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Popable Podcast#001 // Introduction to The Popable PodcastScott Blair and Stephen Brooks sit down and talk about the concept behind the Popable Podcast. If you're in retail, entertainment, or the commercial real estate industries, then this podcast is built around strategies to help you grow your pop-up shop business.
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Your Hosts:
- Scott Blair, Co-Founder of Popable
- Stephen Brooks, The Pop-Up Retail Expert
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RubberOnion Animation Podcast200 One Hundred, TwiceSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT SHOW! For our 200th episode we present the last (maybe) segment show with a discussion about everything that came from D23, an update to RubberOnion, Stephen talks about Spider-Man and Baby Driver, and we take Audience Questions LIVE from the chat! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud Topics & Timestamps (5:42) How You Doin (13:53) Baby Driver & Spider-Man Homecoming (31:06) RubberOnion Update! (53:09) Animation News from D23 (54:15) Dumbo (56:25) R...
2017-07-211h 38RubberOnion Animation Podcast199 BP APSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT SHOW! The trailer for the "My Little Pony" movie dropped and threw the internet into a tizzy, TMNT continues its Summer Shorts, and we get an Ax by Fax question about animating while sad. And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (7:54) Animation News... (8:34) My Little Pony trailer (44:53) TMNT Summer Shorts (1:05:20) Ax By Fax Audience Question: "Is it hard to animate w...
2017-07-121h 44RubberOnion Animation Podcast198 Live from Brooklyn 5Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content Please Rate & Review us on iTunes LIVE SHOW! On this 5th event, we have an all screening event! Podcastimation 4, Battles from May, two cartoons from listeners Sam Albro and Elizabeth Honer, and a crazy Betty Boop cartoon... thanks to everyone who came out to our live show at Freddy's Bar in Park Slope, Brooklyn. We now have a residency so our shows are going to be EVERY MONTH on the 4th Wednesday at 7:30pm at Freddy's Bar in Park Slope, Brooklyn. And y...
2017-07-0754 minRubberOnion Animation Podcast197 Aubergine Hunger ForceSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT SHOW! There's a new Spider-Man on DisneyXD, a new film fest from GKids, Annecy & Variety, and we talk all the ins and outs of creating the 4th podcastimation. And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (5:02) How You Doin (11:48) Making of Podcastimation 4 (1:25:57) Animation News... (1:26:32) Spider-Man new series on DisneyXD (1:51:19) New Film Festival from GKids, Annecy & Variety Media referenced i...
2017-06-292h 16RubberOnion Animation Podcast196 Doggies and Tomato SoupSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT SHOW! We talk about Disney's new "101 Dalmatian Street" series, a full trailer for a new "Frozen" animated short and what that might mean, and a question about how to manage burnout And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (5:22) How you doin? (20:09) Animation News... (20:50) 101 Dalmatian Street (39:12) Olaf's Frozen Adventure trailer discussion (1:05:29) Ax by Fax Audience Question "How do you manage burnout" ~Ben Reynolds
2017-06-211h 41RubberOnion Animation Podcast195 Haha GuffawSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT SHOW! In this 2.5hr show we have an interview, audience question, and movie review... and unintentional beatboxing as well as screaming in the courtyard - great fun! Follow Brazen Animation around the internet! Website Vimeo Facebook Twitter And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (11:40) Creator Spotlight: Bryan Engram of Brazen Animation (37:55) Ax by Fax "Top 3 animation moments that influenced you" ~J...
2017-06-142h 37RubberOnion Animation Podcast194 Live from Brooklyn 4Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes LIVE SHOW! On this 4th event, we talk about Stephen's trip to Japan, sing the TMNT theme song while Stephen plays guitar, talk the #RubberOnionBattle from April and play Pictionary... thanks to everyone who came out to our live show at Freddy's Bar in Park Slope, Brooklyn. We now have a residency so our shows are going to be EVERY MONTH on the 4th Wednesday at 8:30pm at Freddy's Bar in Park Slope, Brooklyn. And you...
2017-06-071h 23RubberOnion Animation Podcast191 Pros & Cons of FreelancingSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes HOT COCOA SHOW! You know what gets discussed a lot? Freelancing. In that, people usually talk about the freedom to make your own hours, work from home, etc but there's one major factor that Stephen thinks has been overlooked in this list of pros & cons and it's explored in this show. And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (7:14) Pros & Cons of Freelancing (19:41) Changing approaches over 10 years (31:41) Pr...
2017-05-171h 57RubberOnion Animation Podcast190 Britney Pickle SpearsSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes HOW YOU DOIN SHOW! We riff about Pop Stars and what their food chains would be. Seriously. And it's hilarious. Comically. And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (5:15) How You Doin (Radio, Cassettes, and CDs) (28:37) Pop Stars' Food Chains (37:00) Mr Softee (42:32) Music, Cinco de Mayo & Free Comic Book Day (49:03) Freelance hire gone annoying (1:16:33) Pornies Check out more of your hosts S...
2017-05-101h 26RubberOnion Animation Podcast189 Pile of DogsSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT SHOW! We got Cars, we got Dogs, we got Gorillaz... we got everything you want wrapped up in our witty and humorous banter with musical punchlines edited in. What more could you want?! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (6:43) Trailer Talk... (7:12) Cars 3 (36:23) Animation News of the Week... (37:16) Isle of Dogs (51:04) Gorillaz series Media referenced in this episode https://www.yo...
2017-05-031h 10RubberOnion Animation Podcast184 Humble BumbleSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT EPISODE! Animation News of the Week (which is "month" this time) is back! Laika CEO Travis Knight is directing the Transformers spinoff movie "Bumblebee," comedian Tim Minchin's animated film was scrapped at Dreamworks, and a special guest joins me to discuss The Simpsons 30th anniversary! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (6:41) How you doin? (19:06) The Simpsons 30th Anniversary (with special guest)! (29:51) Animation News of th...
2017-03-311h 35RubberOnion Animation Podcast183 Prince and the PlopperSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes TRAILER TALK! We ended up having more than a couple really interesting discussions on the Trailer Talk segment that it became the entire show! There's about 20 minutes of extra discussion uploaded to Patreon, so consider supporting there and get that and other cool stuff! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (8:23) How You Doin - "Iron Fist", St Patrick's Day, "Leprechaun 3" (32:31) Trailer Talk... (33:27) Icarus (1:12:23) Rocket & G...
2017-03-232h 03RubberOnion Animation Podcast182 Cartoon CartelSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT EPISODE! We return to the much loved format with Animation News of the Week (which is "month" this time)! Two reboot discussions, a conclusion to the wage fixing lawsuit, and a mini review of "Rock Dog." And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (6:49) Rock Dog mini-review (26:09) Animation News of the Week... (26:41) "Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" 2D reboot (51:24) "DuckTales" reboot first look
2017-03-161h 36RubberOnion Animation Podcast181 Screenings and Other ThingingsSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT SHOW! We have two interviews on this show: Joanna Davidovich about her awesome Indie Animation and Taylor Armstrong about the Brooklyn film fest Animation Block Party. We've talked with Taylor before and he returns to drop some more festival knowledge and even provide another awesome prize to the #RubberOnionBattle for March! Follow Joanna Davidovich: YouTube Twitter Tumblr Website Follow Taylor Armstrong (and Animation Block Party): Twitter Animation Block Party Website
2017-03-082h 26RubberOnion Animation Podcast180 LIVE from Brooklyn - 2016 BattlesSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes FIRST LIVE SHOW! Thank you so much to everyone who came out to our first live event in Brooklyn!! It was such a big success that we're going to have another live show this month... Wednesday, March 27th at 8:30pm come see us at "Freddy's Bar" For this first live event we screened all 132 submissions to the #RubberOnionBattle for 2016, showed some that weren't submitted in time, reviewed the topics that didn't win and got suggestions for M...
2017-03-011h 33RubberOnion Animation PodcastSigne Baumane Interview CHECK OUT SIGNE'S KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN FOR HER NEW FILM (ending Friday, Feb 24th @10:01am ET) Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes INTERVIEW! Signe Baumane is an Indie Animator/Filmmaker from Latvia and based right here in New York City who has a brand new project called "My Love Affair With Marriage." Her Kickstarter campaign ends this Friday, February 24th at 10:01am ET and we discussed the process of getting an independent animated film made, Kickstarter campaigns, using art to express emot...
2017-02-221h 22RubberOnion Animation PodcastLEGO Batman ReviewSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes MOVIE REVIEW! We went to see the "LEGO Batman Movie" at a theater in Brooklyn with 3 friends and listeners of the podcast: Andrew Kaiko, Waymond Singleton, and Bryan Alvarez. After the show, we all reviewed the movie. I reviewed "The LEGO Movie" and loved it... what do you think we thought of the "LEGO Batman Movie?" And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (9:00) How You Doin? "Rob's pants s...
2017-02-151h 16RubberOnion Animation PodcastBattle Talk January 2017 LIVESupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes BATTLE TALK! Here's the edited together version of our special live episode of the podcast talking about all your awesome submissions to the #RubberOnionBattle for January 2017! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (4:54) Battle Talk (5:11) Jzork (9:55) Josie Smith (16:03) Xenia Bougaevsky (18:48) FlipCelArt (23:55) Elizabeth Honer (33:01) Hugh Triggs Jr (41:06) K Universe (49:12) Eric Polley (54:52) Kelli Kloudchild (1:03:22) Chris Rodriguez (1:14:34) Rob Yulfo (1:21:43) St...
2017-02-091h 34RubberOnion Animation PodcastFour Ponies of the ApocalypseSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes So many things happened last weekend and even MORE is happening in February... this is a show all about that. And other things... you'll see... And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (5:49) Recap: Book Signing at Carmine Street Comics (8:37) Recap: B-Day Party / #RubberOnionMeetup at Arcade (10:20) Recap: B-Day Dinner at Mexican Restaurant (12:30) Recap: Karaoke (19:52) Recap: Dumb Sh!t Show screening encore (27:11) Upcoming: First Live B...
2017-02-0258 minRubberOnion Animation PodcastBourbon DictionarySupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT EPISODE! In preparation for Stephen's Birthday this weekend, we sip bourbon and talk about power rangers, wax intellectual on Patreon, and discuss the impending return of Samurai Jack. You know where this is going... And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (5:56) How You Doin "Stephen's Birthday Book Signing & Meetup!" (21:05) Greg Pugh and Ghostbusters in NYC (35:26) Trailer Talk... (35:42) Power Rangers trailer #2 (59:16) Animation News of t...
2017-01-252h 24RubberOnion Animation PodcastBattle Talk December 2016 LIVESupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes BATTLE TALK! Here's the edited together version of our special live episode of the podcast talking about all your awesome submissions to the #RubberOnionBattle for December 2016! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (5:01) Battle Talk (8:05) Jzork (12:41) DeAndre Reid (19:05) Elizabeth Honer (27:42) Josh "Meathamski" (32:49) Sean Harvey (35:31) Eric Polley (39:21) Waymond Singleton (43:23) Dallin Lemon (51:24) Rob Yulfo (1:00:03) Stephen Brooks Check out mo...
2017-01-191h 23RubberOnion Animation PodcastCujo and the Three KingsSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT EPISODE! For our first segment show of 2017 we pair it up as half a Road Trip episode too! We talk about media in all forms in this show, between long and short, online and theater distribution... and oh yea, the Golden Globes happened. Enjoy! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (4:50) How you doin (the Golden Globes) (14:05) Trailer Talk... (14:42) "Blark and Son" (30:43) Ax by F...
2017-01-121h 21RubberOnion Animation PodcastResolutions and How to Keep ThemSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes HOT COCOA SHOW! To kick off the new year, we talk about how to make a plan and follow through with it and why so many resolutions fail. And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (11:03) Our Resolutions (31:27) Failing at keeping Resolutions (45:42) How to avoid that failure (1:17:21) Why people fail even knowing how to succeed Check out more of your hosts Stephen B...
2017-01-051h 44RubberOnion Animation PodcastTop 10 of 2016Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes NEW YEARS EPISODE! Here are 10 stand out moments from this calendar year of the podcast, use the links in the topics and timestamps section to listen to the entire shows that spawned them. Happy New Year! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (2:20) "Live and Let Die" from #117 Freelancing School 3 (6:11) "Comedy Duo" from #144 Skinny One and the Fat One (8:58) "Tooligans" from #138 Onion Knuckles (17:39) "Stan Lee is...
2016-12-281h 17RubberOnion Animation PodcastChristmas Episode 4Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes CHRISTMAS EPISODE! For the 50th anniversary of the Chuck Jones directed "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" animated short film we talk about the Grinch throughout the decades from the book, to the cartoon, to the 2000 movie and the upcoming 2018 animated film! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (8:04) The Book (12:11) The Cartoon (24:12) 2000 Film (34:45) Upcoming 2018 Animated Film Media referenced in this episode Ch...
2016-12-2157 minRubberOnion Animation PodcastBattle Talk November 2016 LIVESupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes BATTLE TALK! Here's the edited together version of our special live episode of the podcast talking about all your awesome submissions to the #RubberOnionBattle for November 2016! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (6:19) Jzork (11:21) Tim Bergeron (16:58) Xenia Bougaevski (22:14) Josh "Meathamski" (26:52) Greg Pugh (32:36) Eric Polley (38:45) Waymond Singleton (43:51) Jeff Cook (48:59) Sean Harvey (54:15) Elizabeth Honer (1:00:46) Rob Yulfo (1:09:33) Stephen Brooks
2016-12-151h 26RubberOnion Animation PodcastQuickie PeckerSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT EPISODE! This is probably the quickest one of these episodes that we've ever done but it might have the funniest opener too... there's really nothing more to say about it... enjoy! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (7:41) Trailer Talk: "Woody Woodpecker" (18:25) Animation News: Pixar's "Coco" (25:43) "Ax by Fax" Audience Question: "Who do you show your animation to for quality control" ~Xenia Bougaevski Me...
2016-12-0741 minRubberOnion Animation PodcastAnnie Get Your CarsSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT EPISODE! This is a loose form chat surrounding a trailer and the Annie nominations but we get into interesting conversations regarding the difference between trailers and the final film and the nature of some artists' oversupport of stop-motion to spite CG. There's also an "Ax by Fax" audience question on sourcing audio for Indie projects and talking about the RubberOnion Podcast Drinking Game being formed on the forum! And you can now listen to us on...
2016-11-301h 21RubberOnion Animation PodcastInternet HateSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes HOT COCOA SHOW! I felt like we needed to have a conversation about internet hate: what it is, where it comes from, and how to deal with it and prepare for it as a creator. And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (6:30) Why this topic? (20:13) Trolls and what's happening now (34:35) Political Correctness (41:19) Personal Expression (53:57) "Emboldened" (58:44) About Safe Spaces (1:05:28) What should creatives do?...
2016-11-242h 03RubberOnion Animation PodcastROVP NIghtmare Before ChristmasSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes RubberOnion Viewing Party! They're coming back by way of Patreon! If you were a Patron before Halloween you would've seen this already but if not, here's a chance to see what you're missing! All you need is a copy or "The Nightmare Before Christmas" or an ability to stream it and listen for the moment to sync is in the show. And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Check out more of you...
2016-11-161h 31RubberOnion Animation PodcastFart Train and Taco TrucksSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Segment episode! We talk about animated shorts, cartoons, and new animation tech. That's what we talk about. Laugh with us! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes Topics & Timestamps (7:17) How you doin? (18:49) Trailer Talk... (19:30) Overwatch animated short (34:02) Two Cartoon Network Pilots (44:40) Ax by Fax: "What do you listen to when animating?" ~Jenn Macgillivray (58:03) Animation News of the Week... (58:33) Big Hero 6 hand-drawn TV series (1:05:59) Muppet Babies CG TV series (1:14:32) Surface Pro Studio ...
2016-11-101h 42RubberOnion Animation PodcastBattle Talk October 2016 LIVESupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Battle Talk! Here's the audio version of our special live episode of the podcast talking about all your awesome submissions to the #RubberOnionBattle for October 2016! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes Topics & Timestamps (6:04) Dave Hingly (8:32) Greg Pugh (11:24) Jeff Cook (14:23) Chris Rodriguez (18:25) Spencer Holmes (24:02) Peter "Pikapetey" Casey (27:24) Sean Harvey (31:59) Xenia Bougaevski (35:34) Hugh Triggs Jr (39:20) Elizabeth Honer (45:37) Josh "Meathamski" (49:04) Eric Polley (52:12) Mark Head (57:22) Josie Smith (1:02:08) Lamont W...
2016-11-091h 44RubberOnion Animation PodcastForum, By ThemSupport this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! FORUM EPISODE! Don't know if this is going to be an ongoing thing but in honor of the BRAND NEW RubberOnion Forum going up on the BRAND NEW website we decided to go through the topics posted there and chat about them. Join the community and enjoy the show! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes Topics & Timestamps (6:41) How you doin? (21:01) Introducing... the RubberOnion Forum! (26:00) Incredibles 2 date change (32:16) Trolls directors on "happiness" (39:59) Moonbot layoffs (45:04) F...
2016-11-021h 22RubberOnion Animation PodcastFreelance Horror Stories 3Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes Happy Halloween week! This is not only the biggest of the special "Freelance Horror Stories" episodes but also the biggest RubberOnion Animation Podcast of all time! You get stories of animation jobs gone wrong from all of the following guests as well as from your two illustrious hosts (plus an audience question)! Tomm Moore Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano Adam Phillips Don Bluth Robert Valley Peter "Pikapetey" Casey Martin Bell And now you can listen to...
2016-10-272h 58RubberOnion Animation PodcastKen Bone Knows SEGMENT EPISODE! We went to New York Comic-Con, watched the "Trollhunters" trailer, discussed a new Spider-Man TV-show and the Emojimovie, and interviewed Indie Animator Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano! Also, a star was born last weekend... a star in a kickin' red sweater. We talk all this and more Check out Vivienne Medrano's Patreon and YouTube pages Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps: (4:33) How You Doin? (5:07) NYCC (17:52) Ken Bone (20:44) Trailer Talk (22:32) DreamWorks' TROLLHUNTERS (34:09) Middle School: The Worst Years of...
2016-10-122h 10RubberOnion Animation PodcastThe Red Squirtle SEGMENT EPISODE! We're back to normal (well as 'normal' as we get) on this episode of the podcast where we talk about "The Red Turtle" trailer, Nerdland getting picked up for distribution, and hypothesize on what Pixar's new short "Lou" could be about. We also bring back the Slow Burn segment to discuss the possibility that creators may have more control over their own shows on networks than we previously thought. Enjoy! Order my book coming out Oct 25th, 2016 Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us...
2016-10-061h 23RubberOnion Animation PodcastBattle Talk September 2016 LIVE Here it is! The final episode in our 5-show marathon leading up to #PodcastDay which was when this special LIVE episode was, September 30th. It was the first ever live Battle Talk episode where we cover all the submissions to September's #RubberOnionBattle "Unqualified Substitute Teacher." If you caught it live and were in the VERY active chat, you saw something special. If not, you can relive the cut down version of it. Also, 4-Loco is evil. Enjoy! Preorder my book coming out Oct 25th, 2016 Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And...
2016-10-061h 02RubberOnion Animation PodcastTwitch Battle Show Sept2016 For the penultimate episode in this week's 5-show-marathon leading to our Live #PodcastDay broadcast, I (Stephen) created my entry for this month's #RubberOnionBattle. Rob kept me company and ran the chat (mostly) where YOU all were, it was great fun! It was supposed to be a 2 hour stream but ended up being 6 hours, what with it being the first multitasking stream and all. I've edited it down do about 2.5 hours and am releasing it in audio-only version as well as a video (which will be embedded below). Thanks again to all of those who came out to...
2016-10-052h 39RubberOnion Animation PodcastAlien in the Basement SEGMENT EPISODE! In the middle of our 5 episode marathon leading up to #PodcastDay on Sept 30th, we have our classic style variety show with trailers from Moana and Smurfs, discussion about Mondo Media merging with 6 Point Harness, and an "Ax by Fax" audience question about working with NDAs (non disclosure agreements). Enjoy the show and please let us know what you think of this and the other shows this week! Preorder my book coming out in 2016 Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on So...
2016-09-281h 54RubberOnion Animation PodcastRecap: Ottawa 2016 EVENT RECAP! Stephen tells Rob what he missed from OIAF 2016, discuss "art film," Nerdland, and VR. We're calling this an "After Dark Episode" since it needed to be recorded silently late at night... because neighbors. So this is the 2nd experimental episode in this week's 5-episode marathon leading up to a special live show on #PodcastDay September 30th. Enjoy and please let me know what you think about this format: fun, weird, creepy, novel, funny, creepy again?... sound off! Preorder my book coming out in 2016 Please Rate & Review us on iTunes ...
2016-09-271h 56RubberOnion Animation PodcastRoad Trip: Ottawa 2016 ROAD TRIP! Join me (Stephen) on my drive up to Ottawa for the animation festival there as I talk about portfolios and networking at conferences. This is a special Monday surprise episode of the podcast for a week long experiment leading up to #PodcastDay on September 30th! Enjoy the extra content and let me know what you think Preorder my book coming out in 2016 Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps: (14:57) Portfolios for conferences: Physical vs Virtual (28:55) Networking (43:22) Me...
2016-09-2659 minRubberOnion Animation PodcastAnimators' Back Pain HOT COCOA SHOW! As animators, we have a unique set of physical injuries that can come up: not the least of which are back and neck pain, carpel tunnel syndrome, tendinitis, and eye strain and headaches. Over the years I've dealt with all of these in one form or another and decided now is the time to discuss them so others can learn unlike I did... from painful experience. There is a companion blog post with this podcast episode being uploaded tomorrow as well. Preorder my book coming out in 2016 Please Rate & Review...
2016-09-211h 44RubberOnion Animation Podcast150! Wingin' It HOT COCOA SHOW! This is our 150th episode... and to celebrate... we do nothing. Also, there's a special song for you at the end. Enjoy! Preorder my book coming out in 2016 Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps: (0:00) Who knows? Check out more of your hosts: Stephen Brooks Rob Yulfo Preorder Stephen's Animation Tutorial Book: And please Rate/Review us on iTunes
2016-09-141h 52RubberOnion Animation PodcastBattle Talk August 2016 This week we we have another full BATTLE TALK episode based on August's #RubberOnionBattle! Don't forget to vote for your favorite and submit your cartoon for September's Battle (topic is "Unqualified Substitute Teacher"). Preorder my book coming out in 2016 Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps: (8:27) Elizabeth Honer (20:30) Waymond Singleton (27:54) James T Nethery (37:00) DeAndre Reid (43:00) Spencer Holmes (48:24) Greg Pugh (54:20) Eric Polley (1:00:03) Dave Hingley (1:05:19) Chris Rodriguez (1:11:59) Hugh Triggs Jr (1:17:24) Rob Yulfo (1:28:56) Stephen Brooks Media Referenced Dur...
2016-09-071h 47RubberOnion Animation PodcastGoogol Gus and Tike Myson SEGMENT EPISODE! In this week's unedited episode we talk about what LAIKA means for animation, Adam West, Burt Ward, and Julie Newman (sp?! I know it's Newmar, it'll make sense in the show) coming back to Batman, The Tick and Rocko's Modern Life are coming back to TV and more. But we start the whole thing off with a discussion about Rick & Morty and why Stephen doesn't get it. Preorder my book coming out in 2016 Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud!
2016-08-311h 44RubberOnion Animation PodcastMonkeys and Drunkies SEGMENT EPISODE! We have two interviews, a discussion about the uncredited animator pushback on "Sausage Party" and one epic story. Enjoy this show, you won't be forgetting it anytime soon... I know I won't Preorder my book coming out in 2016 Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps: (5:56) "The Bushwick Story" AKA "The Drunkest Sh*t I Ever Saw" (39:19) Animation News... (40:28) Uncredited Animators pushback against "Sausage Party" (1:01:02) Interview with ARC Productions employee Justin Goran about what happened surrounding th...
2016-08-252h 17RubberOnion Animation PodcastRobert Valley Interview INTERVIEW! This week we talk with illustrator and animator Robert Valley who just released an amazing Indie Animated Film "Pear Cider and Cigarettes" on Vimeo. We discussed the Kickstarter back in episode 109 and in it we said that we'd love to get him on the show... fast forward 6 months TO THE DAY (that episode was released Feb 10th and this is August 10th) and here he is! We talk the impact of music, the importance of editing, animating in photoshop, superhero oversaturation, using Kickstarter, loops, black frames, creaking doors, and coughing into your mouth (it'll make sense).
2016-08-101h 26RubberOnion Animation PodcastSkinny One and the Fat One SEGMENT EPISODE! This week there are some heavy topics and some fun, surface-level ones but we weave them together into a chat like only we can. Enjoy! Preorder my book coming out in 2016 Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps: (6:26) "How You Doin" (11:42) Animation News... (13:07) "Justice League Action" Highlight Reel (23:03) New "Rocket & Groot" animated shorts in style of Skottie Young (35:21) Arc Productions shutters doors under financial trouble (57:04) Alex Hirsch's "Gravity Falls" treasure hunt (1:02:54) Rebecca Sugar addresses representation as...
2016-08-031h 50RubberOnion Animation PodcastBattle Talk June 2016 This week we spoke so much about June's #RubberOnionBattle that we made it into an entire show! Don't forget to vote for your favorite and submit your cartoon for July's Battle (topic is "Mustache Problems"). Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps: (13:07) Jason Zayas (22:11) Greg Pugh (31:08) Xenia Bougaevsky (38:43) Waymond Singleton (47:17) Rob L (56:43) Mike Boas (1:05:42) Spencer Holmes (1:15:51) Eric Polley (1:23:22) Elizabeth Honer (1:35:13) Vicky Holloway (1:42:58) Chris Rodriguez (1:48:57) Rob Yulfo (1:58:12) Stephen Brooks Media Referenced During this Episode: https://www.youtube.co...
2016-07-202h 24RubberOnion Animation PodcastPokemon, Bro This week we have a completely unplanned, loose chat about anything that came up during the time. We talked about Gamera's "fart flying," we invent a theme park around Forest Gump, and talk about what Pokemon, Go means for the future success of other augmented reality games... and invent some of our own! Preorder my book coming out in 2016: Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps: (0:00) Who knows... Media Referenced Dur...
2016-07-131h 17RubberOnion Animation PodcastBrexit Through the Gift Shop SEGMENT SHOW! This week the world was talking about the "Brexit," so we talk with Steve Henderson of Skwigly about what possible impact it could have on animation production. We have a creator spotlight interview with Paul "Otaking" Johnson who did that excellent TIE Fighter fanimation. There's an audience question which might have spawned a brand new segment and of course Rapid Fire! Preorder my book coming out in 2016 Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps: (5:10) How Y...
2016-06-291h 59RubberOnion Animation PodcastTwo Cheeseburgers and a Slice of Cake SEGMENT SHOW! This week we talk with Indie Filmmaker Cinzia Angelini about her film "Mila," we get a question about our animation influences, and talk all about your awesome submissions to May's #RubberOnionBattle! Support Cinzia Angelini's "Mila" IndieGoGo Campaign Follow @MilaFilm on Twitter Visit the MilaFilm.com website Preorder my book coming out in July 2016 Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps: (4:06) How You Doin'? (6:00) Suit/Banana/Roach (6:00) Rob's Birthday (16:24) Battle Talk: May 2016 (18:31) Creator Spotlight: Cin...
2016-06-152h 02RubberOnion Animation PodcastTMNT 2 (2016) Movie Review MOVIE REVIEW! Back in 2014 we did a full review and side-by-side comparison of TMNT (2014) with TMNT (1990)... now we're taking on the modern sequel "TMNT: Out of the Shadows" (2016). We discuss the sequel in the original TMNT trilogy, "Secret of the Ooze" and compare it with this modern sequel. Does it hold up? What does Stephen think about how the Turtles were treated? What happened to April O'Neil? Did Bebop & Rocksteady fit the tone? Was Krang really necessary? Listen to find out what we think! Preorder my book coming out in July 2016 Please Rate...
2016-06-081h 58RubberOnion Animation PodcastVirtual Reality, Mo-Cap, and Emerging Technologies SPECIAL TOPIC SHOW! This is our longest episode yet featuring 2 interviews ("Pikapetey" and Dave Johnson), a movie review of "The Jungle Book" (2016), discussion about Virtual Reality and other emerging technologies, and listener submitted feedback on those topics! It's a jam packed episode and over the next few days you'll see the movie review and both creator spotlight interviews be posted on their own as well. So much content, I'm going to stop typing so you can get to listening... enjoy! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us o...
2016-06-012h 52RubberOnion Animation PodcastWorldstar Warcraft SEGMENT EPISODE! Nintendo announced that they're finally getting into the film-making business, the animators on the "Warcraft" movie were told not to change anything about the mo-cap performance, and Paul Johnson (otaking) is back with another awesome fanimation! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps: (7:19) "How You Doin" (8:59) Shoutout to Greg Pugh for making a book promo GIF (below) for Stephen (11:19) Shoutout to Exit 73 Studios for Boltron Ultimate (12:30) RIP Darwyn Cooke (13:50) RIP Alan Young (15:49) Trailer Talk... (15:49) "TMNT: Out of the Shadows"...
2016-05-251h 25RubberOnion Animation PodcastTrolltron SEGMENT EPISODE! We got clips, we got news stories, we got skits, we got jokes... plenty to enjoy! There's a new clip for Dreamworks' TROLL movie - does it hold up? How about the full trailer for VOLTRON - is it what we wanted? There's a new TV-series from Lord & Miller called "Son of Zorn," Amazon gets into the user streamed video with Amazon Video Direct, and Disney will lay off up to 300 employees when they close down Disney Infinity production. There were more stories and trailers and we address those in the listener submitted Rapid Fire s...
2016-05-181h 37RubberOnion Animation PodcastFear Farts SEGMENT EPISODE! This week we also have a 'special' feature being that this episode is mostly UNEDITED; I mean I put in music and stuff but awkward pauses?... totally intact. We talk about studios skipping Comic-Con, Eric Goldberg's awesome couch gag for "The Simpsons" and of course the fact that Comcast just bought Dreamworks Animation for $3.8bil! Taylor Armstrong, festival manager for Animation Block Party in Brooklyn, comes on to remind you all to submit your films to their awesome event, we talk about ALL your #RubberOnionBattle submissions for April and cap it all off with your...
2016-05-112h 19RubberOnion Animation PodcastBig Filthy Giant SEGMENT EPISODE! This week we get to talk about the BFG, Roald Dahl's dirty mind, and a possible new Speedy Gonzales movie! But we really have fun going through all of YOUR awesome animation submissions to March's #RubberOnionBattle and talking about them! Preorder my book coming out in July 2016 Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps: (3:35) "How You Doin" (12:10) Animation News of the Week... (12:48) THE BFG trailer (22:57) SPEEDY GONZALES movie in the works (35:37) Battle Talk: March's #RubberOnionBattle (1:06:10) Rapid Fire!!!!!!!!
2016-04-131h 18RubberOnion Animation PodcastClub Foot Club SEGMENT EPISODE! Busy + tired = Stephen is grumpy. But you listeners saved me by providing all the stories and topics you wanted covered and we ran through them all (saving some for later episodes as well because they were just so good)! It's a brisk 1hr episode this time so enjoy! Preorder my book coming out in July 2016 Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps: (6:05) "How You Doin?" (6:28) Rob's continuing "Foot Surgery Saga" (12:21) The fix to Stephen's OpenToonz crash issue (16:25...
2016-04-061h 06RubberOnion Animation PodcastTomm Moore Interview We got to talk to 2-time Oscar nominated director Tomm Moore of Cartoon Saloon about comics, animation, tattoos and producing Indie Animated Films! This show has a couple of my favorite stories (Miyazaki smoke-break, TMNT desks, and The Living Shadows) and was all around just a blast of a time recording the show. There's a lot to learn about the mentality and approach needed to get into the Indie animated filmmaking game and he gives some fun behind-the-scenes tidbits along the way. Also, remember all those questions you posted on my facebook page?... yea he...
2016-03-221h 05RubberOnion Animation PodcastHarry Partridge Interview This week we have a very special interview with animator Harry Partridge (see below for a small selection of his works). We talk about YouTube comments, using Flash and ToonBoom, how following his own path helped him find success, money and "batboobs." We had so much fun recording this episode and I think there's a lot here for new and experienced Indie animators to learn from... so enjoy the show! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes Be sure to check out Harry's YouTube Channel and follow him on Twitter! And you can now...
2016-02-241h 21RubberOnion Animation PodcastFlaming Hedgehog SEGMENT EPISODE! After such a long break from these you get 2 in a row, how about that! The theme this week is the broad range of animation and that means quality, quantity, and future projections! We talk about some animation news, answer an Audience Question, of course hit up some Rapid Fire segments, and I (Stephen) review Anomalisa on this episode while the written version and the segment by itself will be up tomorrow! We also have a talkback moment about Deadpool since I saw it last week and I make Rob jealous with my gloating. Finally...
2016-02-171h 41RubberOnion Animation PodcastFreelancing School Year 1: What to Expect
To kick-off the new year, I'm having a month long "Freelancing School" where each week you get a blog post and a podcast episode based on one of your first four years in building a freelance animation business. This week it's all about what to expect when you finally decide to make that jump. We talk about how to pitch for jobs and where to find them, whether or not to take low paying gigs, how to quote for animation and some of the big changes that happen (like taxes and insurance). If you've been thinking about...
2016-01-061h 44RubberOnion Animation PodcastWhat to Do When Technology Lets You Down as an Artist 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...
2015-12-161h 44RubberOnion Animation PodcastAnimals with Clothes 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...
2015-12-022h 07RubberOnion Animation PodcastHow to Be Productive When You're Lazy 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.
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2015-11-182h 11RubberOnion Animation PodcastFreelance Horror Stories 2 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...
2015-10-281h 47RubberOnion Animation PodcastThere Can Be Only 101SEGMENT 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 "...
2015-10-072h 01RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 100 - Triple DigitsThis 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...
2015-09-301h 47RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 98 - CliffhangerThis 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...
2015-09-1659 minRubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 97 - How to Collaborate EffectivelyThis 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...
2015-09-092h 12RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 96 - Nintendo No You Didn'tWe'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...
2015-09-021h 39RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 95 - HBO No You Didn'tIt 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 "...
2015-08-261h 49RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 94 - The Big D23This weekend was Disney's D23 presentation so we discuss all the information that came out of that... live-action remakes, sequels, and the incredible line-up on Disney and Pixar animation film slate all the way to 2018! Stephen starts the show by giving a mini-review on the British re-dub of the Argentinian animated film "Metagol" (which in the UK is called "Unbeatables"), Rob tells a story about having poop on his shoe and Pat breaks some news. Then we're off talking about how Furries love Zootopia, why Cars 2 might get too much hate, if Donald Trump was producing the upcoming Dia...
2015-08-191h 33RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 93 - We Farley Knew YeWe finally got to see what Chris Farley's SHREK would've been like in an early story reel which surfaced this week. His passing in 1997 was a big shock to us so there's a lot of discussion surrounding this topic this week. But that's not all because there's a "Bob the Builder" reboot with a new character design who looks... symmetrical, a new Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show coming to Netflix which is 2D (!) and the rights have been secured to make a Dungeons & Dragons movie. That last story also contains the skit this week is Stephen reading excerpts from...
2015-08-121h 50RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 92 - PEZ not PESTMNT is getting a 2D animated special from Titmouse Inc, the "Guardians of the Galaxy" Disney XD series shows some serious action with its new trailer and Chinese animation shows it's on the rise in a big way with "Rock Dog." There were also two passings we mention this week: wrestler and actor "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, and animation historian and reporter John Culhane. In other news, apparently there's a PEZ movie coming (PEZ like the candy not PES the animator... which would be fascinating and wanted). Also, Stephen is back from traveling and as such is in front of...
2015-08-051h 57RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 91 - Young Funny, Old MoneyWhile there weren't a lot of media type animation stories (except for The Good Dinosaur trailer which is covered), that didn't stop this episode from turning into one of the more interesting ones filled will discussions over the roll cartoons play in a child's development, the nature of copyright in the internet age, why the Surface Pro 4 is a sign that Microsoft is doing more for the creatives of today than Apple... oh and there's an Emoji movie being developed... which ALSO turned into an interesting discussion over public domain stories! We also field a question about if these...
2015-07-291h 27RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 86 - Peanuts, Pandas and Powerpuff GirlsI (Stephen) am back in NY on my new Wacom Companion 2 and it actually handled the recording and editing rather well! Rob and I talk 3 trailers, 2 series announcements, 3 audience questions and many more stories in our Rapid Fire segment! Of the trailers, "Peanuts" absolutely blew us away (retroactive spoiler alert). I also take the beginning of the podcast to talk about the Wacom Companion 2 and Adobe Flash CC 2015. You can check out the images under the annotations for a quick look at a weird bug I encountered and the symptom solution in Windows 8.1.
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2015-06-241h 48RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 83 - Old Man Strong FatWith Stephen and Rob taking on this episode alone with only their wits to guide them, stumble they do into a discussion about how and when to charge for your animated content thanks to a Vanity Fair interview of Don Hertzfeldt. We also field a question at the end about whether a listener should go into Freelance, move to a different city for a salary job or both. It's an all your-stories episode this week so strap in for the shoutouts and name drops! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment!...
2015-06-032h 01RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 79 - You Get What You GetI recorded this episode with Rob today... about 3 hours ago. There's basically no editing on this episode and that's why the title is "You Get What You Get." You, the listener, saved this episode because I had SO MUCH to pull from! About half of the topics this week are pop culture related and half are specifically animation. Well done everyone... team effort! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (14:24) Animated Spider-Man movie coming in 2018 written and produced by Lord & Miller (20:32) Tyler Perry cast as Baxter Stockman in TMNT2 (2017) (25:30) Brian...
2015-05-061h 29RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 76 - Lyndolla Dolla BillsWhere did the name 'RubberOnion' come from? Cat animation sells cars? Lynda.com sold for HOW MUCH?! We have a special 2hr episode of the podcast this week because there were so many relevant stories! A new segment debuts at the end as well where I answer some questions like what's the benefit of an LLC and how to spot a bad college. And who knows, you might be in our OTHER new segment this week: shoutouts!
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(14:46) ‘Clarence’ Episode Pays Tribute to Ru...
2015-04-151h 53RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 73 - Pixel DustThe PIXELS trailer was the most popular conversation topic on the RubberOnion facebook page this week, so we lead with that. At the end we discuss the internet as a creative spawning ground and how traditional media fits in AS WELL AS addressing a question to me (Stephen) about being a freelance animator. We also talk about the ATTACK ON TITAN live-action teaser, INCREDIBLES 2 plot, and the announcements of a California Raisins movie as well as Joseph Gordon-Levitt starring in and producing a Fraggle Rock film. Also Rob went to an underwear party in Williamsburg (which, as a sentence...
2015-03-251h 49RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 72 - Koala de VilAre you ready for this?! Biiiiig week! Stephen gives a crash course in understanding the basics of character design while discussing a viral post about how all Pixar women look the same, the crew talks about Bob Iger's choice to "absolutely prohibit" smoking in Disney films rated PG-13 and below, Genndy Tartakovski announced his departure from the "Popeye" movie, Tim Burton is named as the director for an upcoming live-action "Dumbo" remake, and a healthy selection of brand new trailers! With nine stories to cover coming in UNDER 1hr 30min we move a brisk pace this week. Enjoy and...
2015-03-181h 29RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 69 - Because WhateverThis week we cover a broad range of subjects. The Oscars and the strange voters, Jorge Gutierrez and why Stephen likes him so much, software going subscription based into "the cloud," and a fan-game BURGERBOSS from "Bob's Burgers!" There's some analysis and some inspiration and a skit, in true RubberOnion fashion. You won't want to miss this episode... because, whatever.
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(20:08) Young Justice returns on episode of Teen Titans GO!
(29:59) Jorge Gutierrez making Kung-Fu Space Western with ReelFX under new multi-year contract
(47:30) Car...
2015-02-251h 33RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 68 - AC/DouChe PumpsThough on other sides of an ocean, Stephen and Rob are going to animation events and talking about it to you fine people. There's also a lot of discussion about animation as a whole prompted by the excellent opening title sequence for 'Star vs the Forces of Evil' and a not-as-controversial-as-I-would-have-thought list of the Best Animated Series.
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(9:55) Simpsons Pixels animated short picked up as couch gag for Feb 15
(16:14) Rob went to Matt Groening and Lynda Barry event
(42:51) Steve went to Animex wit...
2015-02-191h 26RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 67 - SupercalifragilisticnecrotizingfasciitisDid you know that Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" is getting remade as a family friendly Samurai film with cartoon cats and dogs? That's pretty much all we talk about. Well we also talk about the amazing fanimation "Simpsons Pixels" as well as what's REALLY going on with the Power Rangers. We also dissect rap. That happened.
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(5:13) Rob Yulfo's "Bears with Teddy Bear Faces" Tumblr Post
(12:57) Power Rangers leaked trailer not what we all thought
(21:16) BLAZING SADDLES animated, family-friendly remake in the wor...
2015-02-111h 15RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 66 - The Fanny AwardsStephen has his desktop computer back, so this episode sounds normal again! Stephen and Rob teach you how not to make sounds when you drink, talk about the Annie Awards, Disney's first Latina princess and what it might mean, and Rob did some animation for a new YouTube channel (embedded in this post). Enjoy the crisp, cool sound of a normal microphone!
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(19:50) Annie Awards results and occurrences
(41:03) Rob animated for MovieBlast
(48:40) More layoffs... this time at Sega
(52:46) Disney's first Latina princess
(1:14:25) "Bad S...
2015-02-041h 58RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 65 - Mo Money Mo CatsLayoffs, lawsuits, and cats -- OH MY! Stephen and Rob talk about the tough subjects of foreign VFX subsidies and the troubles fighting them, the abrupt closing of PDI/Dreamworks Redwood City campus, and a Kickstarter campaign so ridiculously popular it brings up the topic of how democratic is the internet really. But with all the negative subjects, we also got a few questions from you listeners so we end on some positive thoughts! Oh also, it's my (Stephen) birthday and we totally didn't mention it once... so there's that. Enjoy!
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2015-01-292h 15RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 64 - Oscar Nom Nom NomsStephen and Rob are back again to talk about the creepy "Thunderbirds" character designs, the Oscar nominations AND those left out in the cold. A stop-mo animator rigged the Nintendo Power Glove for use in animation and "Underdogs" (Argentina's "Metagol") gets an English language trailer thanks to the Weinsteins... and it's... a thing.
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(15:32) THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO character designs
(27:44) HtTYD2 wins first Golden Globe for Dreamworks
(36:27) Oscar Nom's
(1:02:59) THE LEGO MOVIE wins Critics Choice Awards
(1:06:59) UNDERDOGS first US English release trailer
(1:14:31) Dillon Markey...
2015-01-211h 29RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 63 - This is a NightmareStephen and Rob try to work through what happened at Charlie Hebdo last week in Paris, but also discuss less heavy topics like the Peanuts animation style and Wacom's new 27 inch Cintiq. Join a very sick Stephen and a very uncomfortable Rob for over 2 hours of chatter... because if you're looking for real information you might have come to the wrong podcast.
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2015-01-142h 18RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 57 - Idina Denzel WashingtonSTAR WARS! TOY STORY! MEL BROOKS! FROZEN! NEW YOUTUBE SERIES FROM PAT! NEW ANIMATION FROM ROB! RAPID FIRE!!!!!!! Seriously, we have a lot of amazing topics to talk about this week. There's not any more introduction needed. Enjoy the episode!
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(12:34) STAR WARS VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS teaser trailer
(23:55) TOY STORY: THAT TIME FORGOT premieres Tues, Dec 2nd @ 8pm on ABC
(29:15) Pat's new LET'S PLAY series!
(39:47) Rob's new short DA SHIMPSOONS!
(48:27) Mel Brooks to play Dracula's father in HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2
(56:05) The REBOOT reboot...
2014-12-031h 41RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 56 - Sugar Pie Honey ButtWe have so many trailers to talk about this week! CINDERELLA, PEANUTS, and LucasFilm's STRANGE MAGIC which was dropped on our unsuspecting laps. The question is... does it hurt or feel just right? Speaking of feeling just right, we interview the last of the three winners of our #RubberOnionFanArt competition, Ronald Chaparro. And I bring back the Rapid Fire segment so we can adjust the stories you listeners submitted that we didn't have enough time/thought to address as a full story segment. Also, Stephen went to the CTN ANimation Expo 2014 and talks about that experience. Enjoy!
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2014-11-261h 30RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 54 - Three, Two, One... GO!This week, Stephen & Rob saw BIG HERO 6 and give their review on it as well as Disney's new animated short FEAST. We also talk to one of the three #RubberOnionFanArt October competition winners, Chris McEwan! But also... Stephen's computer decided to test his patience during the podcast recording by crashing multiple times -- which makes more work for him (me) but a more entertaining episode for you!
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(04:28) REVIEW: Stephen & Rob saw 'Big Hero 6'
(28:05) REVIEW: ... and the animated short, 'Feast'
(35:21) Simpsons/Fut...
2014-11-121h 27RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 52 - Freelance Horror StoriesHAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! This week we reached out to other animators and creatives to give us their worst experiences in freelance that they could share with us like ghost stories around a campfire. Spooooooky! The idea is that if you're thinking of getting into freelance or can relate to some of these stories, they can serve as a heads-up on what you might encounter and/or how to prevent them. See? It's fun AND educational. I'm very proud of this episode so I hope you enjoy it and get lots of great information out of it!
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2014-10-292h 17RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 47 - Two and a Half MenPat's back! Feels so good to have the gang together for this one because we've got some great stories suggested by YOU. "Popeye", "Where Are They Now" animated short, "Deadpool" greenlit, "Rick and Morty" co-creator Justin Roiland fighting the Union, The Hub dies, Stephen updated an animation from 2010, and we inspire people apparently... seriously. And we have another submitted question! You will enjoy this one. You will. I promise. Kinda.
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(9:04) "Popeye" test footage
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2014-09-251h 49RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 46 - Hot Cocoa ShowWith a slow news week, Rob and Stephen settle down and talk about something bugging Rob lately: "how to be an animator AND have a life." We talk about productivity methods, past experiences, full time VS freelance, and of course -- stories! And also... VIEWER QUESTIONS!! But we start it all off with a clip from earlier in the week when Rob called Stephen to practice his telephone script he had to read on behalf of the Brooklyn Bourough president. And you all know what happens when Rob tries to read aloud... under pressure.
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2014-09-171h 58RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 42 - TMNT (2014) Movie ReviewRob and Stephen saw the new "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (2014) film... and have some words. We break it down and compare it in depth with other iterations of the franchise such as the 1990 movie, the 1987 cartoon series, 2003 cartoon series, and the original and new IDW comic book! Also, in true RubberOnion fashion... we do our own rendition of a beloved song. Listen for it! So what did you think of the movie and our review?
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2014-08-202h 08RubberOnion Animation PodcastEpisode 21 - Beefy Teenage Mutant Ninja BabiesThis episode might have my favorite segment in it so far where we rip up eHarmony's industry-specific list "15 Reasons to Date an Animator." Rob & Stephen are flying solo this episode with Pat off fighting crime for the week... and it goes as you might guess. Character voices are created, stories are told, transitions are fumbled, innuendos are made. But first, we HAD to talk about new info about the TMNT movie coming out... because Stephen...
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(14:33) Someone saw Ninja Turtles footage and i...
2014-03-261h 20RubberOnion Animation Podcast"Carol of the Freelancers" SongThis is a single from episode 8 of The Rubber Onion Animation Podcast, the Christmas Episode. Stephen Brooks does an acapella rendition of Carol of the Bells with the theme and advice for all freelancers in the New Year... "Don't Work for Free."
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