Podcast Episodes

The Future of VFX: Simulon has Arrived with Divesh Naidoo

Episode 155

Dive deep into the future of visual effects with Divesh Naidoo, the founder and CEO of Simulon, in this fascinating episode. Discover the groundbreaking app that's making high-end visual effects acce…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Procreate Dreams: The 2D Animation Revolution for Digital Artists

Episode 154

Procreate Dreams is OUT—the 2D animation app from the creators of the legendary design app, Procreate. We got on the line with James Cuda and Claire Desus, the minds behind this game-changing softwar…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

How to Land Big Clients: The Art of Mograph Biz Dev with Joe Nash

Episode 153

Check out the School of Motion blog post for a deep dive: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/blog/m...

Join us as we dive into the art of creative business development with Joe Nash, the ex-Director of B…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Motion Design as a Subscription Service? Austin Bauwens of Ravie Studio

Episode 152

If you follow "motion design Twitter", you've probably encountered the work of Austin Bauwens, co-founder of Ravie Studio. At 21, running his own 8-person studio, Austin is a bonafide motion design i…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Can Motion Design be Inclusive AND Profitable?

In this week's School of Motion Podcast, our Director of Community, Brittany Wardell interviews the founders of two studios leading the charge on Inclusivity in the motion design industry. Macaela Va…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Going Viral: Behind the AI-Generated Wes Anderson Trailers for Star Wars and LOTR

Episode 150

Caleb Ward of Curious Refuge joins us to talk about how he made 2 movie trailers go mega viral with AI tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, D-ID and Eleven Labs.

Caleb recently released 2 Wes-Anderson-ins…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

AI: An Artist's Friend or Foe? | Dan Jeffries, CIO of Stability.ai (Stable Diffusion)

Episode 149

AI has finally come to the world of art, but what does that really mean for artists? Will it be the friend we've always wanted by eliminating monotonous tasks and speeding up workflows? Or will it tu…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

2022 Year in Review

Episode 148

2022 may be remembered as the year things got back to "normal," but also as a year of big changes, and our industry is no exception. The economy was booming, but now may be stalling. The rapid develo…

Published on 3 years ago

How to get Adobe to buy you for $20 billion in 3 easy steps...

Episode 147

Adobe recently acquired Figma for $20 billion. That's 'billion' with a 'b'. This transaction was the largest purchase of a private VC-backed company in history, and left wall street and many artists …

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Pushing Past Your Limits with Nocky Dinh

Episode 146

Building a career is like climbing a mountain. There are numerous obstacles ahead, and no guarantees that you're on the right path. But what happens when you reach the peak and discover…there's so mu…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago