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Feb 2024
56m 17s

Surviving Animation with Meridian Gray C...

The Bancroft Brothers
About this episode

Many of our listeners are experiencing hard times or will be sometime soon. We brought in former Pixar intern Meridian Gray Culpepper, storyboard artist and YouTuber.  Meridian had created a popular video about “Surviving a Layoff in the Animation Industry”.  Let’s get into it! 

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