30: The Largest Collection of Little Guys with Luca Depardon

Luca joins the podcast to offer his insight on bug fandom being the foremost expert in the field.

Luca Ogawa Depardon is an animator and illustrator from NYC. His animations are playful fusions of traditional and experimental animation techniques, daydreams, inventive editing, and funky characters. His films have been featured internationally at places such as the New Chintose Airport Animation Festival, Centré Pompidou, the Annecy International Animation Festival, The Ottawa International Film Festival, The Bucheon International Animation Festival, La Guarimba, and the Animation Block Party at BAM. Luca has also done work for such clients as VICE, The Children’s Museum of the Arts in NYC and Adult Swim. He earned his BFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design.

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Links to points of discussion (will update shortly!):

Luca's website

Luca's Instagram

The Animator's Animations

The Animator's Playlist on Apple Music and Spotify

TAF interview with Nayon Cho

The Animator's Friend on Instagram

TAF interview with David De La Fuente