#17: Dylan Ekren - Making Good Characters

Chat with Dylan Ekren who currently works as a CG character designer at Netflix. Previous to that he worked at Disney making characters for Wreck it Ralph, Zootopia, Frozen, Big Hero 6 and the upcoming Encanto movie.  In this long ranging discussion, we cover: 0:00 - Intro 1:55 - Getting into art 7:49 - Good learning resources 25:01 - What separates out successful artists from the rest 31:07 - Efficient use of time 42:42 - Learning path for new artists  57:53 - Dylan's Career after college 1:19:20 - Moving to Netflix Animation 1:25:30 - Dylan's favourite artists

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