Channel Frederator Blog

I’m the worst animator in this picture.

As of today, I won’t be blogging for Frederator anymore. It has been a great run, and I thank Fred Seibert and Eric Homan for having me blog for so long.

I started blogging for Fred a few years back (2006?) when Fred asked me to write as a regular on the blog after doing some posts for the 6 Monsters production blog. During my run here, my life has changed a lot. I’ve moved (a few times), added another kid to my family, and changed jobs more times than I care to remember. Sometimes life gets in the way of blogging.

On the blog, I’ve tried to highlight things I thought were important and things that were interesting in the world of animation and entertainment, sometimes causing a stir. I also tried to pass along some knowledge of animation as it was passed to me. I got to [Read more…]

Frank Thomas, Floyd Bishop, and Ollie Johnston

Channel Frederator asks filmmaker and Channel Frederator blogger Floyd Bishop about his career and work.

Channel Frederator: Where did you study animation?

Floyd Bishop: My degree is actually in graphic design. I taught myself animation by reading lots of books, watching lots of films, working through tutorials, and seeking out people in the industry to help me learn more. The mentoring of others has really pushed me to learn as much as I have so far. Some of these people included Doug Sweetland who gave me lots of great feedback early on when I was still in college. I would send him my reel, and he would send me feedback. He was super patient and very helpful.

I met Jan Pinkava at the Ottawa International Animation Festival in 1998 and got to work on a stop motion film with him (“67”) during the festival. I picked his brain as much as I could [Read more…]