Animation With John Lumgair | The Christian Reeve Podcast #263

In this episode, award-winning animator, director and illustrator John Lumgair joins the show to discuss terrible job interviews, preparing for auditions, what he looks for when casting voice actors, advice for voice actors, mastering accents in acting, why working for McDonald's might be the meaning of life, being passionate about your work, his animation journey and how he got into it, why university is a scam, how you find work as a freelancer/business owner, the various problems with AI, how animators make characters come alive, what makes good animation, and much more! Check out John's work here: https://www.quirkymotion.com/ Christian's Links & Other Work: https://linktr.ee/christianreeve or www.christianreeve.com/links Support Christian on Patreon and get access to livestream discussions and quizzes on demand, bonus podcast content, and other exclusive bonus content such as 'Life With Christian Reeve' - a series where Christian shares stories about his life, updates on his latest projects, crazy stories from reddit, and deep dive discussions on a range of different topics: https://www.patreon.com/christianreeve Plus! gain access to his discord community, behind-the-scenes content, and much more! If you enjoy my podcast, please consider leaving a review of it on Podchaser (The IMDB of podcasting!), it really helps the show! - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-christian-reeve-podcast-1608321 Support Christian on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ChristianReeve Buy Christian something from his Amazon Wishlist: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2KV3LODYCINRC?ref_=wl_share Support Christian on CashApp: https://cash.app/%C2%A3christianreeve93