April Apodaca
Art Director April Apodaca discusses her eclectic creative interests, her love of serious stories in animation, and why she appreciates the Guild for bringing members together.
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Member Mondays
Areeba Khan
Lead Character Technical Director Areeba Khan shares the challenges of career pivots, her passion for a hand-drawn look, and how the Guild creates safe space for creativity.
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Member Mondays
Ed Gaskew
Character Designer and Storyboard Artist shares his struggles to get started in animation, his desire to be a pillar of hope, and his appreciation for the community the Guild provides.
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Member Mondays
Erin Eng
Background Painter Erin Eng shares her thoughts on the role of friendship in finding work, the challenges of motherhood on the job, and how the Guild provides a sense of community.
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Member Mondays
Megan Phonesavanh
Character Designer Megan Phonesavanh shares her struggle to find her own style, why she feels there’s room for agitprop in animation, and how Union benefits changed her life.
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Member Mondays
Siti Lu
Storyboard Artist Siti Lu discusses their dreams of doing cinematic storyboarding, the challenge of finding steady jobs to maintain a work visa, and how the Guild has helped their career growth.
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After Hours
Climbing the Walls
What would a well-established Character Designer and traditional Animator ever be doing 40 feet up in the air taking a can of spray paint to the side […]
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Art & Craft
Reflecting on Art
As an artist, Allison Perry says she’s done a little bit of everything, from tech to games to animation, where she got her start doing freelance work […]
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The Climb
Creative License
Animation artist, art toy designer, director, and so much more, Chogrin is living proof that you can have the best of all creative worlds.
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Frame x Frame
Color Her Unimpressed
Easy access to Post-it notes and a search for creative freedom resulted in Miranda Tacchia’s impressive first book, Unimpressed.
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Art & Craft
Drawing the Divine
Animator Kitty Tomblin finds inspiration in cathedrals and rock ‘n roll.
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The Climb
A Passion to Paint
Throughout his career Joel Parod has had one goal—to make art, anything and everything, from animation color keys to plein air landscapes to his own album covers.
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Story & Vision
Super Humanity
Old-school New York City, power blackouts, and a 10-ton T-Rex set the stage for a teen superheroine in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.
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Story & Vision
When Jabari Met Meadow
Inspired by the music of Kid Cudi, Entergalactic explores the universality of new love.
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Short Story
Food for Thought
You are what you eat takes on new meaning in an Oscar-eligible short film by Chenglin Xie.
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On the Job
Living Color
Color Designers have experienced substantial victories in recent years, from moving out of Ink and Paint to trading their old job title of “Color Stylist” for one that recognizes their role in the pipeline.
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On the Job
Write On!
Tons of meetings, pitching wild ideas, and honing their craft—it’s all in a day’s work for these staff writers on animated TV shows.
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Story & Vision
Outback Magic
First-time Director Clare Knight and Director-Writer Harry Cripps discuss Back to the Outback, the tale of a ragtag band of Australian animals that prove being different isn’t a bad thing.
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Final Note
A New Kind of Heroine
Screenwriter Linda Woolverton reflects on the first animated film nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award.
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Final Note
Into the Future
With just a single season, The Jetsons captured the imagination of generations with its creative take on life in the future.
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The Local
Getting Organized
With the animation industry experiencing a sea change in production organizing, five soon-to-be TAG members share their experiences on the organizing trail.
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Final Note
From Glendale to Paris
Animation legend Bob Singer takes a trip down memory lane to his work on Gay Purr-ee.
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The Local
#UnionStrong
When unions up their social media game, they inspire new levels of member engagement and solidarity.
