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The Creative Hustlers Show
by Frame Freak Studio
The Creative Hustlers Show is a series of interviews featuring successful artists from all over the world who are successful in their careers or projects and finding out how they did it so you can learn from the very best. The people interviewed here have founded their own studios, projects or worked at the best animation companies in the world such as Disney, Pixar, Cartoon Saloon, Frederator, and Many More.
Episodes
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#86: INTERVIEW W/ DKLEINE ART: NFT's: Where Crypto Meets Art
DKleine is the Host of the "Non Fungible Podcast" or NFP with DKleine, writer at CoinTelegraph and artists creating art and collections in the world of NFT's which is a technology that combines digital art with cryptocurrency so that you can authenticate your digital art as unique pieces in the...
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#85: INTERVIEW W/ CALLUM MAY: Creator of The Canipa Effect
Callum May is the creator of a famous YouTube channel called The Canipa Effect, this channel is dedicated to create in depth analysis about anime series, movies, animation studios and animators as well. Even though Callum is not an animator nor an illustrator he has extensive knowledge on the...
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#84: INTERVIEW W/ HENRY THURLOW: Anime Director & Animator in Japan
Henry Thurlow is a 2D animator working in the anime industry in Japan, he has worked in series like One Piece, Tokyo Ghoul, Naruto Shippuden, Jojo`s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, Overlord seasons 2 and 3 and others. Later he started a new studio with a friend called “D`Art Shtajio” where he’s...
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#83: INTERVIEW W/ THIERRY BOULANGER: Creative Director of Sabotage Studio
Thierry Boulanger is the Co-Founder, CEO and Creative Director of Sabotage Studio, founded in 2016 they’re looking to create retro-inspired video games. They quickly went from 3 employees to a team of 16 all working with towards the idea of creating modern video games that capture the compelling...
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#82: INTERVIEW W/ ARRYN TROCHE: Fight & Body Action 3D Character Animator
Arryn Troche is a 3D character animator with a focus in action/body mechanics and fight animation. She attended the Savannah College of Art and Design and majored in animation with a specialization in dynamic/action animation and a minor in Concept Art for Video Games and has worked on he game...
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#81: INTERVIEW W/ ETHAN BECKER: Visual Developer & Illustrator
Ethan Becker is a Visual Developer who worked in DreamWorks TV as a revisionist for Voltron Legendary Defender. He has experience as a Background Designer, Environment Design, Production Design who worked in Newbaby Productions and In My Father’s Shadow film. He’s originally from Texas and moved…
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#80: INTERVIEW W/ IVAN MENDOZA: Character Designer & Visual Developer
Ivan Mendoza is a character designer & illustrator. He grew up in Diamond Bar, Ca. and now currently resides in Los Angeles. Currently, he’s designing characters for Dreamworks Animation, TV. Previously he’s worked for Starburns Industries that produces the HBO show “Animals”, Warner Bros....
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#79: INTERVIEW W/ HEDVIG H-S (VIXIEARTS): Freelance Illustrator, Concept & Comic Artist
Hedvig H-S or also known as VixieArts is a Concept Artist, Freelance Illustrator and Comic Book Artist who has created art for books, animation, magazines and even worked in video games. And now she's the author of her own graphic novel called Aurora the Unicorn. She also has created a following…
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#78: INTERVIEW W/ JENNIFER ELY: Production Designer & Visual Developer
Jenn Ely is based in Portland, OR, where she works as a freelance production designer and visual development artist for various commercial, film, and television animation projects. She began working as a gallery artist after her traditional painting focused BFA from The School of the Art…
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#77: INTERVIEW W/ ERIN SHIN: Concept Artist, Character Designer & World Builder
Erin Shin is a Concept Artist, Character Designer & World Builder. She's a student of the Art Center College of Design, she's worked on the visual assets for the games "Sankofa" and "Hippo Time" got a scholarship in Nickelodeon's Pitch program where she worked with their staff and to pitch a show...
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#76: INTERVIEW W/ MIKEL MUJIKA AMMAN: Visual Developer, Character & Costume Designer
Mikel Mujika Amann is a freelance visual developer, character & costume designer for animation and video games from Bilbao, Spain. And he has created his own art books, one book called "Gals" where he has created 136 designs and his portfolio inspired in the Sleeping Beauty which ended up…
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#75: INTERVIEW W/ NICOLA HWANG: Illustrator, Designer & Author
Nicola Hwang is an illustrator, animator who has experience in creating art for publishing and animation and also taking good care of animals. She had her first hit at Wondercon 2011 where she got elected to illustrate Aspen's Comic Books and since then has been working for the US in Games as a...
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#74: INTERVIEW W/ WOUTER TULP: Illustrator & Character Design
Wouter Tulp is a freelance character designer based in the Netherlands. He is known for his versatility as an illustrator, lavishing over a hundred children’s books with his wonderful illustrations, as well as creating caricatures and editorial illustrations in high-circulation newspapers and...
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#73: INTERVIEW W/ BRYNN METHENEY: Illustrator & Concept Artist
Brynn Metheney specialize in creature design, animal anatomy and visual development for film, games and publishing. She currently live and work in Los Angeles, CA. Her work has been featured in a number of different publications including, Spectrum Fantastic Art Annuals, Graphite Magazine,...
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#72: INTERVIEW W/ EVE SKYLAR: Production Designer & Storyteller
Eve Skylar is a production designer and storyteller with experience in creative and visual development for VR | AR, feature animation, tv, live action, publishing, and interactive games. She did the production design in the award-winning and oscar qualifying animated short "La Noria" by Carlos...
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#71: INTERVIEW W/ TOM BOOTH: Author, Illustrator & Art Director
Tom Booth is an author, illustrator, and art director. Born on the twelfth day of the twelfth month, Tom made his earliest marks — sometimes on his parents’ antique kitchen table — growing up just outside of Philadelphia. Tom has had the good fortune to work with Macmillan, Simon & Schuster,...
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#70: INTERVIEW W/ KIRSTEN WINKELBAUER (WinkleBeeBee): Illustrator & Designer
Kirsten Winkelbauer is an illustrator and designer based out of San Francisco. She graduated with a BFA in Illustration from Academy of Art University and currently works as a full-time freelancer. Her work focuses on fun, brightly colored characters and imagery, and she enjoys experimenting with...
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#69: INTERVIEW W/ ANOOSHA SYED: Illustration & Character Design
Anoosha Syed is a Pakistani-Canadian freelance illustrator and character designer for animation based in Toronto. She has worked in Disney TV, Dreamworks TV on projects like "Dot" (a preschool series) and has illustrated over 20 picture books for major publishers like Simon & Schuster, Harper...
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#68: INTERVIEW W/ BRUNA MEBS: Writing, Illustration & Podcasting
Bruna Mebs is a Brazilian artist and entrepreneur located in Pennsylvania. She has spent the past few years working with creative people from all over the US and became best known for her ink drawings. Bruna has recently illustrated and published her first coloring book The Olympic Games Coloring...
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#67: INTERVIEW W/ NIKKOLAS SMITH: Theme Park Design & Concept Art
Nikkolas Smith is a Theme Park Designer & Concept artist at Walt Disney Imagineering, and Children's Books Author/Illustrator. He is the author/illustrator the picture books "The Golden Girls of Rio" (nominated for an NAACP Image Award) and My Hair Is Poofy and That's Okay. His works have been...
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#66: INTERVIEW W/ SCOTT WISER: Animating Layers
Scott Wiser is a character animator for Film, Games, TV and commercials. He has worked on projects such as Alvin & The Chipmunks 3, Chipwrecked, henchmen, Barbie Spy Squad, All Hail King Julien, Dreamwork’s Dragon’s Adventure (Video game) and more. He has a bachelor in Art, English and...
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#65: INTERVIEW W/ TIFFANIE MANG: Loving Vincent Painter Animator
Tiffanie Mang is an illustrator and plein air artist from San Diego. She has worked at the feature film "Loving Vincent" as a painter animator which was a 2018 Oscar Nominated Film for Best Animated Feature. She is now pursuing her passion for fine art in the US and has her own studio space for…
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#64: INTERVIEW W/ NICK SCARPINO: Kinda Funny & Creative Work
Nick Scarpino is a broadcast and online media host, writer, and director. His work includes national television commercials, web series, live streaming broadcasts, online ad spots, digital short films, and semi-clever tweets. He is also a stand-up comedian, professional podcaster, and avid dog...
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#63: INTERVIEW W/ SEFRA ORLICK: Oni x Fox Kickstarter
Sefra Orlick is a Character and Creature Designer and graduated from Woodbury University in Los Angeles California. She has Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation and has a focus in Comics and Stories. She’s also had a successful small Kickstarter campaign for her web comic Oni x Fox. Now Sefra…
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#62: INTERVIEW W/ MATT GASER: Professor Harkin Kickstarter
Matt Gaser is an award winning Illustrator and Visual Developer Artist who started his career designing backgrounds and props for Rugrats, stayed in the video game industry for 5 years working on projects such as Eragon, Forgotten Realms Demonstone, and Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers. Later on...
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#61: INTERVIEW W/ KURT CHANG: Character Animator & Painter
Kurt Chang started his studies of art under her grandmother in Taiwan using Chinese watercolor to do paintings where he learned the basics of art before even knowing that animation was a career. Then he began his professional training in Las Vegas Academy doing a visual arts program where he...
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#60: INTERVIEW W/ CHANNING WINGET: Illustrator & Toy Designer
Channing Winget has a BFA in Illustration from Brigham Young University in Idaho, she's been doing art since she was little, however in her path she joined a Pokemon Community in which they were making plushies about Pokemons, and she started doing that as well and started to make commissions and...
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#59: INTERVIEW W/ TATYANA MITKOVA: Entrepreneur & Co-Founder of Claim Compass EU
Tatyana Mitkova is a Bulgarian entrepreneur and the Co-Founder of Claim Compass EU, a company that helps you get money back from airlines if your flight has been delayed or canceled. She has traveled to many countries and been the winner of many entrepreneurship competitions leading up to be one…
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#58: INTERVIEW W/ CHRYSTIN GARLAND: Animation & Visual Development
Chrystin Garland is a visual development artist from Los Angeles, currently working at DreamWorks TV Animation. In the past, she has had the pleasure of working on the Emmy Award Winning "Niko and the Sword of Light" as well as the "Steven Universe and the Crystal Gems" series. Chrystin Garland...
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#57: INTERVIEW W/ OMAR LOZANO: Visual Developer
Omar is an artist who have been working in most aspects of the entertaining industry, from comics, children books, to ads and movies. Although he studied business he has always been into art as passion and then as profession. Omar Lozano started studying business for lack of better college...
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#56: INTERVIEW W/ ETHAN BECKER: Visual Developer in DreamWorks
Ethan Becker is a Visual Developer working in DreamWorks TV as a revisionist for Voltron Legendary Defender. He has experience as a Background Designer, Environment Design, Production Design who worked in Newbaby Productions and In My Father's Shadow film. He's originally from Texas and moved to...
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#55: INTERVIEW W/ CARLOS ZARAGOZA: Production Designer for Film & Animation
Carlos Zaragoza is a Hybrid Artist, production designer for Animation and live action movies and has worked in the musical theaters and TV shows and dramas. He has 18 years of experience in the industry, has been awarded by the Art Director's Guild with the ADG Excellence in Production Design…
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#54: INTERVIEW W/ JP AHONEN: Belzebubs & Perkeros
JP Ahonen is a freelance illustrator, comic book artists, creator of the comic strips Villimpi Pohjola & Belzebubs and the graphic novel Perkeros (Sing No Evil). He's an artist from Finland who has great success with his weekly comic reaching all the way to Guatemala, Argentina and more. JP…
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#53: INTERVIEW W/ BOBBY PONTILLAS: Taiko Studios & One Small Step
Bobby Pontillas is the Art Director & Co-Founder of Taiko Studios, a new animation studio working on the short film "One Small Step". He's a seasoned animator & character designer who's worked previously at Disney and Blue Sky in films such as Big Hero 6, Wreck it Ralph, Frozen, Zootopia, Feast,...
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#52: INTERVIEW W/ ERIK LY: Ephemeral Complex
Erik Ly is a successful freelance illustrator, creator of Ephemeral Complex. He has created the covers of comics like Sonic & Megaman, has been published in Udon's Capcom Fighting Tribute, in Spectrum #23 & #24 in The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art and has been in Art Galleries as well. Some…
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#51: INTERVIEW W/ MALI DE'LISSER: One Minute Melee & Hyper Gauge
Mali De'lisser is the creator of the channel Hyper Gauge and the creator of One Minute Melee in Hyun's Dojo and former animator of Screw Attack's Death Battle. He takes pixel animation to another level and creates small animations of famous and loved characters from many series, movies and games...
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#50: INTERVIEW W/ KRISTEN SANZARI: Toy Designer at Mattel
Kristen Sanzari is a toy designer at Mattel working on the Jurassic World toy line. Previously she was a designer and illustrator for the toy and publishing company Brendon Inc. Where she designed craft and toys for Disney, Nickelodeon, Hasbro, Dreamworks, Sanrio and more. Among other things,...
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#49: INTERVIEW W/ MONICA BRUENJES: Animator & Illustrator
Monica Bruenjes is an 3D and 2D animator, illustrator, comic artist and children's book author. She's the founder of Subarashi, an art business and the creator of Penguin & Peep, Moosebear, Sweetness on the Seas, Forever Girls! and many more. She has an MFA in 3D animation from the Academy of Art...
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#48: INTERVIEW W/ NIC GREGORY: Visual Development
Nic Gregory is a Visual Developer, Illustrator & Background Painter in the Los Angeles animation industry. Currently working for Rough Draft Studios, Nic's clients include Disney, Cartoon Network, Thinkwell, Legendary/Geek and Sundry, and more. Nic is also an accomplished plein air painter…
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#47: INTERVIEW W/ ARREE CHUNG: Founder of Storyteller Academy
Arree Chung is an author of picture books for kids. He started as a business consultant but after meeting some artists he decided to change careers and dedicated himself into art, worked at Pixar for many years and learned a lot about the process of creating great stories and then quit his job to...
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#46: INTERVIEW W/ SIMON WILCHES CASTRO: Director at Titmouse
Simon Wilches Castro is the Creative Director at Titmouse Studio. Born in Popayán, Colombia. He Studied Visual Arts in Bogotá, Animation in Cuba and an MFA in the United States. Back in Colombia he used to do political and social satire and cartoons and got himself in trouble because of it. Now...
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#45: INTERVIEW W/ ARI GIBSON: Hollow Knight & Team Cherry
Ari Gibson is the Co-Founder & Co-Director of Team Cherry, a video game studio in Adelaide Australia. They created the video game success known as Hollow Knight. They launched Hollow Knight as a Kickstarter project and asked about $35,000 Australian dollars but they got $57,138 AUD and through…
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#44: INTERVIEW W/ CHRISTOPHE VACHER: Art Director & Painter
Christophe Vacher is a two-time Emmy Award winner, an Art Director, Concept Artist & Painter, he has worked with companies such as Disney, DreamWorks, Universal Studios and the film industry since 1989. He worked on projects such as Treasure Planet, Fantasia 2000, Hercules, Tarzan and the…
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#43: INTERVIEW W/ DARIA COHEN: The Night
Daria Cohen is an animator and illustrator from Israel. She's the creator of the animation "The Night" which became viral and reached over 2.4 million views. After that she created the sequel to the first story called "The Land of the Dead" and currently is working on the third part to the story....
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#42: INTERVIEW W/ MARTA ANDREEVA: Character Design
Marta Andreeva is a Character Designer and Illustrator from Bulgaria, she has studied in FH Potsdam in Germany. Learned from Aaron Blaise, Nathan Fowkes and Stephen Silver. She started working as a freelance artist for Bubu Studio in Bulgaria, then as an illustrator in StenArts in Berlin and she...
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#41: INTERVIEW W/ KATIA GRIFOLS: Visual Development
Katia Grifols is a visual developer from Spain who's the founder of Glow In The Dark Concept Studio and has worked in many projects creating the environments, props, characters, costumes, color scripts and more. She developed the color script and keyes for The Golden Apple and did a design test…
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#40: INTERVIEW W/ ALLI WHITE: Skirtzzz!
Alli White, alias "Skirtzzz!" is an amazing freelance digital artist, focused on illustration that has used the internet as a tool to get her art out and get a lot of opportunities. She created her own small business giving her art as a service and leveraged many events to get more opportunities....
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#39: INTERVIEW W/ CAMILLE RAVEAU: Will & Isabelle - Le Petite Machine
Camille Raveau is an illustrator, storyboard artist and a book author. She Kickstarted her own book called "Will & Isabelle - Le Petite Machine" for France and now has a deal to have her book published in English. She's originally from Versailles, France but also has worked in Los Angeles....
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#38: INTERVIEW W/ ALINA CHAU: Animator & Illustrator
Alina Chau is an experienced illustrator, animator and book author from Hong Kong living in Los Angeles with more than 10 years in experience in the animation and video game industry. She has worked in projects such as God of War, Gears of War, Saint Row, Spyro, Line Rider and Star Wars the Clone...
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#37: INTERVIEW W/ ELAINE HO: Concept Art
Elaine Ho is a Concept Artist and Illustrator with a degree in Pyschology who almost became a Lawyer, but chose to stop, think and find her passion in art. She studied Entertainment Design at the Art Center College of Design and later became a concept artist for theme park and virtual reality...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Creative Hustlers Show is a series of interviews featuring successful artists from all over the world who are successful in their careers or projects and finding out how they did it so you can learn from the very best. The people interviewed here have founded their own studios, projects or worked at the best animation companies in the world such as Disney, Pixar, Cartoon Saloon, Frederator, and Many More.
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