Episode 49: Ross Plaskow

Ross Plaskow, is a freelance animator and creator of Meat Mysteries. Having worked with the likes of Google, Target, Disney XD, Hulu, and Facebook, he told us a little bit more about his university beginnings, falling into freelance and the London animation scene. Links: Website - www.rossplaskow.com Twitter - www.twitter.com/rossplaskow Instagram - /www.instagram.com/rossplaskow/ Meat Mysteries - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC0O6WtmY8A Animade - https://animade.tv/ Greg Gunn - https://www.ggunn.com/ Art&Graft - https://artandgraft.com/ Moth - https://www.moth.studio/ Claudio Salas - http://www.claudiosalas.com/ Pencil Bandit - https://pencilbandit.com/ Ransomniac - https://twitter.com/RansomniacToons?lang=en Bouncy Smash - http://bouncysmash.com/ Notes: -Meat Mysteries -After Effects -Passion projects while freelancing -Architecture school -Changing course -2D -Looking for work out of school -Learning how to animate 3D characters -Studying in Denmark -Freelance from a tweet -Greg Gunn -Freelance Anxiety -Freelancing in London -Moth Animation Studio -Art&Graft -Forming professional relationships -The London animation scene -Twitter -Illustrator -Claudio Salas -Advice for new freelancers -Working out the type of work that you want to do -Animade -Lessons learned -Interacting with people face to face -Working out of studios -Burnout -Two freelance jobs at the same time -Dedication to a job -Character animation -Tweening -Background artists for Meat Mysteries -Meat Mysteries release -Pros and Cons of being the creator of Meat Mysteries -Dream Client: Moth -Favorite Animated Film: Akira -Favorite Animated Series: Rick and Morty -What do the people you love think you do for a living?: Draw cartoons in newspapers. -Animalator: Shark Man