All Episodes

136 Straight Ahead w/ Kevin Casas: Production Management and Werewolves

135 Straight Ahead w/ Karolyn Schenewark-Moses: Development, Design, and Disability

134 Straight Ahead w/ Harley Knife: Comfort, Transformation, and Moving Forward

133 Straight Ahead w/ Rajkamal Singh: A Character Designer Working As A Storyboard Revisionist

132 Straight Ahead w/ Nina Robinson: For The Gorls!

131 Straight Ahead w/ Maritza Louis: Lifting Up The Next Generation

130 Straight Ahead w/ Vanessa Guvele: Pixar Zoom Intern to Resident Story Artist

129 Straight Ahead w/ The Superhero Project: Empowering Impacted Youth

128 Straight Ahead w/ Ricardo Scioville: Listening to your Inner Child

127 Straight Ahead w/ Quinne Larsen: Drawing for yourself!

126 Straight Ahead w/ James Eason-Garcia: Writer of the Evolution of the Disney Princess

125 Straight Ahead w/ Manuela Escolar Gonzalez: A Colombiana living in Canada working in the US

124 Straight Ahead w/ Haruka Sato: Concept Artist in Japan

123 Straight Ahead w/ JohnTom Knight: The LOOOORE Keeper

122 Straight Ahead w/ Kiana Khansmith: From Palette Town to the Big City...Greens

121 Straight Ahead SEASON 4 KICKOFF! WE ARE STILL ALIVE!!

120 Geek Girl Conline: My First Steps in the Animation Industry

119 Straight Ahead w/ Kelly Lynne D'Angelo: Native Voice and Lens in Entertainment

118 Straight Ahead w/ Nicolette Ray: Have a Conversation About Mental Health

117 Straight Ahead w/ Joey Clift: Pitching and Selling a Show

116 Straight Ahead w/ Ashley Chung: Thrown Into Kombat!

115 Straight Ahead w/ Steve Sandoval: From Working in Construction to Environment Design

114 Straight Ahead w/ Sofia Canales: The Journey into Animation is a Zig Zag

113 Straight Ahead w/ Angela M. Sánchez: Now you see it...

112 Straight Ahead w/ Jose Hernandez: Drawing with Intent, Inclusion, and Confidence

111 Straight Ahead w/ Kayse Villalba: Enjoy Yourself

110 Straight Ahead w/ Yanna Casey: Exploring and Expressing Gender

109 Straight Ahead w/ Cynthia Furey: Extra! Extra! Food Journalist becomes writer on Tiny Chef!

108 Straight Ahead w/ Rise Up Animation: From X-Games to X-Sheets

107 Straight Ahead w/ Black Card Members: YOU are the protagonist!

106 Straight Ahead w/ Asian Queens in Animation: A World of Connection

105 Straight Ahead w/ Story For All: Free 1:1 mentorships for BIPOC artists

104 Straight Ahead w/ Diverse Toons: Jade Seaberry, Woman of Action!

103 Straight Ahead w/ Joel Zamudio: Release Your Ego

102 Straight Ahead w/ Zharia B Rahn: Big Giant Sheet

101 Straight Ahead w/ Isabella Martinez Luna: Loving the Technical Side of 3D

100 Straight Ahead 100th Episode Celebration!

99 Straight Ahead w/ Ashley Tahilan: Championing jokes through Standards & Practices (SNP)

98 Straight Ahead w/ Sean Yeung: In the Big Leagues

97 Straight Ahead w/ Devin Yang: From Corporate to Concept Artist

96 Straight Ahead w/ Thy Võ: Tutorial>Complete... Career>Start!

95 Straight Ahead w/ Yusra Shahid: A Heritage in Storytelling, and a Heart Full of Wonder

94 Straight Ahead w/ Elliot Salgado: Discovering the World of Animatic Editing

93 Straight Ahead w/ Amie Sanchez: Hit the Ground Running

92 Straight Ahead w/ Michelle Lam: Step by Step

91 Straight Ahead w/ Najja Porter: Falling Apples

90 Straight Ahead w/ Eddie Clark: All You Need is One Good Shot

89 Straight Ahead w/ Harron Atkins: From the Street to the Creek!

88 Straight Ahead w/ Corinth Boone: Learning the Industry Standard

87 Straight Ahead w/ Jaylen Tate-Lucas: Suit-up, Robin!

86 Straight Ahead Season 3 Kickoff!!!

85 Straight Ahead w/ Da-Hee Im: Choosing The Game Industry Over Feature Animation

84 Straight Ahead w/ Ren Bernal: Starting Over With A Fresh Start

83 Straight Ahead w/ Nessa Tweneboah: Put fan art in your portfolio!

82 Straight Ahead w/ Cesilia Gutierrez: From Nursing Student to Professional Artist

81 Straight Ahead w/ The Awesombrosos : One Soul Divided Between Two Bodies

80 Straight Ahead w/ Daniela Rodriguez de la Peña: Learning the Ropes and Sailing the Seas!

79 Straight Ahead w/ Juan Montoya: Working Straight Out of Colombia!

78 Straight Ahead w/ Angélica Agélviz: Be the Batman of your own story!

77 Straight Ahead w/ Ruby Wang: visual development for VR, AR, XR, MR... all the R's!

76 Straight Ahead w/ Karissa Valencia: Go, go, Spirit Rangers!

75 Straight Ahead w/ Servan Castillo: Animation to Storyboard, Making the Shift

74 Straight Ahead w/ Grace Han: VFX rigging

73 Straight Ahead w/ Jalysa Leva: Prioritizing your People

72 Straight Ahead w/ Jennifer Zavala Perez: Leading with Respect

71 Straight Ahead w/ Michael Rodriguez: Bringing In Your Personal Story

70 Straight Ahead w/ Kimmie King: Playing Off the Cards You're Dealt

69 Straight Ahead w/ Shannon Parayil: Unlimited Growth

68 Straight Ahead w/ FIAPF and WIA: Stories x Women

67 Straight Ahead w/ Aishwarya Chandramohan: From Comics to Characters, a Chaotic Path to Story

66 Straight Ahead w/ Ferrari Duanghathai Sotthisaowaphak & Tanta Vorawatanakul: Lifting Each Other Up

65 Straight Ahead w/ Curie Lu: You Don't Always Need a Degree

64 Straight Ahead w/ Jeremy Vicentina: A Sure Bet

63 Straight Ahead w/ Joon Chung: Write What You Know

62 Straight Ahead w/ Animasians: The First of Many Years to Come

61 Straight Ahead w/ Ulises Alvarado Llamas: Health first, portfolio second

60 Straight Ahead w/ Aerik Bertulfo: The first rule of Kaiju fight-club...

59 Straight Ahead w/ Kayleen Acosta Rodriguez: Shedding Light on the Beauty in Animation

58 Straight Ahead w/ Zilai Feng: Finding Home in a Far Away Land

57 Straight Ahead w/ Shakira Pressley: The Original Sparkle Cadet

56 Straight Ahead w/ Roxy Simons: Puppets can't "smile fondly"

55 Straight Ahead w/ Marisa Torres: 2D Paint in a 3D World

SPECIAL STRAIGHT AHEAD 50TH EPISODE CELEBRATION!

54 Straight Ahead w/ Dashawn Mahone: A Valorous Tale

53 Straight Ahead w/ Angela Entzminger: 15 Year Journey To Overnight Success

52 Straight Ahead w/ Aaron Cobb: Evolve Your Style by Going With the Flow

51 Straight Ahead w/ BNA: Strength in Visibility, Building a Community for Black Artists

49 Straight Ahead w/ Yuki Okamura-Wong: Transitioning From A Blob To A Fully Realized Human Being

48 Straight Ahead w/ Ray Mendoza Landa: Scholar to Story Artist, Playing to your Strengths before Mileage

47 Straight Ahead w/ Steph Rizo: Taking a Leap of Faith into Storyboarding

46 Straight Ahead w/ Daniela Dwek: Character Technical Director Model/Rigger at Pixar

45 Straight Ahead w/ Derrick Malik Johnson: Loyalty, Respect, These Hands

44 Straight Ahead w/ Rae Huang: From Animation to Storyboards

43 Straight Ahead w/ Samia Khalaf: Directing a short film in VR

42 Straight Ahead w/ Andrew Arcilla: Geeking out about community, musicals in space, and Legos

41 Straight Ahead w/ Grey Chen: Recovering from Burnout

40 Straight Ahead w/ Kristal Babich: Confidence in a Soft Spoken Voice

39 Straight Ahead w/ Christian Alvarez: Making the Pipeline Work for You

38 Straight Ahead w/ Janet Rodriguez: Translating Life Experience to Artistic Voice

37 Straight Ahead w/ Juan Luis Bravo: Transitioning from Live-Action to Storyboarding

36 Straight Ahead w/ LXiA: Empowering LatinX Voices

35 Straight Ahead w/ Kaila Knight Tryal: Creating Opportunities

34 Straight Ahead w/ Liz Luu: Building Databases, the Artist Hiring Tools of Today

33 Straight Ahead w/ Jeff Trammell: From Inner-City Detroit to Nickelodeon Writer's Room

32 Straight Ahead w/ Montse Hernandez: Being a Voice of Color in Animation

31 Straight Ahead w/ Crystal Cheng: Changing the Trajectory of your Career

30 Straight Ahead w/ Daniel Rodier: Working as a Music Composer

29 Straight Ahead w/ Kameelah (MeeMee) Costa: Cross-Country to Cartoon Network

28 Straight Ahead w/ Maneen Mehta: Pursing Animation instead of becoming a Doctor

27 Straight Ahead w/ Abelle Hayford: Freelance Illustrator, Character Designer, and Color Stylist

26 Straight Ahead w/ Marie Lum: From Storyboard Revisionist to Assistant Director at Disney TVA

25 Straight Ahead w/ Bryan Bae: Designing an Inclusive Future

24 Straight Ahead w/ Emily Rodriguez: Life of an Animator in Adult Animation

23 Straight Ahead w/ Revathi Kotni: Production Manager at Netflix Animation

22 Straight Ahead w/ Stella Longfish: Coloring Kid Cosmic, a Spectrum of Creativity

21 Straight Ahead w/ Li Cree: Morphinominal Story Artist!

19 Straight Ahead w/ Denise Chan: Retake Animator at Titmouse Inc.

18 Straight Ahead w/ Katherine Nguyen: From Production to Story

17 Straight Ahead w/ Grace Villaroman: 3D Character Animator at Sony Pictures Imageworks

16 Straight Ahead w/ Maaike Scherff: Character Designer by Day, Revisionist by Night

15 Straight Ahead w/ Kristine Lee: A Story Artist with an Electrical Engineering Degree

14 Straight Ahead w/ Brandon Jaisen Louie: 2D FX Animator

13 Straight Ahead w/ Giselle Grimaldo: From Live Action to Animation Production

12 Straight Ahead w/ Flora Rees-Arredondo: Junior Art Director at FS Studio

11 Straight Ahead w/ Maya Mendonça: Student Academy Award-winning Animation Director

10 Straight Ahead w/ Justin Bruce Lee: From Padawan to Jedi at Lucasfilm Animation

09 Straight Ahead w/ Maddie Julyk: Worker-Owner at Wild Blue Studios

08 Straight Ahead w/ Marvin Madrid: Living Fast and Furious as a Storyboard Revisionist at DreamWorks

07 Straight Ahead w/ Latonya White: 2D Artist at an indie game company

06 Straight Ahead w/ Gloria Carolina Felix Orozco: Life as a Freelance Illustrator and Visual Development Artist

05 Straight Ahead w/ Alex Pimwong: From Barista at the Luxo Cafe to Story Resident at Pixar

04 Straight Ahead w/ Sofia Guerra: 2D Animation is alive in Georgia

03 Straight Ahead w/ Rebecca Chan: From intern to full-time Visual Development Artist at Tonko House

02 Straight Ahead w/ Miguel Baltazar: Storyboard Revisionist at Netflix

01 Straight Ahead w/ Trilina Mai: Freelance 3D Animator and Director of Award Winning Short Film

00 Straight Ahead w/ Ray & Yuki: What is Straight Ahead?