We both played "Cuphead" and review the gameplay, art-style, animation, with gameplay audio from Rob's attempt

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The Willoughbys on Netflix interested us by the trailer. We watched the movie.

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! This week we reached out to other animators and creatives to give us their worst experiences in freelance that they could share with us like ghost stories around a campfire. Spooooooky! The idea is that if you're thinking of getting into freelance or can relate to some of these stories, they can serve as a heads-up on what you might encounter and/or how to prevent them. See? It's fun AND educational. I'm very proud of this episode so I hope you enjoy it and get lots of great information out of it!

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(08:44)   Tristian Goik
(25:55)   ROB YULFO
(38:46)   Nathan Viney
(57:45)   STEPHEN BROOKS
(1:10:38)   Mat Elfring
(1:34:22)   Martin Bell
(1:50:24)   PAT RYAN
(1:56:23)   Andrew Kaiko

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HOT COCOA SHOW! As animators, we have a unique set of physical injuries that can come up: not the least of which are back and neck pain, carpel tunnel syndrome, tendinitis, and eye strain and headaches. Over the years I've dealt with all of these in one form or another and decided now is the time to discuss them so others can learn unlike I did... from painful experience. There is a companion blog post with this podcast episode being uploaded tomorrow as well.

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Topics & Timestamps: (16:01) The Sitting Problem (21:18) Types of back pain (27:02) ... and their causes (33:39) About standing desks (45:15) Animators and our posture problems (48:10) The power of rotating work arrangements (55:08) Other injuries animators encounter and their prevention (1:08:36) Prevention for back pain during work (1:15:24) Prevention in your daily life (1:27:33) Keeping it simple to stay on track

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SEGMENT EPISODE! We have two interviews, a discussion about the uncredited animator pushback on "Sausage Party" and one epic story. Enjoy this show, you won't be forgetting it anytime soon... I know I won't

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Topics & Timestamps: (5:56) "The Bushwick Story" AKA "The Drunkest Sh*t I Ever Saw" (39:19) Animation News... (40:28) Uncredited Animators pushback against "Sausage Party" (1:01:02) Interview with ARC Productions employee Justin Goran about what happened surrounding the bankruptsy fallout (1:35:41) Creator Spotlight: Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Jacob Kafka about their Curious George Kickstarter

Media Referenced During this Episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKP5E1uTOUM

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SEGMENT SHOW! For our 200th episode we present the last (maybe) segment show with a discussion about everything that came from D23, an update to RubberOnion, Stephen talks about Spider-Man and Baby Driver, and we take Audience Questions LIVE from the chat!

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Topics & Timestamps

(5:42) How You Doin (13:53) Baby Driver & Spider-Man Homecoming (31:06) RubberOnion Update! (53:09) Animation News from D23 (54:15) Dumbo (56:25) Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 (59:34) Incredibles 2 (1:01:57) The Lion King (1:07:36) Aladdin (1:15:03) Star Wars VIII, Avengers Infinity War, and Mary Poppins Returns (1:20:48) Disney orders season 2 of Big Hero 6 TV series before season 1 airs (1:23:46) Spider-Man new TV series (1:26:20) Audience Questions LIVE in chat!

Media referenced in this episode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxjsWlUTz7U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyWbIG8Qj6c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myRPiqzygPc

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This week we have a completely unplanned, loose chat about anything that came up during the time. We talked about Gamera's "fart flying," we invent a theme park around Forest Gump, and talk about what Pokemon, Go means for the future success of other augmented reality games... and invent some of our own!

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Topics & Timestamps: (0:00) Who knows...

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This week we spoke so much about June's #RubberOnionBattle that we made it into an entire show! Don't forget to vote for your favorite and submit your cartoon for July's Battle (topic is "Mustache Problems").

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Topics & Timestamps: (13:07) Jason Zayas (22:11) Greg Pugh (31:08) Xenia Bougaevsky (38:43) Waymond Singleton (47:17) Rob L (56:43) Mike Boas (1:05:42) Spencer Holmes (1:15:51) Eric Polley (1:23:22) Elizabeth Honer (1:35:13) Vicky Holloway (1:42:58) Chris Rodriguez (1:48:57) Rob Yulfo (1:58:12) Stephen Brooks Media Referenced During this Episode:

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After last week's surprise interview with Don Bluth, we're back with part 2 of the RubberOnion Freelance School and this time we're talking about what would be the goal in your second year: creating your brand. We talk about using your own personality and voice to shape the tone of your brand, how to market yourself, the importance and limitations of a niche market and a bunch more. Sign up for the newsletter or become a Patron on my Patreon page to get the more detailed ebook in February on starting a freelance business.

And don't forget to check out the companion blog post with this podcast to read a more structured write-up on what to expect in your first year of being a Freelancer!

Listen for floating and hammocks, Gary Oldman Craigslist, Rob's Baked Buttered Beans, and Rabbi Schwarzenegger

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Topics & Timestamps:
(7:52) Recap of the previous Freelance School (#1)
(13:34) The word: Brand
(19:11) Using a Niche Market
(21:51) Arnold Schwarzenegger
(27:07) Analyzing last year's data
(31:37) Using a personal style
(34:18) The "jack-of-all-trades" marketing problem
(37:45) Using the same name as a moniker and business name
(41:05) What's unique about you
(44:21) Branding... the verb
(48:36) Having a business "voice"
(51:01) Logos, Style, and Tagline
(58:10) Marketing, and what to do with a scattered presence
(1:09:46) What can you do that people want?
(1:14:38) Shifting your brand when it stops working for you
(1:17:46) Testing the success of your brand approach
(1:22:50) Using your voice
(1:28:17) Putting it all together

Media Referenced During this Episode:

Stephen's "My Friend the..." series

Stephen's VLOG series

RubberOnion Review series with Stephen & Rob

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What happens when a major animation spot is made up of rotoscoped professional and student films?

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SEGMENT SHOW! We talk about Disney's new "101 Dalmatian Street" series, a full trailer for a new "Frozen" animated short and what that might mean, and a question about how to manage burnout

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Topics & Timestamps

(5:22) How you doin? (20:09) Animation News... (20:50) 101 Dalmatian Street (39:12) Olaf's Frozen Adventure trailer discussion (1:05:29) Ax by Fax Audience Question "How do you manage burnout" ~Ben Reynolds

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb8WDATVB6A 

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Speed round! Pat and Stephen had to get to trivia night because who else's going to know what year Space Jam was released (ahem 1996)? We all watched the Simpsons/Family Guy crossover episode and have some words. Don Hertzfeldt's Simpsons couch gag made people confused and intrigued. Also, the CW cancelled its Saturday morning cartoon lineup, the last of its kind on network TV, and you might be surprised what we think about that. And finally, we have clips and trailers to talk about!

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(12:38)   "Big Hero 6" trailer 2
(19:21)   Last Saturday Morning Cartoon lineup (on CW) gets cancelledE
(34:21)   Death on The Simpsons
(38:24)   Don Hertzfeldt's Simpsons couch gag
(45:19)   'The Simpsons Guy' crossover episode
(1:01:24)   'Asterix & Obelix' clip
(1:04:17)   SUBMITTED QUESTION from Ronald Chaparro: "Which do you each prefer; a villain created specifically for a season or already known villain"

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It's a How You Doin' episode! We talk about the anthropological study that was Stephen's fortnight of Fortnite, unintentional badassery, and board game puns!

 

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This was from our Live-Streamed TRAILER TALK where we discussed the trailers for Solar Opposites, Connected, The Willoughbys, and JJ Villard's Fairy Tales. Not all positive.

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Merry Christmas! We bring to you a short episode on this Eve of the Christmas with many a SONG and laughing and poet...ing. Hope you're cozy someplace. Now listen to our podcast.

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We talk with Felicity Morland, the animator and filmmaker behind the new documentary "Hand Drawn" on the medium of hand drawn animation with interviews with so many of today's greats and up-and-coming artists

Check out her campaign on IndieGoGo and the perks that come with donating to the project which completes on Nov 25th... get on it! 

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hand-drawn-feature-film#/

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We had so much time over the break to catch up on all our favorite animated shows that came back, new ones that we were excited to dig into, and old ones we never got around to. Here's what we're watching now!

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