This episode of the Animation Industry Podcast features Davey Ferguson, a freelance, Glasgow based animator who talks about how to specialize in silly animation and artwork for TV, games, and online content.
You’ll also learn:
*How he ended up animating a guest episode of Adventure Time
*How to time manage yourself as a freelancer
*The biggest stress a freelance animator faces
There’s a short animation out there called The Funny Fish Finger Friends fall in the pond. It’s this silly story about an apple who is friends with a frog and just falls in a pond, and that’s it.
The style is so unique - it’s this cut-out-looking animation mixed with live puppets, and the dialogue is hilarious. I can still quote every line from it even though it’s been nearly a decade since I first saw it.
Even though the animation isn’t super well known, its style is so unique that the animator has had some really cool opportunities to work on some pretty big projects which we’ll talk about how he got those.
His name is Davey Ferguson, and he is a freelance, Glasgow based animator who specialises in silly animation and artwork for TV, games and online content. His recent credits include the Water Park Prank guest episode of Adventure Time, which was one of only 9 guest episodes out of the show. He also designed the PS4/PC game Loot Rascals. He uploads personal work under the name swatpaz and currently has 1.7 million views on YouTube.
Watch The Funny FIsh FInger Friends Fall in the Pond here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGWXhj1dhkY
Follow Davey on Twitter: https://twitter.com/swatpaz?lang=en
Follow Davey on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeU7HSDElFiMgjXcmc-4b0A
Check out Davey’s Website: https://www.swatpaz.net/
Learn more about this podcast at terryibele.com/animation-industry-podcast/
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