The Women in Animation student chapter took a trip to Burbank yesterday to visit Disney and Nickelodeon studios. I'd already visited both before, but why turn down an opportunity, right? And I was lucky I went. We got to sit down with Eric Goldberg - yes, you read right - and he walked us through the challenges of designing and animating Louis the alligator. He's a fun guy, doesn't take himself too seriously. He looks like a walking caricature. I decided that drawing cartoons for several decades must have that effect on a person, and I started wondering what I will look like when I'm old.
We also went back to Nickelodeon. I got to sit down for a few mintues with Peter Bennett, who hand paints the backgrounds for spongebob. I started out as an oil painter and switched to animation a few years ago. Now don't get me wrong, I think it's the best career I could ever have, and I'd never want to work outside this industry. I love animating. But if I could take a job doing traditional painting, I'd be so stoked.
Honestly, I love the atmosphere at Nick, but I don't really like some of the shows they're putting out. *cough*fanboyandchumchum*cough.* But I loved the Butch Hartman shows, and I hear a new one is coming out. And if they can come up with something amazing to take the place of Avatar, I'd want to be a part of that. If they did it once, they can do it again.
The internship application deadline is coming up soon. Wish me luck!
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