Episode 17: Phil Borst
Animalators
English - May 27, 2016 15:39 - 52 minutes - 59.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsVisual Arts Arts Business Careers illustration nashville video zac animalators animation creative design dixon identityvisuals Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Phil Borst is the lead motion designer at Spread Truth based in Normal, IL. During our conversation, we discussed how to balance two jobs and a family, learning to perfect camera movements, composition and scene layouts, and the importance of getting feedback from other artists.
Links:
Vimeo www.vimeo.com/philborst
Ligonier https://vimeo.com/157529316
Spread Truth http://spreadtruth.com/
Highlights:
-Went to school for film editing
-Wedding videos
-Learn how to work on quick deadlines
-Graphic design
-Started taking on small personal animation projects
-Learned animation from tutorials online, reading a lot of books
-Animated storyboards with sketches
-Designing and animating workflow
-Sources of inspiration
-Life/Work balance
-Learning new things
-Trying to get better at design
-Framed Ink
-Camera movements
-Learning about composition and scene layouts
-Cinema 4D / After Effects combinations
-Pros and cons of working by yourself
-Getting feedback from other artists
-Patience is key
-Spread Truth
-Role as lead motion designer
-Dream Client: an opening title sequence
-Favorite animated film: Alice in Wonderland
-What do your kids think you do: they get it, still don’t understand how long it takes
-Animalator: Turtle