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Toon Talk Sessions - Rich Dannys
Welcome to the first episode of Toon Talk Sessions, a Toon Talk Weekly interview series!
Listen above of download the MP3 (67.4mb).
For some time now, we’ve wanted to sit down and interview the people that work behind the scenes on bringing our favorite cartoons to life. It’s no secret that animation is no small task and it requires a large team to create these awesome shows.
On this episode of Toon Talk Sessions Jake had the chance to talk with Canadian artist Rich Dannys about his work in cartoons.
Rich Dannys is a freelance illustrator and cartoonist, based in Oshawa, Ontario. He is an experienced Layout/Design artist, that has worked at many of Toronto’s finest animation studios. His style ranges from work featuring: animated cartoon & comic-book sensibilities – to vintage/retro motifs, with occasional ‘classical’ overtones.
Here are some of the topics covered in this episode:
How he got into the cartoon industry
His early work on Beetlejuice and the time he fired himself
Stories and the coolest scene from the Cadillacs and Dinosaurs series
Rich’s education and teaching experience in Canada
The extraordinary pipeline on his latest project, Welcome to the Wayne
His love of comics and where he finds inspiration
His advice for getting into the cartoon industry and improving your art
For more about Rich Dannys and his work you can find him at the following:
Tumblr - richdannys.tumblr.com/ Instagram - www.instagram.com/richdannys/ Portfolio - www.coroflot.com/Attezarf IMDb - www.imdb.com/name/nm2147403/
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In exactly 20 days, the new Nickelodeon cartoon series I’ve finished working on, will make it’s TV debut. I’m very eager to see/hear the reactions to (what I can only describe as) the most extraordinary animation project I’ve had the good pleasure to work on!
Seen above, are a small handful of the Layouts I completed, for the premier episode.. The show had a stellar cast of "Yowza Animation” talent, working magic on all aspects of the show. And the production pipeline was unique and innovative, in more ways than I can accurately describe.. Suffice to say, it’s highly unusual to have all of the environments “built” as 3D models first, that were then turned into specifically “hand-drawn” 2D location backgrounds!
It was a unique experience for me especially, as I’d also worked Layout on the short digital web-series on which this show was based, back in 2014. But I think that fans of the original web shorts will be even more amazed at the amplified depth and detail of the worlds, as now presented in “Welcome To The Wayne” TV series.. Hope you’ll all enjoy watching it!
About 6 months ago, I had the good fortune to work Layout over at 'Yowza Digital' on a webcartoon for Nickelodeon, entitled: "Welcome To The Wayne".. Because I'm an old-timer, I had to be eased into working in a purely digital way, using Photoshop on a Cintiq.. I think I adapted pretty quickly. But early on, I was still drawing my Layouts traditionally. And I'm posting a couple examples here.. Doing the warped-anamorphic BG's was challenging, but a lot of fun!