Episode 17: Phil Borst

Animalators

Phil Borst is the lead motion designer at Spread Truth based in Normal, IL. During our conversation, we discussed how to balance two jobs and a family, learning to perfect camera movements, composition and scene layouts, and the importance of getting feedback from other artists.

Links:

Vimeo www.vimeo.com/philborst

Ligonier https://vimeo.com/157529316

Framed Ink http://www.amazon.com/Framed-Ink-Drawing-Composition-Storytellers/dp/1933492953?ie=UTF8&keywords=framed%20ink&qid=1464286622&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

Spread Truth http://spreadtruth.com/

Highlights:

-Went to school for film editing

-Wedding videos

-Learn how to work on quick deadlines

-Graphic design

-Started taking on small personal animation projects

-Learned animation from tutorials online, reading a lot of books

-Animated storyboards with sketches

-Designing and animating workflow

-Sources of inspiration

-Life/Work balance

-Learning new things

-Trying to get better at design

-Framed Ink

-Camera movements

-Learning about composition and scene layouts

-Cinema 4D / After Effects combinations

-Pros and cons of working by yourself

-Getting feedback from other artists

-Patience is key

-Spread Truth

-Role as lead motion designer

-Dream Client: an opening title sequence

-Favorite animated film: Alice in Wonderland

-What do your kids think you do: they get it, still don’t understand how long it takes

-Animalator: Turtle