Episode 84: Character Designer Olivia Amoah's Detailed Journey From School To Looney Tunes

This episode features Warner Brothers Character Designer Olivia Amoah, who walks through her career journey from animation student, to intern, to first full-time contract, to how she was hired to work on Looney Tunes. You’ll also learn: *Why the hiring manager put her on Looney Tunes when she applied for a totally different position *The rollercoaster journey she went on straight out of school *Olivia’s plans to start her own animation/art business on the side ~[Sponsored Message]~ This episode is sponsored by Bloop Animation, which is an animation learning platform packed with premium online video courses for aspiring animation filmmakers. They have courses for all major animation programs like Maya, Animate CC, Toon Boom, Blender, TVPaint, and many others, as well as some non-software courses like a storyboarding course, Animation foundations course, and even one about making graphic novels, which covers absolutely everything you need to know from start to finish. The courses are all in video-form, so there’s no deadlines or application process, you simply pick a course and start learning in seconds. In fact, they just released a brand new course teaching how to animate Moho. Moho, formerly known as Anime Studio, is a 2D animation software that's main selling point is its ability to easily build and animate with rigged puppet characters. It’s balance of ease of use and powerful features makes it a popular option for hobbyists, and while it’s not an industry standard yet, it has been used on some major productions such as the Oscar nominated feature films Song of the Sea, and The Breadwinner. The course came out today, and it includes 38 video lessons with over 5 hours of content. Bloop always launches new courses at a discounted price for the first few days, so make sure to get it before Friday when the prices go up for good. *Moho Course: https://www.bloopanimation.com/moho-animation/ *Bloop Animation’s course library: https://www.bloopanimation.com/courses More about Olivia Amoah: This episode features Warner Brothers Character Designer Olivia Amoah, who walks through your career journey from animation student, intern, first full-time contract, to how she was hired to work on Looney Tunes. *Follow Olivia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/groovydrop/ *Reach out to Olivia through LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liv-amoah/