Rediscovering the Road Not Taken …

I discovered Ryan Simmons via his CartoonSolutions website a few years ago. I’ve been impressed by his art, his animations, his video tutorials and the interesting business he has developed. He was nice enough to answer a few questions which I hope you’ll find interesting.

Television commercial which won an award in 2005

1. Can you tell us a little about your background and you got started in animation?

I got into animation when I was 21 years old. My Dad worked at a traditional animation studio in the effects department (animating fire, smoke, water, debris, body tones, shadows etc). They were looking for inbetweeners/assistants so he brought home some scenes and I did the inbetween drawings, they tested the animation and it looked fine and I got the job! From there I stayed in the effects department at Warner Bros. and Dreamworks working on Read more »