Rubberonion Animation Podcast

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE EVE! For the last TWO YEARS we've done a special episode for Christmas and this year is no different. Because this happens to be episode 112, we couldn't just let the "12 Days of Christmas" reference sit, right?! So we run through 12 gifts that we think are good for the animator (whether established, starting, or wannabe) in your life. They're all linked below with timestamps of when we talk about them in the show. And also, you can listen to this episode while playing the Yule Log video I did (below)! Listen for the Krunkus & Bobcat Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud! RubberOnion Yule Log... play this while you listen to the podcast!   GIFTS & Timestamps: #1 Rough Animator App - iOS/Android $4.99, OSX $9.99 (7:52)   #2 Moleskine Notebook - $13.95 (9:53)   #3 Bake & Bend Clay - $14.89 (11:32)   #4 The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Blu-Ray/DVD- $19.49 (13:22)   #5 Unidirectional Microphone - $19.99 (16:03)   #6 Rob's store!

HOT COCOA SHOW! This show's topic is "What to do when Technology lets you down as an Artist" and we talk all about our (mis)adventures in using technology, how to troubleshoot problems when they arise, and how to even avoid problems before they happen! If you are technologically-challenged, this is the episode for you and you should definitely check out the main blog post. And don't miss the giveaway announcement in the podcast... it's first-come-first-served! And don't forget to check out the companion blog post with this podcast to read a more structured list of ways to be troubleshoot and prevent technology failures! Listen for Rob2001, #TechShaming, caramel-snort, ♫calling Stephen Brooks♫, cats = computer bugs, and "Samsonite... I was way off!" Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps: (7:44) "The Secret" vs "The Obvious" (9:31) Why you should always have System Restore on (12:48) How Stephen became the "computer guru" for others (15:08

This week we interview Doug Bresler, creator of Doogtoons and his new podcast Animation Ninja! This is a new one for us because the day we recorded this episode, Doug ALSO interviewed us for his podcast and part 1 of that interview is going up on the same day as this one (you can check that episode out right here!) Listen for sharks and dolphins, "clean set," the Trapped in the Drive-Thru story, and the fact that nobody is Gargamel. Please Rate & Review us on iTunes Check out Doug's Website, Podcast, and definitely like him on facebook! And you can now check us out on SoundCloud!  Topics & Timestamps: (4:42) Who is Doug? (6:30) L.B. Rayne (11:35) Eli's Dirty Jokes (14:33) Securing rights to put videos on his own YouTube channel (22:03) Vessel and challenging the YouTube model (28:35) Saving time in producing animation (35:45) Animated music video for Weird Al's Trapped in the Drive-Thru (46:00) Talking Lawyer & Interns (55:25) Paying your dues... and avoiding them (1:02:40) Making his podcast, An

[explicit] This segment premiered in #RubberOnionPodcast 109 "Animals With Clothes" Check out Jamil Lahham's website for his animated short "Dirty Laundy Day"http://www.DirtyLaundyDay.com   (Follow @RubberOnion)

You probably already know by now that Adobe has decided to rebrand "Flash CC" as "Animate CC." This took pretty much everybody by surprise but heavy users, like myself, were hoping for a move just like this and I'll tell you why. But first, here's what I know so far about Adobe Animate CC: The most important point: If you have the Creative Cloud desktop application, Animate CC will be listed in January 2016. Previous version of Flash Pro will continue to be available (just as they are now). Basically, it is my belief that Adobe sees the "Flash is Dead" meme taking on a little more traction than they would like and are trying to distance themselves from the name so that the SWF version of the Flash brand can die on its own and the program itself (the thing that I've been using to make animation for many years and have rarely exported to SWF anyway) can live on. I say this because from the features list it doesn't look like Adobe Animate CC is much more than a name change and a slightly more animation-focuse

SEGMENT EPISODE! Adobe Flash is rebranding itself as "Adobe Animate," Stephen went to the Manchester Animation Festival & CTNx 2015, Gravity Falls is ending and Disney released an awesome clip from the upcoming movie Zootopia, we do our first ever 'Creator Spotlight' on animator Jamil Lahham for his animated short "Dirty Laundry Day," we take an audience question, and finally we cover the rest of the stories which broke in November with Rapid Fire! Listen for The Krunkus, "oh my god... they Kilkenny," slow loris THX and "they'll probly pulla peanuz." I would love to hear what you think about this episode in the comments section below. Please Rate & Review us on iTunes Topics & Timestamps: (9:57)  Stephen went to the Manchester Animation Festival (15:40)  ... and also CTNx 2015 in Burbank, where we had our RubberOnion meetup with you listeners! (23:51)  Animation News of the Week... (24:20)  BREAKING: Adobe Flash is rebranding itself as Adobe Animate!! (31:39)  Zootopia's "sloth" trailer (41:24)  

HOLIDAY EPISODE! Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the United States so we talk a lot about that - how we celebrate, what holiday specials we like to watch, etc. But this week we also finally get to hear what Pat thought about The Peanuts Movie!! We top it all off by saying what Rob & I are thankful for in the animation world. If you're celebrating this Thursday, have fun and stay safe! If you're not celebrating... same. Enjoy the show! Listen for "All in the Hamily," alternative modem, sparkling apple juice, and Dunkaroos. I would love to hear what you think about this episode in the comments section below. Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud!  Topics & Timestamps: (1:39)  Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Float Suggestions (6:31)  Talking about Thanksgiving (11:13)  Thanksgiving Cartoon Specials (24:12)  Trailer Talk... (24:51)  Kung Fu Panda 3 (32:35)  Anamolisa (43:47)  Finding Dory (51:50)  Pat's Peanuts Review (click here to listen to his initial thoughts

HOT COCOA SHOW! This show's topic is "How to Be Productive When You're Lazy" and we talk about our own experiences, procrastination, bumps-in-the-road, and methods for making your lazy side work for you. This is a clean episode and completely SFW so feel free to listen whenever and wherever you are! There are also THREE (we say 2 in the show but there's actually 3) major announcements in this episode so keep an ear out for those. And don't forget to check out the companion blog post with this podcast to read a more structured list of ways to be more productive!  Listen for "work-shy," Matilda, the Millennials rant, "I'm your Yoko" and what Quint from Jaws can teach us about facing your fears. Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps: (11:06)  What is "lazy?" (19:24)  Are you just overwhelmed? (26:31)  Stephen's VLOGs (30:26)  BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! (37:56)  All about inertia (53:17)  Work Culture, burnout & procrastination (1:05:19)  Millenn

Out in the land of New Zealand, modern land of zeal, there exists an animation studio called... Mukpuddy. Formed by the collective might of Ryan Cooper, Alex Leighton and Tim Evans they make cartoons with a distinctive style and a prolific speed. They took the time out from their morning in the future to our nighttime (because as it turns out, Earth rotates... pun) to talk with us about their new studio space and their brand new, full half-hour animated series The Barefoot Bandits! Listen for false accusation, guessing emails, Homer Simpson, "Casey Kasem's" grinder outing, and poo runner taking a backseat (and nobody even noticed that was said, which surprises me) Please Rate & Review us on iTunes Check out Mukpuddy's Website, Blog, and definitely like them on facebook! And you can now check us out on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps: (3:49)  Who is Mukpuddy... actually, what's a "mukpuddy?" (14:25)  Starting a studio in a pre-YouTube world (22:07)  On the virtue of being naive (29:14)  What is the dy

SEGMENT EPISODE! This week we list our Top 5 "Underrated Animated Films," talk animation news of the month (including Wil Wheaton vs HuffPost vs Exposure, YouTube Red and bullying on the internet), we answer an audience question about what future we see for animation, a special secret interview, and the return of Rapid Fire! Listen for Ashton Goulash, Bugs Bunny of Horror, "bungeoke" and decapitated Winnie the Pooh. I would love to hear what you think about this episode in the comments section below. Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud!  Topics & Timestamps: (4:06)  The link between 50 Shades of Grey and Twilight (8:07)  Animation News of the Week... (9:04)  Wil Wheaton's Huffington Post "exposure" post (17:57)  YouTube Red (25:19)  Twitch launches a new hub where users can watch artists as they work (30:30)  Steven Universe' fandom bullied fanartist into personal harm (48:05)  RubberOnion interviews a special surprise guest! (51:46)  RubberOnion's TOP 5:

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! The "Freelance Horror Stories" are back with a part 2 with stories from YOU listeners and even past interviewees, Elliot Cowan and Exit 73 Studios! The point of this episode is to expose you to the bad experiences that animators have in the industry and then Rob and I (Stephen) give a postmortem on the event to learn what went wrong and why... so if in the future you run into a similar situation you'll know what to do! Thank you so much for all your participation, we got some fantastic stories this year and it was great talking with you all! Enjoy the show and have an amazing Halloween weekend! And don't be afraid to share some of your costumes in the comment section below Listen for "who doin' it," joker mask, "you can't make 100 outta 50," and spirit man. Please Rate & Review us on iTunes  And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud!   Topics & Timestamps: (7:09)   Martin Bell's story (25:42)   Sam Albro's story (36:02)   Kristen Loader's story (1:00:32)   Rob Yulfo's story (1:0

HOT COCOA SHOW! This week we talk all about Copyright, Fair Use, Parody, Fan Art and more in a discussion that's centered around a blog post I made on the topic a couple days ago (click here to check that would which ALSO has this episode embedded in it for good measure)! Creators on the internet mostly get the blame for using and sometimes abusing copyrighted material in their own creations. Sometimes they constitute something new and other times they're not at all covered under fair use and are basically just stealing, whether intentional or not. As pointed out early in the show, ignorance is not a defense against copyright infringement. However! "Internet creators" are not unique in this area, there's just a lot more artists sharing their work now than there used to be... and much of that work is the exploratory stuff nobody ever used to be privy to in the pre-internet age. Because the copyright has been extended to such a degree that more of the art which is actually still relevant in our time is copyrig

Elliot Cowan is the indie animator and filmmaker behind the new movie "The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead & Roundhead." We got to talk to him for 2 hours about everything from trends in big-budget animated films, the current state of art schools and the double-edged sword of making a feature-length animated film virtually by yourself. You listeners submitted so many great questions too and we get to all of them! You might be surprised what he thinks about the animation process and the Pixar movies Up and Cars. Listen for animation mumblecore, "thanks Rob, shutup," the grumpy animator theme song, how you pronounce Cowan and why it's that way, and indie animators as home brewers.  Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now check us out on SoundCloud!  Topics & Timestamps: (6:51)  Elliot introduces himself (9:08)  We talk about cartoon reboots & the landscape of modern animation (22:45)  He's been illustrating a lot more since wrapping production on his film, here's why (25:35)  Why Art

SEGMENT EPISODE! This week I review "Danger Mouse" 2015, we list our Top 5 "Cartoons Based on R-Rated Movies," talk about the animation news of the week in depth and the rest get put in the audience favorite Rapid Fire! segment (this time with a time limit). We also talk about our recent animated short, some of the easter eggs in there and I give you some tips on best practices in Adobe Flash as well as character turnarounds. Listen for Stephen's comparison of Michael Bay's "Transformers" franchise to Donald Trumps 2016 presidential campaign, a GI Joe / Muppet Babies theme mashup, and "leeches, bro." Oh and how could I forget, there's a new design for the podcast! I really hope you enjoy this 2hr episode and would love to hear what you think in the comments section below. Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now check us out on SoundCloud!  Topics & Timestamps: (8:29)  Stephen's first-impression review of the 2015 "Danger Mouse" reboot on the CBBC (23:48)  Animation News of the Week... (24:2

This week's episode was LIVE and you listeners in the chatroom were amazing. We had animation news stories, trivia, Rapid Fire, audience voicemail, and a heartfelt goodbye from Pat who leaves the show as co-host to pursue his higher education and new career in Substance Abuse Counseling (contact him on Twitter if you or someone you know needs help). The entire unedited video is embedded below for your viewing pleasure, but if you want that clean, professional, edited feel you've come to love you can download the audio podcast right here! Thanks for being such a great audience for 100 episodes and to Andrew Kaiko for his amazing fan art which I'm using as the featured image for this episode with his permission. Check out his Patreon page and support his excellent work. Rob and I look forward to bringing you more focused content in these upcoming episodes... the hundreds! See you next week! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (8:23)   Weird Simpson VHS (14:51)   PEANUTS tr

Richard Williams' is continuing his boundary pushing pursuits in hand-drawn animation with "Prologue," Moonbot shows how to make a perfect teaser, Danger Mouse is coming to the CBBC and Netflix... and since this is Pat's penultimate episode as a regular co-host on the show we surprise him with a countdown of his 5 most memorable moments as submitted by you listeners! Now as for NEXT WEEK, at 6:30pm ET on Sunday, September 27th we're having a special LIVE episode of the Podcast, complete with a chatroom where you can interact with us and other audience members. All that will be over at the RUBBERONION LIVE PAGE! And don't forget to RSVP at the FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (1:14)   Richard Williams "Prologue" animated short teaser (11:44)   Moonbot shows how to properly do a teaser with "Taking Flight" (18:27)   "Danger Mouse" full pre-premiere trailer (30:03)   Audience Question: "[What are] some of Pat's writing inspirations/idols?" ~Chris Gui

This week we saw Glen Keane (the master animator behind Ariel from "The Little Mermaid") draw in Virtual Reality, and then Batman et al beat up sea creatures (including Ariel) in the new Batmetal animated music video. We finally get to see what "Wabbit," Bugs Bunny's new series, will look like and learn about a Spongebob Squarepants musical and a possible Avengers-style teamup movie of your favorite 90s NickToons. These next two episodes are a little special, and not just because they precede our 100th episode LIVE show! With Stephen traveling this week, two episodes were recorded in one session. The split between them is a cliffhanger of epic proportions (I may be overselling that)! Enjoy and leave the evening of Sunday, September 27 open to join us for our 100th episode, LIVE! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (3:06)   Conversation over the current "Anomalisa" festival buzz (8:58)   Glen Keane draws in VR (23:31)   BATMETAL returns (30:42)   David Bowie, John Legend,

This week Stephen and Rob tackle the question of "collaboration" and what that means for us animators. This topic seemed relevant since we're working on another Podcastimation for release at the end of the month in conjunction with our 100th episode. We cover some of the factors which go into finding someone to collaborate with, how to avoid some of the possible pitfalls like a difference in vision, and review examples of popular artistic collaborations. We want to know what you think... what makes for a truly effective collaboration? Have you ever been in one yourself? Share your comments, stories and suggestions in the comments section below and we'll read the best ones on next weeks' episode! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (11:08)   We're making a 3rd Podcastimation (15:47)   Stephen and Rob's history of working together (35:14)   Why they work well together (49:12)   How to find someone "worthy" of collaborating - the three pillars of working together and what d

We're talking all Video Game related stories this week but start with a question: is "Animations" a word? Nintendo said they want more control over their movie properties, fan-film producer Adi Shankar (Judge Dredd: Superfiend, Power/Rangers) and Fred Seibert (Frederator) want to make a dark Castlevania animated mini-series, and Rovio cuts a third of their work force. This week we also play a game where Stephen reads out all the video game movies that have been made thus far and Rob and Pat try to guess what their Rotten Tomatoes rating is... I know this is cliche, but the answers may surprise you! The audience question this week is a great one about what animated series we would cancel in order to revive another. CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (10:21)   Do you say "animations" with an S? (21:52)   Nintendo may return to the movie world, on their own terms (37:12)   Producer, Adi Shankar, has ‘Castlevania’ animation plans (48:06)   Rovio to cut 230 jobs off workforc

It was an interesting week to be a kid. While "Sesame Street" moves to HBO, "The Lion Guard" is coming to the small screen in a beautifully animated new series and Stephen saw a family-friendly animated short collection in a local theater, featuring the works of nine animators from around the world. If you happen to be an "adult-kid," the red-band trailer for "Hell & Back" was posted and the Hollywood Antitrust lawsuit is back in play... OK, this week's theme is stretched a little bit but it did lead to some VERY interesting discussions! There was technical talk over "The Lion Guard" animation style, social discussion over "Sesame Street" on a premium cable channel, and a bit of budget talk regarding the recommended reading this week (see below). CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (4:18)   Stephen attended the "This Is Not a Cartoon" screening hosted by Sqwigly (20:23)   THE LION GUARD tv special to be precursor to tv series (40:18)   Sesame Street moves to HBO (1:1