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School of Motion PodcastWhy Motion Designers Are Having a Moment — with Adobe's Michael TanzilloFrom pouring drinks to lighting shots at Blue Sky to leading Adobe's Substance 3D team, Michael Tanzillo's professional path is anything but typical and his story is packed with lessons motion designers need to hear. Check out the corresponding blog post here: www.schoolofmotion.com/blog/adobe-michael-tanzillo In this episode of the School of Motion Podcast, EJ Hassenfratz sits down with Michael to talk about the state of 3D, why motion designers are impressing major animation studios, and how foundational skills (like lighting and storytelling) will outlast any software trend. 🗒️ SHOW NOTES Michael Tanzillo https://www.l...
2025-09-101h 33
School: After HoursS 4 EP 11: Community Conversations: Creating An Animation Revolution feat. Jasmine KatatikarnIn this episode, Jasmine Katatikarn shares her journey in the animation industry and discusses how she started an after-school program in New York City. She explains that her motivation to start the program was to increase diversity in animation and create awareness of the various creative opportunities available to children. Jasmine highlights the importance of reaching out to the younger generation and providing them with the tools and skills to pursue careers in animation. She also emphasizes the need for diversity in the animation industry and shares her personal experiences as a woman in the male-dominated field of visual...
2024-01-2326 min
The Online Course Show211: $17k/mo Selling Courses While Working Full-Time at Amazon (Featuring Jasmine Katatikarn)In this episode, we have a special guest, Jasmine Katatikarn, who is here to share her incredible journey of selling courses while working full-time at Amazon. Jasmine launched a unique online and in-person animation program for after-school kids, based on her own academy. She identified a lack of diversity in the animation industry and sought to address it by extending her education pipeline to younger generations. Jasmine shares her experience of conducting research, finding interest in her program, and using various tools to automate and improve customer experience. She also offers valuable insights into the...
2023-10-311h 03
CG talksBONUS Jasmine Katatikarn -Illuminating a Career in 3d AnimationIn this bonus episode of CG Talks, Marco is joined by Jasmine Katatikarn, co-founder of the Academy of Animated Art. Jasmine shares insights from her over 20 years of experience as a senior lighting artist at studios like Blue Sky. They discuss the nuances of 3D lighting, including shaping, directing the viewer's eye, and creating mood. Jasmine provides perspective on lighting for different scenarios like feature animation vs VFX. She also gives advice for lighting dark and overcast environments.The conversation covers her work founding the Academy of Animated Art to fill education gaps and help students achieve...
2023-09-2846 min
80 Level PodcastThe Art of Lighting - 80 Level PodcastSend us a textJasmine Katatikarn, 3D Lighting Artist and CEO of the Academy of Animated Art joined 80 Level. Jasmine talks about learning lighting art, technologies, software, and storytelling through light in movies & games. She delves into the job opportunities for artists: what companies are looking for, and how to overcome the stigmatization of art careers among older generations. We also discuss the difference between animation and VFX and the dynamic interplay between human creativity and AI-powered tools.Check out the Academy of Animated Art if you want to learn lightning: https://academyofanimatedart...
2023-09-0639 min
The Creator's Adventure - Course Creation, Entrepreneurship & Mindset tips for Creators#75: Balancing a Career in VFX and Running a Business [Interview With Jasmine Katatikarn]In today's episode, we are thrilled to have Jasmine Katatikarn, a talented artist, animator, and founder of an academy for aspiring artists.
During the interview, Jasmine shares her insights on being intentional with how we spend our time, the importance of designing our lives around our priorities, and the power of embracing AI in the creative industry.
Jasmine Katatikarn is a creative leader and entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in animation, VFX, and tech. She co-founded the Academy of Animated Art, an online school that brings in six figures in sales yearly.
She...
2023-08-0150 min
Confidence Within#014: Designing Your Career and Life: Interview with Jasmine Katatikarn In this episode of the Confidence Within podcast, I interview Jasmine Katatikarn, a multi-passionate creative entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in animation (“Ice Age” and “Rio”, to name a few) and tech. She manages a full-time job in a Fortune 100 company, is a co-founder of the Academy of Animated Art, and has a coaching business. Jasmine shares her inspiring journey of overcoming obstacles and embracing pivots in life, which is a testament to the power of perseverance and inner confidence. Jasmine emphasizes the importance of having the courage to pursue one's passions, even in the face of imperf...
2023-04-0542 min
The Career ChangersHow To Grow A Side Hustle To Six Figures While Working Full-time And Raising A Family | Jasmine KatatikarnOur guest today is Jasmine Katatikarn, Creative Leader for a Fortune 100 company, mother of two, and co-founder/CEO of the Academy of Animated Art, an e-education company for 3D lighting artists that helps people land their dream jobs in major animation studios like DreamWorks and Sony.Find your inspiration in three quotes:Looking back I knew that my passion was in creating things, because I can do it for hours, and time flies by. But it wasn't super clear to me when I was younger, that it could be more t...
2023-02-1330 min
The VFX Artists PodcastA VFX Recruiter's Guide To Getting Hired | TVAP EP51In the first episode of 2023, we felt it quite important to start the year right, by bringing you some much necessary tips from a VFX recruiter, should you be looking to take on a new role.We are therefore pleased to have Sophie Maydon, former VFX Global Head of HR, Recruitment and PR at DNEG (Double Negative), and Director, VFX Talent & Recruitment Consultant at her firm PXL TalentSophie has over a decade's experience recruiting 100's of VFX and animation artists across many levels and departments. In this episode, we discuss many topics t...
2023-01-231h 03
The VFX Artists PodcastLaunching a Comp Career in India | Rishabh Laheja | TVAP EP50 This week we catch up with a rising star in the industry, Rishabh Laheja, a Junior Digital Compositor at MPC. Realizing that a career in IT was not for him. Rishabh began studying nights and eventually putting together a compositing showreel with the help of working industry teachers and mentors he reached out to via Linkedin.Launching his new career exactly in the middle of the Covid lockdowns. Rishabh won a remote role at MPC Bangalore and has already worked as a compositor on huge shows such as Prehistoric Planet and HBO's House of Dragons.
2022-12-1146 min
The VFX Artists PodcastWhat does it take to be a lighting artist? with Jasmine Katatikarn | TVAP EP49What does it take to be a lighting artist? with Jasmine Katatikarn | TVAP EP49This week we catch up with Jasmine Katatikarn, lighting artist and co-founder of the Academy of Animated Art.We discuss finding your career path at any stage in life, what it takes to be a lighting artist, what makes a successful lighting application to top VFX, and animation studios, working in the VFX and animation as a woman and POC, diversity in the industry and more.Without a doubt, we also go on to find out about Jasmine's career...
2022-12-051h 21
Culture in the CraftCXC Shares | Summer of Self Series: Academy of Animated Art CEO & Co Founder Jasmine KatatikarnCulture in the Craft podcast. The diverse faces in #createch spaces
Straight from the mouths of #bipoc practicing experts, this #podcast takes you into the industries from VFX to XR, games creation to animation (PLUS) everything between and beyond!
Our mission to make creative spaces, diverse spaces with a twist! We take everything you know about art, tech and frontier crafts then add a massive dose of culture. That's what's up on Culture in the Craft podcast.
And we're back for part 2 of..
...our 'Summer of Self' series. Ever wondered what...
2022-10-1046 min
Culture in the CraftCXC Shares | Summer of Self Series: Academy of Animated Art CEO & Co Founder Jasmine KatatikarnCulture in the Craft podcast. The diverse faces in #createch spaces
Straight from the mouths of #bipoc practicing experts, this #podcast takes you into the industries from VFX to XR, games creation to animation (PLUS) everything between and beyond!
Our mission to make creative spaces, diverse spaces with a twist! We take everything you know about art, tech and frontier crafts then add a massive dose of culture. That's what's up on Culture in the Craft podcast.
And this time...
...we see your SOS and send help via our 'Summer of...
2022-08-2816 min
Culture in the CraftCXC Cares | Womxn's History Month & Web 3(dom) 4 Womxn - 2022In the month that celebrates womxn with a special honorary day added into the mix we gathered as a group of women/nb (or those that identify) to talk about the experience of it all in these times. Whatever point you’re at within industry, if you're rising up, entering leadership, a seasoned expert and on the board then listen up - because this month's hot topic is Web3! Are W(omxn) A(ll) G(onna) M(ake) I(t)? Here’s what we think.
We're a #bipoc #podcast by a collective of practicing creative experts in the fields of VFX...
2022-03-2133 min
Fantasy/AnimationRio (2011) (with Michael Tanzillo)In this latest episode, Chris and Alex examine one of the most important animation companies of the last 20 years in Hollywood – Blue Sky Studios – who made significant contributions to the shape and direction of U.S. animation, and particularly the computer-animated film. Formed in February 1987 by animator Chris Wedge, the studio recently hit the headlines as they are now sadly in the past tense – The Walt Disney Company acquired Blue Sky as part of their 2019 purchase of 21st Century Fox and then, in February 2021, announced that Blue Sky would be shut down as an animation division. This episode looks back a...
2022-01-311h 02
The Access:VFX Podcast207: Jasmine Katatikarn, CG Lead & Co-Founder of The Academy of Animated ArtOn episode 7 we meet with Jasmine Katatikarn, CG Lead, Creativity Coach and Co-Founder of The Academy of Animated Art. We open the AVFX 'vault' and discuss breaking down creativity, 'pre-vizzing' your life, getting industry ready and creating photo-real tomatoes! Find out more about The Academy of Animated Art at academyofanimatedart.com and more from Jasmine at jazzkatat.com and instagram.com/jazzkatat/
2022-01-071h 01
Directing Animation Livecast#26 - Jasmine Katatikarn (CG Lead / Job-search Warrior) on the Directing Animation LivecastOriginally streamed on YouTube Live Nov 12, 2021. Audio Edited by Kiara Horowitz.
Interview by Scott Wiser: A Director at Spacestation Animation and creator of 10 deeply meaningful feature film pitches. Any producers or executives interested in collaborating or funding on Scott Wiser's projects can peruse these pitches through the application at scottwiser.com/collaborate Â
Jasmine, co-founder of the Academy of Animated Art for training CG Lighters, didn't let the closing of Blue-Sky Studios get her down. Â She is now the CG Lead currently at Framestore and loves helping new artists break into the animation and VFX industry. We...
2021-12-1248 min
Birth Ease Loss SupportS1 E23 My Fertility Journey with Jasmine KatatikarnJasmine Katatikarn shares her almost 6 year long fertility journey. Together, Jasmine and Michelle discuss how difficult and lonely infertility can be for so many, the importance of advocating for yourself, as well as finding someone to talk to or a way to process and release the feelings and emotions such as grief, loss, guilt, and shame that often accompany infertility. Jasmine also explains when she was at the lowest point in her fertility journey, she decided to apply the creative and strategic mindset that she uses in her career as an artist. From this mindset she created The FREEdom Method...
2021-11-261h 01Birth Ease Loss SupportS1 E23 My Fertility Journey with Jasmine KatatikarnJasmine Katatikarn shares her almost 6 year long fertility journey. Together, Jasmine and Michelle discuss how difficult and lonely infertility can be for so many, the importance of advocating for yourself, as well as finding someone to talk to or a way to process and release the feelings and emotions such as grief, loss, guilt, and shame that often accompany infertility. Jasmine also explains when she was at the lowest point in her fertility journey, she decided to apply the creative and strategic mindset that she uses in her career as an artist. From this mindset she created The FREEdom Method...
2021-11-261h 01
Birth Story Podcast75 Infertility Journey and Info with Jasmine KatatikarnJasmine Katatikarn is a self-described strategist, coach, artist, and fertility warrior. She walks Heidi through her long—and often heart wrenching—journey to motherhood utilizing IUI and IVF and what it meant for her to discover and navigate unexplainable infertility. Now a mother of two, Jasmine created a framework so that anyone else with her shared experience could have a little guidance on their journey. She calls this the Freedom Method and it's core values are: Reframe, Execute, Plan, and Take Action. Get a copy of Jasmine's free training here: https://jazzkatat.com/freetraining/ and make sure to follow her...
2021-04-2357 min
RubberOnion Animation Podcast274 Jasmine Katatikarn InterviewOne of the founders of the Academy of Animated Art, co-author of Lighting for Animation, and CG Lighter for Blue Sky Studios, Jasmine Katatikarn, joined us to talk about the industry, online learning, industry lessons learned and starts the episode off with a message about the recent closing of Blue Sky. #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere      Â
2021-03-091h 03
Birth Matters58: [TTC] Fertility Warrior Jasmine Katatikarn on The Artist Mindset to the Fertility Journey (Ep. 58)Today you’ll hear the story of fertility warrior Jasmine Katatikarn, who struggled to have a child for six years. After multiple IUIs and her 2nd IVF, she was told that she had a less than 1% chance of having a baby and to stop trying. However, Jasmine didn’t give up.Using her background as an artist, she applied an artist’s mindset to overcome her roadblocks and design a life that gave control of her fertility journey and life moving forward. Using her designer point of view and tools, Jasmine shows you how to take control of your...
2021-02-1651 min
CGWhyLe LightingPrésenté par Le Doc, Pez et Neo !
Aujourd’hui, l’interview de Joachim Guérin, qui va mettre son département en lumière ;)
Voici les références et liens dont nous parlons dans l’émission et plus encore:
_The CG cinematography book
_The visual story (Bruce Block)
_Lumière: cours pratique à l’usage des professionnels de l’image (Richard Yot)
_Lighting for Animation: The Art of Visual Storytelling (Jasmine Katatikarn & Michael Tanzillo)
_Vision: Color and Composition for Film (Santan Suryavanshi, Hans P. Bacher)
_Reflectio...
2020-12-221h 21CGWhyLe LightingPrésenté par Le Doc, Pez et Neo !
Aujourd’hui, l’interview de Joachim Guérin, qui va mettre son département en lumière ;)
Voici les références et liens dont nous parlons dans l’émission et plus encore:
_The CG cinematography book
_The visual story (Bruce Block)
_Lumière: cours pratique à l’usage des professionnels de l’image (Richard Yot)
_Lighting for Animation: The Art of Visual Storytelling (Jasmine Katatikarn & Michael Tanzillo)
_Vision: Color and Composition for Film (Santan Suryavanshi, Hans P. Bacher)
_Reflectio...
2020-12-221h 21CGWhyLe LightingPrésenté par Le Doc, Pez et Neo !
Aujourd’hui, l’interview de Joachim Guérin, qui va mettre son département en lumière ;)
Voici les références et liens dont nous parlons dans l’émission et plus encore:
_The CG cinematography book
_The visual story (Bruce Block)
_Lumière: cours pratique à l’usage des professionnels de l’image (Richard Yot)
_Lighting for Animation: The Art of Visual Storytelling (Jasmine Katatikarn & Michael Tanzillo)
_Vision: Color and Composition for Film (Santan Suryavanshi, Hans P. Bacher)
_Reflectio...
2020-12-221h 21
SPIRIT BABY RADIOUsing the Creative Energies for Fertility with Art & EmotionDo you feel like a "fertility warrior?" How can you access inner creativity for fertility? What projects inspire change towards parenthood? Special Guest Episode: Jasmine Katatikarn is a fertility warrior who struggled to have a child for six years. After multiple IUIs and her 2nd IVF, she was told that she had a less than 1% chance of having a baby and to stop trying. However, Jasmine didn't give up. Using her background as an artist, she applied an artist's mindset to overcome her roadblocks and design a life that gave control of her fertility journey and...
2020-12-0648 min
For Trying Out Loud: The Infertility YearsCreating a Fertility Strategy with Jasmine KatatikarnToday we talk Clomid and TSH Levels.  Ewan chats to Jasmine Katatikarn (@jazzkatat).  Jasmine is a fertility warrior who struggled to have a child for 6 years. After multiple IUIs and her 2nd IVF, she was told that she had a less than 1% chance of having a baby and to stop trying. However, Jasmine didn’t give up. Using her background as an artist, she applied a strategy, through her FREEdom method to overcome her roadblocks and design a life that gave control of her fertility journey and life moving forward.  As a result, she became pregnant within months...
2020-11-271h 15
The Birth Ease Podcast063 My Five Year Fertility Journey with Jasmine KatatikarnListen in as Jasmine Katatikarn shares her almost 6-year long fertility journey with Michelle. Together they discuss how difficult and lonely infertility can be for so many, the importance of advocating for yourself, as well as finding someone to talk to or a way to process and release the feelings and emotions such as grief, loss, guilt, and shame that often accompany infertility. Jasmine also explains when she was at the lowest point in her fertility journey, she decided to apply the creative and strategic mindset that she uses in her career as an artist. From this mindset, she...
2020-11-111h 00
Unrefined SHEEp. 67 Perseverance and the Fertility JourneyJasmine Katatikarn had a life plan that included having children in her early 30’s. After years of trying everything she could, her doctor gave her a less than 1% chance of being able to conceive. Nevertheless, she persisted and did not give up on her body and her dream. In today’s episode Jasmine shares her fertility journey and how she healed her body to grow her family.
Jasmine is the founder of the FREEdom method for finding control in fertility. She helps women release the emotions, stress, and pure exhaustion of their fertility journey easily by approaching it w...
2020-10-2253 min
Mastering Your Fertility#92 Overcoming Infertility With An Artist's Mindset with Jasmine KatatikarnIn episode 92, I interview Jasmine Katatikarn about her experience going through infertility and IVF. Jasmine shares her whole fertility story and talks about how she was able to take control of her journey with a mindset and approach that she adapted from her work as an artist. This is a unique and inspiring interview and I’m excited to have Jasmine on to share her perspective and what ultimately worked for her to build her family, even after being told she has a less than 1% chance of having a child! You can find show notes for the interview, along wi...
2020-10-1451 min
Miracles Happen Fertility CenterMHFP 079: Art-ing Your Way Through Infertility with Jasmine KatatikarnA lot of us in the fertility journey often find that we can create meaning out of our experience by helping other people who are dealing with the same thing and today’s guest, Jasmine from Jazzkatat.com has a really interesting and unique approach in this. About Jasmine:I’m Jasmine Katatikarn, aka “JazzKatat.” I’m an ACC Certified Coach, Life Strategist, and Animation Artist. I help women release the emotions, stress, and pure exhaustion of their fertility journey easily by approaching it with a mindset of an artist so they can live a life where no obstacl...
2020-10-0154 min
Birth With PowerEp85: Finding a New, Creative Approach to Fertility with Jasmine KatatikarnWe have a really interesting story this week about fertility, perseverance, and creative thinking. Our guest is a great example of someone who took control of their fertility journey and advocated for herself through a long and difficult process. Jasmine Katatikarn shares the ups and downs of Intrauterine Insemination (IUI), In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), and what she and her husband went through emotionally during the process. Jasmine also describes the moment she decided to apply her designer's mind to her fertility journey and how this helped her turn a corner emotionally and physically. She also ta...
2020-09-2959 min
Wholesome Fertility PodcastEP 97 How Jasmine Katatikarn Conceived within Months of Being Told She had Less than 1% Chance of Getting Pregnant with Her Own Eggs!Jasmine Katatikarn is a fertility warrior who struggled to have a child for six years. After multiple IUIs and her 2nd IVF, she was told that she had a less than 1% chance of having a baby and to stop trying. However, Jasmine didn't give up.  Using her background as an artist, she applied an artist's mindset to overcome her roadblocks and design a life that gave control of her fertility journey and life moving forward.   As a result, she became pregnant within months of being told she had less than a 1% chan...
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The [In]Fertility Podcast4-Step Approach to InfertilityJasmine Katatikarn joins this episode & speaks about her journey of being told she had less than a 1% chance to conceive. She became a mother of two miracles and speaks about her 4-step approach in her journey.
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2020-09-0300 min
Be Loud About What Matters PodcastInfertility, Mindset shift, and The Freedom Approach with Jasmine KatatikarnOn today's episode of the Healthy Balanced Birth and Beyond Podcast, I have Jasmine back with us! We're chatting about how shifting her mindset to look at things from an artist's perspective completely changed her outlook. Jasmine shares her very own strategy that she created that women can use when facing infertility, called the "Freedom" Approach. It's another incredible conversation that people from all walks of life can benefit from, whether you're trying to conceive or are a friend or family member of someone who is struggling with infertility.
2020-08-2454 min
Be Loud About What Matters PodcastFinding Happiness while Struggling with Infertility with Jasmine KatatikarnOn today’s episode of The Healthy Balanced Birth and Beyond Podcast, I’m chatting with Jasmine Katatikarn. Jasmine shares her infertility journey with us. From years of an unexplained infertility diagnosis, to IUI, IVF and now two healthy, beautiful children. It’s an open, honest, and vulnerable conversation that we all could benefit from hearing!
2020-08-2153 min
Infertile AF: Infertility and Modern Family Building through ARTJasmineToday, Ali is talking to artist Jasmine Katatikarn, a fertility warrior who struggled to have a child for six years. After multiple IUIs and her 2nd IVF, she was told that she had a less than 1% chance of having a baby and to stop trying. However, Jasmine didn’t give up. Jasmine tells Ali about the devastation she went through, how she and her husband had a hard time talking about what they were both going through, why finding community is so important, and how she applied her artist's mindset to take control of her fertility journey. ...
2020-08-1940 min
Blaise the TrailBlaise the Trail Ep 24 – The Art of Fertility – Blaise Hunter interviews Animation Artist Jasmine KatatikarnWhat is my purpose – is a question confronting more and more people today. Blaise Hunter, The Fertility Guru, shares her insights on how to “Blaise the Trail” through challenges, disappointments, and fear to rise up as the hero of your life and breathe fire on this world. Whether you want to learn more about birthing your passions and dreams, discovering peace amongst the pain of infertility and loss, or get your appetite for life back, this is the podcast for you.Each topic will inspire you to lean into your flaws and allow them to be the vehicle that t...
2020-07-2454 min
Infertility And Me: Stories of Infertility Survivors, IVF, & TTCInfertility Is Like Playing The Waiting Game w/Jasmine Katatikarn (BFP)"You do all of the work, but you're standing on the sideline and you don't even get the chance to play." A quote from today's guest Jasmine Katatikarn, in relation to her first IVF treatment cycle, and unsuccessful embryo development after egg retrieval.Jasmine is a computer animation artist living in New York City, who suffered nearly six years of TTC. She was given the crippling news that she would have less than a 1% chance of conceiving a biological child. Being a creative by profession, Jasmine realized during her journey that she somehow needed to use her cr...
2020-07-1739 min
Animation South Africa PodcastJasmine Katatikarn and the hidden art of lighting - Academy of Animated ArtLive from locked-down New York, Blue Sky's Jasmine Katatikarn tells us about her work as Senior Lighting TD, and the school she runs with colleague Mike Tanzillo, teaching the subtle art of lighting to students around the world.
2020-04-0152 min
Directing Animation Livecast#07 - Mike & Jasmine (Senior Lighters at BlueSky) on the Directing Animation LivecastOriginally recorded on YouTube Live on March 6, 2020. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz.
Interview by Scott Wiser: A Director, Animator on projects for DreamWorks, Fox, and Indies. Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books and short films). Â
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Jasmine and Mike co-founded the https://academyofanimatedart.com/ and have helped several students break into the industry as lighters and animators. Â
Jasmine Katatikarn is currently a Sen...
2020-03-0837 min
Animation Industry PodcastEpisode 53: Blue Sky Senior Lighting TDs Michael And Jasmine On How To Become A CG Lighting ArtistThis episode of the Animation Industry Podcast features two prominent Blue Sky Studios Lighting Artists - Jasmine Katatikarn and Michael Tanzillo - who also run the Academy of Animation Art. In this chat, they share how to become a CG lighting artist in today’s industry.
You’ll also learn:
*What to include in your portfolio when applying for jobs
*The simple goal that will light a scene well no matter what
*The ins and outs of working as a CG lighting artist at a major studio
More about Jasmine Katatikarn and Michael Tanzillo:
Jasmine is currently a Senior Lighting Tech...
2020-02-1946 min