Episode 4: Adam Plouff

Adam Plouff is a freelance motion designer and animator based in Atlanta, Georgia. During our conversation, we discuss the beginnings of Rubberhose, how to start coding for animation, and his most recent project: “Why Pay?”. Links: Why Pay: https://vimeo.com/145548262 Rubberhose: http://www.battleaxe.co/ Highlights: - Photoshop T-Shirt Designer - Lead singer of a hardcore metal band - Learned Final Cut 6 & After Effects - Animators Kit - Writing expressions - “Try to push yourself forward with every project.” - How to make lines, curves and invert values and volumes - Rubberhose beginnings - ”Coding can be taunting: someone described it as staring into the void” - ”I wrangle data with code. If you can think of it in those terms: it’s just a different way of managing data.” - Dream client: Myself. - Favorite Animated Film: Iron Giant , Rejected by Don Hertzfeldt - What your kids think you do: I make robots - Animalator: A sloth because they are adorable, and they know how to chill and I don’t.