this episode Joseph shares all his experiences from his time at National Film and Television School to the inspirations he got from Jan Svankmajer works. He also talks about his filmmaking  process, animation techniques and using rotoscoping as a reference. 

If you are interested in being an indie filmmaker/animator and you love grotesque movies, I recommend you to listen to this interview as Joseph shares everything about making his 3 phenomenal short animations. He recently works as a director and motion designer in "The Guardian". 

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For more updates please follow Joseph on his official website, vimeo, instagram. 

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Or find out more on Arezou Art IG 

She also takes us to all the ups and downs she had on her artistic career from working in Disney's story department, making her own indie films and finally working at Netflix.  Kataneh reveals all the details behind her latest illustrated book "Kat and Juju" (purchase it on Amazon) and she is mama bird too! 

For more updates please follow Kataneh on : Twitter , Instagram , Facebook.  @katandjuju

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