Armand Baltazar is a master artist and story teller who has worked in DreamWorks, Disney and now in Pixar as a Senior Designer. He has worked in The Prince of Egypt, The Road to Eldorado, Spirit Stallion of the Cimmaron, Sinbad, Shark Tale, Flushed Away, The Bee Movie, Princess and the Frog, A Christmas Carol, and Cars 2.He works in both film and fine art, exhibiting in and around Los Angeles and San Francisco. He occasionally teaches and speaks at universities around the country.
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We found Armand Baltazar work in CTNX last year, as he’s been going to that event for years, he also has many tips on networking, getting jobs at big studios, making a great portfolio and also as a teacher, he also has great advice on how to put everything you know into a single piece of art.
You can check his work here:
His Website
His Fan Page
His Twitter
His Instagram
Interview with Armand Baltazar:
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In this Episode, You Will Learn:
- Armand Baltazar’s Story
- How to view art as problem solving
- How to get jobs at studios
- How to do great portfolios
- How to create great art pieces that tell stories
Actionable Steps
- Don’t get stuck with what you see on the internet, focus on developing yourself as a good artist by learning the fundamentals.
- When working on a team, what you care about that you think makes something good, might be different to what other people think is good, making good art is a first step, making art that is understood by other people and helps them make good art is a whole different skillset.
- This is a hard career, heart breaking, there’s friction, there’s a lot of problems, if you can’t love it through all that, then you have a hobby, not a career.
- Telling a story through your art is something that only happens through a lot of practice and experience for many years.
“WHEN YOU’RE A ANIMATOR DESIGNER, YOUR #1 OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE YOUR DESGIN COME TO LIFE”
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Now it’s Your Turn!
Got questions or any advice or thoughts you want to share about this interview or anything you learned that helped you on your way to freedom? What’s one thing you can take from Armand Baltazar’s Journey? Please feel free to share in the comments section below!
Thanks so much for watching the interview with Armand Baltazar, I truly appreciate YOU!
Until Next Time!
Rodrigo
