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Today we have more with Lindsay Berkebile!!!! Lindsay is an LA and Portland based Stop-Motion Animator and Director working in tv, ads, and films. You may have seen some of her amazing work in Wendell & Wild, I’m a Virgo, Robot Chicken, Crossing Swords, or many other super awesome projects. Today we talk to Lindsay about how she created an incredible stop-motion vomiting mandible bumper for Adult Swim! Visit the links below to watch her finished Maya and the Three and Centaurworld animations! Watch the Adult Swim bumper Skin of my Teeth Adult Swim bumper Follow Lindsay Instagram: @10secondday TikTok: @10secondday twitter/x: @10secondday IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3126621/ Vimeo: lindsayfatal Shout Outs Sam Shumway: @yungshum Jake Hauswirth: @beercanfan Aarica North: @urrcanarf James Morr: @tinyangrydog.animation Doug Cummings: @3doug Open the Portal: @opentheportal Nice Shorts is... Fu Yang https://fuyang.wixsite.com/fuyang/about https://www.instagram.com/cuckoostuff/ @cuckoostuff Johnny Knittle https://johnnyrk.com/ https://www.instagram.com/johnnyrk/ @johnnyrk

NS 019: Lindsay Berkebile Intro Today we have Lindsay Berkebile!!!! Lindsay is an LA and Portland based Stop-Motion Animator and Director working in tv, ads, and films. You may have seen some of her amazing work in Wendell & Wild, I’m a Virgo, Robot Chicken, Crossing Swords, or many other super awesome projects. Today we talk to Lindsay about the cutout animations she did with Netflix for Maya and the Three and Centaurworld as she walks us through how she and her team brought those into existence using a down shooter multi plane and binders filled with paper cutouts for amazing replacement animation shots Visit the links below to watch her finished Maya and the Three and Centaurworld animations! Watch the films Maya and the Three full animation Centaurworld full animation Follow Lindsay Instagram TikTok twitter/x IMDb Shout Outs Sam Shumway: @yungshum Jake Hauswirth: @beercanfan Aarica North): @urrcanarf James Morr: @tinyangrydog.animation Doug Cummings: @3doug Nice Shorts is... Fu Yang https://fuyang.wixsite.com/fuyang/about https://www.instagram.com/cuckoostuff/ @cuckoostuff Johnny Knittle https://johnnyrk.com/ https://www.instagram.com/johnnyrk/ @johnnyrk

Cami Kwan is a stop motion director, producer, and one of the amazing partners at Apartment D Films, an animation studio in Burbank, California! Over the the last two episodes we talked to Cami about making the American Girl Doll short series and what it meant to Cami to help tell the story of their first Asian-American Girl of of the Year doll. She also told us about the origins of Apartment D and how she has transitioned from animator to overseeing a full production crew. We also got to hear a bit about her amazing work animating a music video for The Life I Know by the band The Itchy Worms American Girl Doll of the Year: Meet Corinne Tan The Life I Know by The Itchyworms Follow Cami Cami's Instagram: @camikwan Apartment D Instagram: @apartmentdfilms Apartment D website: www.apartmentdfilms.com Nice Shorts is... Fu Yang Website: https://fuyang.wixsite.com/fuyang/about Instagram: @cuckoostuff  Johnny Knittle Website: https://johnnyrk.com/ Instagram: @johnnyrk

Cami Kwan is a stop motion director, producer, and one of the amazing partners at Apartment D Films, an animation studio in Burbank, California! Over the next two episodes we’ll be talking to Cami about making the American Girl Doll short series and what it meant to Cami to help tell the story of their first Asian-American Girl of of the Year doll. She’ll also tell us about the origins of Apartment D and how she has transitioned from animator to overseeing a full production crew. We’ll also get to hear a bit about her amazing work animating a music video for The Life I Know by the band The Itchy Worms.

Terry Ibele is an award-winning stop-motion animator in Toronto, Canada. He’s produced and animated for television, short film, and digital media. He specializes in taking ideas from concept to completion – including design work, storyboarding, puppet/set fabrication, animation, and editing. He is also the host of the Animation Industry Podcast! In part 2 of our interview, he shows us the sets from his Let's Go Luna shorts, teaches us about paper mache, and how to use good vs bad toilet paper for scenery. We talk about building his home studio during the pandemic along with supplies and budget needed. Discuss pitching his shows, working with a mentor, and how he balances hosting his podcast with his work schedule. Links Terry Ibele's Full Interview (Pt. I) Why Evergreens Are Always Green Aiken Drum | Let's Go Luna | Stop Motion Animation The Strange Ride | Let's Go Luna | Stop Motion & 2D Jackalope Song | Kids Animation DIG! DIG! DIG! - GIPHY Arts + Caruna Exquisit Corpse Stop Motion Segment The Silly Duck Wizard (Stop Motion) Follow Terry Website: terryibele.com Instagram: terryibele Animation Industry Podcast Shout Out Stop Motion Department Toronto Animation Arts Festival International Ottawa International Animation Festival Julie Stewart Rick and Morty Adventure Time Brett Jubinville Fred Seibert Oprah Winfrey Adina Amin Citoplasmas Stop motion Animation Studio Kinetic Armatures National Film Board of Canada Bone Mother A Claymation Easter Nice Shorts is... Fu Yang Website: https://fuyang.wixsite.com/fuyang/about Instagram: @cuckoostuff  Johnny Knittle Website: https://johnnyrk.com/ Instagram: @johnnyrk 

Terry Ibele is an award-winning stop motion animator in Toronto, Canada. He’s produced and animated for television, short film, and digital media. He specializes in taking ideas from concept to completion – including design work, storyboarding, puppet/set fabrication, animation, and editing. He is also the host of the Animation Industry Podcast! In part 1 of our interview, Terry walks us through his Let’s Go Luna shorts! He discusses creating “Evergreen Content”, teaches us the origin story of The Mouse, and shares his life-long hobby of creating an epic wizard tome! Links Why Evergreens Are Always Green Aiken Drum | Let's Go Luna | Stop Motion Animation The Strange Ride | Let's Go Luna | Stop Motion & 2D Jackalope Song | Kids Animation DIG! DIG! DIG! - GIPHY Arts + Caruna Exquisit Corpse Stop Motion Segment The Silly Duck Wizard (Stop Motion) Follow Terry Website: terryibele.com Instagram: terryibele Animation Industry Podcast Shout Out Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Ultra City Smiths Let's Go Luna! Sheridan College ToonBox Entertainment The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Chris Walsh Davey Swatpaz Reddit Peter Hannan CatDog Toon Boom Dragonframe Flowframes Nice Shorts is... Fu Yang Website: https://fuyang.wixsite.com/fuyang/about Instagram: @cuckoostuff Johnny Knittle Website: https://johnnyrk.com/ Instagram: @johnnyrk

Threadwood is a boutique animation studio that started in Burbank, CA and is now located in upstate New York. It's run by Emmy Award-winning animation professionals Alexis Deprey and Scott DaRos. Producing both client projects and original content, Threadwood brings unique, handmade design sensibilities to clay, stop-motion, and 2D animation projects. In part 2 they share many more great tips like how to light a fireplace in stop mo, how they balance personal projects with client projects, and how they want to become a full-service animation studio from the spark of an idea to the finished product!!! Links Threadwood's Full Interview (Pt. I) Magical Cat Episodes Flumpy Lynn Animation Wild Card Hello Stop Mo! Podcast Follow Threadwood Instagram: _threadwood TikTok: @threadwood Youtube: Threadwood Vimeo: Threadwood Website: www.threadwood.com Shout Out LoopdeLoop 11 Second Club Catalyst Castle Studios Apartment D Cassie Soliday Dragonframe DDMX-512 DMX Cable ADJ Products DP-415R Screen Novelties GIDERWEL 12 Channel DMX Decoder RGB LED Controller DIP switch Emmy Awards Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Robot Chicken Nice Shorts is... Fu Yang Website: https://fuyang.wixsite.com/fuyang/about Instagram: @cuckoostuff Johnny Knittle Website: https://johnnyrk.com/ Instagram: @johnnyrk

Threadwood is a boutique animation studio that started in Burbank, CA and is now located in upstate New York. It's run by Emmy Award-winning animation professionals Alexis Deprey and Scott DaRos. Producing both client projects and original content, Threadwood brings unique, handmade design sensibilities to clay, stop-motion, and 2D animation projects. In part 1 of our interview, they take us on a deep dive into all things Magical Cat.. from doing their own theme song and sound design to nailing down the timing of animating a cat! So let’s take a stroll through their early careers together making animations for a furniture company and how that led to wedding rings! Links Magical Cat Episodes Magical Cat: 1 Hour Yule Log Mystery Meat (SYFY) Flumpy Animation Wild Card Hello Stop Mo! Podcast Follow Threadwood Instagram: _threadwood TikTok: @threadwood Youtube: Threadwood Website: www.threadwood.com Shout Out Bob's Discount Furniture Michael Bannon Loose Moose Pepsi Lipton Iced Tea Brisk advert - 'Rocky' Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Ellen Coons Lee Young Aardman Purple and Brown Creature Comforts Nickelodeon Tongal GarageBand Adobe Premiere Pro Nice Shorts is... Fu Yang Website: https://fuyang.wixsite.com/fuyang/about Instagram: @cuckoostuff Johnny Knittle Website: https://johnnyrk.com/ Instagram: @johnnyrk

Martyna Koleniec is an independent, self-taught animation director, animator and character designer from Warsaw, Poland. She mainly specializes in stop motion music videos that she created by herself from puppets, scenography to animation. Currently, she’s working on her debut feature film for children. In part 2, we talk about Hidden -- a mixed stop-motion and 2d music video exploring creative lighting. Martyna talks about making the most of a project’s budget and dives deeper into her journey being a self-taught animator like learning new things while on the job. She even gives us a glimpse into the development of her top-secret full-length feature film! Hidden Beams - Hidden (Official Video) Martyna's Full Interview (Pt. I) Credit CAMERA / LIGHTING Ondřej Nedvěd Follow Martyna Instagram Behance Youtube Etsy Shout Outs Procreate Clay Animation MOMAKIN Nice Shorts is... Fu Yang Website Instagram Johnny Knittle Website Instagram

Martyna Koleniec is an independent, self-taught animation director, animator and character designer from Warsaw, Poland. She mainly specializes in stop motion music videos that she created by herself from puppets, scenography to animation. Currently, she’s working on her debut feature film for children. In part 1, Martyna talks about Photons, a stop-motion animated music video. She talks about working in small spaces with clay during a hot summer. We discuss her lifelong battle with good lighting and how hiring a cinematographer changed her life! Plus how it’s different doing a music video for festivals as opposed to a typical animated film. She even shares some stories about her time spent doing puppet workshops with many cool photos included! Kejnu – Photons (Official Video) FOREST MONSTER (stop-motion animation) Credit CAMERA / LIGHTING Ondřej Nedvěd Clays used in the short: ASTRA Plasticine / JOVI Plasticine Follow Martyna Instagram Behance Youtube Etsy Shout Outs Edgar Wright Joseph Wallace The Sparks Brothers The Kite Behind the scenes of THE KITE / Part 2 / Scenography ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum MOMAKIN Nice Shorts is... Fu Yang Website Instagram Johnny Knittle Website Instagram

Casey Follen is an LA-based creative producer and founder of Catalyst Castle Studios, her freelance practice. Casey also manages stop motion and mixed-media productions for many other studios. In addition she teaches at the College for Creative Studies as well as LCAD. On top of all that she is even a co-founder of Animation Wild Card! In part 1 we’ll learn about how she made Stuck at home with Neville… and how making that during the pandemic led to starting Animation Wild Card with her friends! Which also led to making the Hello Stop Mo podcast So come along and meet Casey! Stuck at Home With Neville Animation Wild Card Hello Stop Mo! Podcast Follow Casey Instagram TicTok LinkedIn Website Credits Stuck at Home With Neville — Music Attribution — Hyperfun by Kevin MacLeod Shout Out Threadwood Apartment D Inspire Art The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run School of Motion Storyboard Pro Blue Yeti Mic Sunstorm with Alicia Garza & Ai-jen Poo Nice Shorts is... Fu Yang https://fuyang.wixsite.com/fuyang/about Instagram Johnny Knittle https://johnnyrk.com/ Instagram

Join us as Jack walks us through the making of his animated short, Shi-Fu! Sharing tons of behind the scenes content from boards to animatics to 3D models to a finished product! Links Shi-Fu short film Shi-Fu Follow Jack Instagram Portfolio Shi-Fu Composer 王文星 Wenhsing Wang Nice Shorts is... Fu Yang https://fuyang.wixsite.com/fuyang/about https://www.instagram.com/cuckoostuff/ Johnny Knittle https://johnnyrk.com/ https://www.instagram.com/johnnyrk/