Straight Ahead Animation Podcast

Kevin Casas is a Latinx production coordinator and writer working at Nickelodeon studios! He studied Graphic Design in undergrad, and had no idea that production existed in the animation industry. As a graphic designer Kevin built skills in pitch packaging and communication, both of which translated into his role as a production coordinator. Kevin shares what duties are expected of production on CG shows like Max & the Midknights and Star Trek: Prodigy. Kevin strives to join the development team someday, and shares his passion for storytelling and advocating for the stories that people want to tell. http://kevinjcasas.com/ [http://kevinjcasas.com/] IG: @heyokjc [https://www.instagram.com/heyokjc] X: @heyokjc [https://x.com/heyokjc/] If you enjoy our podcast, please share it and rate us on Apple Podcast & Spotify. We want to expand our platform and amplify these BIPOC voices! If you'd like to support us directly, we have a tip jar open at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ko-fi.com/straightaheadap⁠⁠ [https://ko-fi.com/straightaheadap]!

Karolyn Schenewark-Moses is a Mexican-American artists working in Development at Nickelodeon. From intern to Production Coordinator, Karolyn tells us about what it's like to work in development, and what crucial role this department does in an animation company. Having been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, we talk about how her disability has affected her life and goals, but also about how the diagnosis gave her closure and outlets for how to manage it. Karolyn's original industry goals were to be a color designer, but after having much freelancing success, her ideal artistic outlet has evolved into something else. Nowadays she happily enjoys the stability of her role in development while being able to focus on illustrations and working towards creating children's books. karolynmoses.com [https://www.karolynmoses.com/] IG: @prismakitty [https://www.instagram.com/prismakitty/] If you enjoy our podcast, please share it and rate us on Apple Podcast & Spotify. We want to expand our platform and amplify these BIPOC voices! If you'd like to support us directly, we have a tip jar open at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ko-fi.com/straightaheadap⁠ [https://ko-fi.com/straightaheadap]!

Meet Harley Knife, a First Nations (Cree) artist who has been animating for over 11 years. He shares his start going from intern to full-time at YetiFarm Creative (now called Artists Animation Studio). He candidly shares his experience living with depression and grief, and how it has affected his work in the past. We touch on his hopes for the future: to inspire the next generation of Indigenous kids to explore careers in the tech industry (animation, development, or coding). IG: @thetinyrobotdoesart [https://www.instagram.com/thetinyrobotdoesart] Twitch: @thetinyrobotlives [https://www.twitch.tv/thetinyrobotlives] Linkedin: Harley Knife [https://www.linkedin.com/in/harleydavidknife/] If you enjoy our podcast, please share it and rate us on Apple Podcast & Spotify. We want to expand our platform and amplify these BIPOC voices! If you'd like to support us directly, we have a tip jar open at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ko-fi.com/straightaheadap [https://ko-fi.com/straightaheadap]!

Making his way to the ring we have Rajkamal Singh a Punjabi-American Character Designer who is currently working as a Storyboard Revisionist. How does something like this happen you might ask yourself? Well tune in and find out how it all started by attend D23! Portfolio: https://www.rajkamalsinghart.com [https://www.rajkamalsinghart.com] IG: @ruberduckyboi [https://www.instagram.com/ruberduckyboi/] Twitter: @ruberduckyboi [https://x.com/ruberduckyboi] Cara: @ruberduckyboi [https://cara.app/ruberduckyboi] If you enjoy our podcast, please share it and rate us on Apple Podcast & Spotify. We want to expand our platform and amplify these BIPOC voices! If you'd like to support us directly, we have a tip jar open at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ko-fi⁠⁠⁠ [https://ko-fi.com/straightaheadap]⁠⁠⁠!

Joining us this week is Nina Robinson, a black background artist! We talk about how she got her start and how she took any role that came her way and learned and she went. Ultimately she just want to make art for the gorls and we love to see it! Portfolio: https://www.neens-world.com/ [https://www.neens-world.com/] IG: @nii.naa.bean [https://www.instagram.com/nii.naa.bean/] If you enjoy our podcast, please share it and rate us on Apple Podcast & Spotify. We want to expand our platform and amplify these BIPOC voices! If you'd like to support us directly, we have a tip jar open at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ko-fi⁠⁠ [https://ko-fi.com/straightaheadap]⁠⁠⁠!