Guys With Pencils

Geneieve FT is our guest this week and we got to sit down over a cup of tea to talk while she was visiting Toronto. She's studied animation for 6 years, creating and producing no less than seven short films. During those years. she discovered a passion for concept art and illustration. Have a listen as she tells us how she went about establishing herself, managing her business affairs and maintains her professionalism in every endeavor she takes on.Check out more of her work HERE

So this week we're talking with Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers Director, KRIS PEARN! We're going to chat about Cloudy 1 and its upcoming sequel. Along with some extra tidbits about Kris's work throughout his career. Hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Kris has some excellent points to share about what it means to be an artist and how to manage yourself when it comes to focusing your energy on a given task. If the task is for a client, or if it's for your own personal satisfaction, Kris gives some good points to think about when tackling these things. Check out more at Kris's blog HERE Hope you enjoy! 

Few words can describe the awesomness that is Paul Watling. But if you had to choose one it would most likely be, Superfuckingtalentedamazingniceguy! That's right it's a world. Look it up! And when you do, you'll see Paul's face next to it.Paul is a Canadian board artist and designer based out of Toronto. He's been working on a variety of TV projects over the past decade. His work is so tight that he makes other board artists pee their pants just from one glance at his panels. Turn up the volume and prepare for the awesomeness of this Epic beard and sleeve tattoo artist - PAUL WATLING!!!! 

This week we chat it up with our former professor of layout, Scott Caple! Scott's resume include some of the following, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Warth of Khan, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mulan, Tarzan, and The Incredibles to name a few. He is an accomplished draftsman and has a wealth of information to share from his career as a professional freelancer and as an instructor in the animation field. Check out Scott's Blog HERE! 

The final episode of 2012 for GWP. We look back on the memories and adventures we shared through the past 12 months. Sprinkled throughout this episode are moments of inspirations and hints to what's in store for 2013! Hope you enjoy and keep listening this upcoming year! Happy New Year! 

This Holiday season we celebrate with our close friends. We look back on the holidays of yesteryear. The Holidays mean Christmas specials, and Christmas specials mean animation. You're going to hear from a dozen animators talk about their favorite Christmas animation moments.  So grab some hot cocoa, a plate of cookies and your sketchbook. Take some time this season to chill out and spend the Next hour with us shooting the shit. Also! Check out this link to our upcoming guest for 2013 Geneviève FT!!

We have returned to the lovely Bento Miso facility to cover the DMG (Dames Making Games) Toronto event this week.This event was a follow up of the awesome work that was done at the No Jam event. The No Jame event was held for 20 women to make games during DMG Toronto's first-ever game jam for new game makers. At the DMG event we got to meet and greet all the game makers and talk to them on why this event is so important to the participants.Click here for more info on DMG Alex Bethke: http://blog.goldengeargames.com/ Pina Visconti: http://pinavisconti.com/ Leisha Marie-Riddel: http://leisha-riddel.blogspot.ca/ Damian Sommers: http://damiansgames.com/ Jen Harrison: @jennofour Jennie Faber @jennie Cecily Carver: @cecilycarver

Former classmate and all around nice guy Kevin Parry joins us this week around the mic to discuss his career within the past 2 years. What's really interesting about Kevin's work to date is his ability to utilize social media to share his work with people from all around the globe. This episode goes into talk about his thoughts on digital distribution and the pros and cons of festival submissions. This is a great episode especially for any of our student listeners if you are looking to maximize your films potential once you graduate.Check out Kevin's blog HERE

Just Adam and Andrew this week for GWP. The boys are winding down after a crazy work week. So for this episode it's a lot of talk about what they've learned doing the podcast and where things are going for the new year. They also touch on what goals they are looking into working on for 2013. And to wrap it all up, Andrew contemplates the ordeal of head/body lice and Adam hints at "maybe" doing stand up comedy one day.Our sweet fan art banner was done by The Flying Tacoz!! Check out more of their stuff here! http://theflyingtacoz.tumblr.com/

This week is a big recap of the things that went on during this past and busy week. A lot of work has kept the boys up to all hours of the night. Adam has been working on learning a new software while Andrew has been stretching his efforts across the board with helping out on a variety of projects. Joining the lads this week is Co Host Wayne Michael Lee. Have a listen as they dive into the never ending questions from Old Man Murray.

 Jason Groh is our guest this week. A passionate directer & designer who has worked for more than 20 years in the industry. If you're looking for a burst of inspiration and desire to have an uplifting heart to heart talk, then look no further! With this episode you won't be hearing much from us. Only because Jason knows have to carry a conversation so well and really makes what he's talking about so fun and entertaining. Hope you enjoy this episode and if you're not careful you might actually learn something!

Mike Holmes is an East Coast based Cartoonist/Illustrator. He's currently been working on such titles as the Adventure Time Comics and Bravest Warriors. Mike has done a variety of posters for comedian Patton Oswald and is an active member in the East Coast comic book scene with his own series titled True Story.Mike chats with us and talks about his personal experiences and what lead him down the road as from a stand up coming to a sit down cartoonist. Check out Mike's work at the links below.Mike Holmes TumblrMike Holmes Twitter

Today we get experimental! Adam has brought together a group of smart people, who all have experience with game development, to talk about video games! Henry Faber, Miguel Sternberg, Alex Bethke and Adam explore specific topics within the medium, and because it was just Halloween they talk about horror games! What makes a game scary,how to they work, why do they work, what can ruin them and what games do they think are scary. Why is this an experiment? Because what happens next is up to you! If you fine folks like what you hear let us know and share, if the response is good and people want more it will happen! This will become its own separate podcast from Guys With Pencils with its own update schedule, topics, itunes feed, name etc! Let us know if you want more video game podcastery!Henry Faber - @henryfaberMiguel Sternberg - @spookysquidAlex Bethke - @MrAlexBethkeAdam Hines - @guyswithpencils

This week we take a little trip back down memory lane. After working for almost 3 years now in TV production, the boys take a moment to recap their experiences. They go as far back as their last year in school and discuss the process of making a short film for the first time. It's a really interesting perspective to have after working professionally for someone else. Going back and analyzing the student films allowed them to make calls they never would have made as students.

That is the question this week on Guys With Pencils. The boys talk about the pros and cons of how today's cinema seems to be driven by "the reboot" Sometimes you get a fresh take on a property (ie Star Trek 2009) but then again there are those which puzzle the mind and leave the audience scratching their heads (ie Tim Burton's Planet Of the Apes). This whole conversation leads up to the recent news that the cult comic "The GOON" is developing a reel through kickstarter. Have a listen as we come full circle on what turns out to be a really interesting discussion.

Joining us for lunch this week is Mr. Colin Jack. Character Designer and Children's Book illustrator extraordinaire! We've had Colin on the show before (EP 35 - Finding Your Voice). This time Colin is leaving on a trip of feature length proportions and GWP has the exclusive talk on his whirl wind tale. Colin talks about his trip which takes us from Toronto to Pixar to Paris and then to Dreamworks. Have a listen to this really great follow up talk! COLIN JACK'S BLOG (Note: This episode was recorded at a restaurant, so there is background noise.)

Do you like comics? Do you like Canadians? Those are trick questions because the answer to both is YES! And with that we are proud to introduce to you, an episode featuring J. Bone and J. Torres! Both work in the Comic industry and have put together a project featuring Canadian Superheroes called TRUE PATRIOT!! Sounds awesome right? You might be asking "Where can I get this awesome sauce that is True Patriot?" Well if you like to support the independent comic artists and writers, you should head over to their indiegogo page and watch the video and donate! Have a listen this week as we dive into the world of TRUE PATRIOT! TRUE PATRIOT INDIGOGOJ. BONEJ. TORRES

This week is a special episode of Guys With Pencils.It took 8 months but Andrew and Adam share their experiences learning about the challenges women face in comics and games, both as creators and consumers of the mediums. Then learn about what women are doing to make it better. Special thanks to our guests for taking the time to talk to us and being patient with production.Music in this episode taken from the Directionless EP by Broke for Free.If you liked the music, check him out and be sure to tip and repay his generosity for sharing his music. Tell us what you thought of this episode on twitter @guyswithpencilsGuests:Kate Leth: http://kateordie.tumblr.com/Samantha and Rosemary: Professional Game Artists Jody Houser: mindeclipse.com, Womanthology Adriana Blake: Fall On Me, Womanthology Zoe Quinn: Its Not Ok Cupid, Dames Making GamesJennie Faber: DMG TorontoCecily Carver: DMG Toronto

Andrew had to take care of business so I grabbed three of our friends to take his place. We talk about being in between jobs, things we like and why Gobelins animation school is so awesome!

This week, Adam and Andrew (mostly Andrew) speak with Dapper Dan Schoening! Dan is a freelance comic artist from Canada who is currently working on the IDW ongoing Ghostbusters series. The Ghostbusters comic is based off the 1984 cult classic film. For over 25 years there has been little to nothing when it comes to licensed Ghostbuster material and this IDW comic has hit it out of the ballpark with their talented crew working on this series. Have a listen as the boys dive into the development of this comic and how it came to be.