Episode 59: Lisha Tan

Lisha Tan is a Creative Director at The Mill in Los Angeles, CA. In the episode, we chatted about The Story of O.J., reading YouTube comments and managing creative limitations as a director. Links: Portfolio: The Mill: Lilchotchke: Resolution Design: The Pirates of Somalia: Notes: -The Mill LA -Mill+ -Project processes -The Story of O.J. -Jay Z -Reading YouTube comments when a job goes out -Giving and receiving notes as creative director -Communicating vision on a project -Transition to creative direction -Coaching character animators -Personal pitching process -The Mill's internal resources -Pitching vs. pre-production -Lisha's process of ideation -Managing creative limitations as a director -Lilchotchke Ceramics -Lisha's mentors -Resolution Design -The Pirates of Somalia -Developing personal style -Favorite animated film: Spirited Away -What do the people you love think you do at work all day?: I don't they know--messing around with cartoons. -Animalator: A little hybrid cat-thing because people tell me sometimes I'm like a cat. **Note: The Mill worked with JAY-Z, Roc Nation and Director Mark Romanek via Anonymous Content to create the animated music video for 'The Story of O.J.' Lisha and The Mill artists realized JAY-Z's vision using a combination of hand-drawn cel animation, computer graphics, and painted backgrounds, collaborating with Titmouse to animate the original characters.

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Episode 59: Lisha Tan is an episode from Animalators by Zac Dixon.

This episode is 36:42 long.

This episode was published on Aug 10, 2018.

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