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The Graphters" Podcast

Gary Noden and John Stopforth

Welcome to The Graphters" Podcast, an audio journey around the subject of CGI on industry and education. Join Gary and John, two possibly slightly jaded individuals who have both been involved in teaching and creating 3D stuff for the Commercial and Broadcast industry for over 20+ years. In the course of this podcast, both Gary and John ramble on a bit, chat about education, industry and the increasing role of open source software in the industry as well as, did I mention rambling?

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01:02:41

The Graphters Podcast - Episode 4.04 - We are not yet...

The Graphters" Podcast ·

2025/09/13

Welcome to The Graphters' Podcast! Yes, we are still going, it’s just been… a bit of a time. We do elaborate on it, but we’re back now and about to get a whole lot more active again.In this (very late) instalment we talk about:Who are we again?Work work work work work…Our daily grind that’s been filling our time.Gary’s Health.John’s Fitter than a Butcher’s Dog life.BLENDER!!GENVFX’s new tutorial.AI stuff again.John’s Bulking up.Getting old and bloody cancer. The History Of Maya. Unreal

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01:00:43

The Graphters Podcast - Episode 4.02 - Gary and John...

The Graphters" Podcast ·

2025/03/31

Welcome to The Graphters' Podcast!Yes, Graphterers, it' a new instalment of the "Will John and Gary ever stop being irritiating" podcast.It's a two-er this month, so just me and John, but we get a bit political as well as downright angry with a few things, and I had to bleep a lot of my stuff.We have:What the f@#k is going on in the Creative world!?Large canopy companies sprouting new super IndiesOffsted and College newsFreelancing - what things you need to doAI - yes, I know,

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01:29:46

The Graphters Podcast - Episode 4.01 - We're Back!!!...

The Graphters" Podcast ·

2025/02/20

Welcome to The Graphters' Podcast!Welcome back to the first episode of Season 4. Yep, we are very, very late with this, but stuff has been getting in the way, in exactly the way we said it wouldn’t. So we haven’t started well, but we will make up for it, deffo.Today we have a very long podcast just under 1 hour and 30 minutes, but it was so good I found it hard to remove much. I did manage to reduce it by about 50 mins, and that was mostly me and John waffling on about work and Jaws…well just

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01:05:27

Season 3.06 - End Of Year Round-Up

The Graphters" Podcast ·

2024/12/29

Welcome to The Graphters' Podcast!Welcome back to the next instalment of the Graphters’ Podcast. This episode we do a round up of the year including: 1. The Games Industry 2. Opendoor Studios 3. Life 4. Dad Jokes and nothing about biscuits.... Cheers ––– My Everything by Dj Quads / aka-dj-quads https://soundcloud.com/djquads Music provided by Music for Creators • My Everything — Dj Quads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBrnkl3NBU8

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01:10:49

Season 3.05 - Interviewing Sophie Stewart and talking...

The Graphters" Podcast ·

2024/07/08

Welcome to The Graphters' Podcast!Welcome back to the next instalment of the Graphters’ Podcast. This episode we are interviewing recent graduate and Mocap Actor, Sophie Stewart. We talk about all sorts, but mostly: 1. The Games Industry and its future 2. Going from Graduation to work 3. Making the most of what you have around you at Uni 4. Whisky 5. Food 6. More Food and some stuff about biscuits.... Cheers ––– My Everything by Dj Quads / aka-dj-quads https://soundcloud.com/djquads Music

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00:52:47

Season 3.04 - A General Chunnery

The Graphters" Podcast ·

2024/05/31

Welcome to The Graphters' Podcast!Well, this is a thing now! Our one time Audio Podcast is now a real live Video thing! Why anyone would want to look at us, I do not know, But here we are, me and John, talking about VFX, Games and the Industries that work in them. Today is a Chunnery - that's basically an natter between friends, but we do talk about: 1. FMX in Stuttgart 2. Burnout 3. AI 4. Freelancing in 2024 5. #Blender, of course 6. Watching Masterchef and getting hungry 7. Broadcast

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00:54:47

Season 3.03 - A Quadrangle of Admin Chunnery

The Graphters" Podcast ·

2024/04/08

Hi there! Yes, John and Gary are back talking about the Games Industry, the VFX Industry and even occasionally about biscuits. Okay, a lot about biscuits. This week we have a Full House with John, Gary, Em and Tim, the four Admins of the Apocalypse. Again.We talk about: Where Em went on her holidays We answer questions from members of our Discord Server Mostly, we wander off piste through the world of Games, 3D, VFX and Software We do not talk much about biscuits in this one. Plus the usual

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01:16:06

Season 3.02 - The one about Jobs, and we’re not...

The Graphters" Podcast ·

2024/03/04

Hi there! Yes, John and Gary are back talking about the Games Industry, the VFX Industry and even occasionally about biscuits. Okay, a lot about biscuits. This week is a guest episode, where John and I talk to the recruitment Specialist Simon Davies who has created DAX, an agency specifically for VFX, Games and VRWe talk about:Seeing people out and about. The Shakeups in the Games Industry How Simon found his way into Recruitment Working for the creators of Candy Crush! Helping in the creation

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00:11:29

The Graphters Podcast - Episode 3.01.05 - Easter...

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2024/02/06

Hear ye, Hear ye!Yep, this is a special mini-biscuit of an episode. If you have not already joined our Discord, this might make you get onto it. We have an Easter Artwork challenge sponsored by a company heavily involved in the Artworld and 3D. If you want to find out listen here, then go to our Discord and join in on the challenge. It's a great prize for the overall winner, as well as some Graphters' based prizes as well. If you're reading this after the Easter 2024, this competition

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00:52:53

The Graphters Podcast - Episode 3.01 - Back for more...

The Graphters" Podcast ·

2024/01/26

Hi there! Yes, John and Gary are back talking about the Games Industry, the VFX Industry and even occasionally about biscuits. Okay, a lot about biscuits. This week is a chunnery of an episode, were John and I talk about:Our Discord server. In fact we talk about it a lot, so no change there! What we got for Christmas A quick review of 2023What we look forward to in 2024 The layoffs at the end of 2023 The Discord’s Winter Challenge An Easter Egg about our Easter Challenge Possible guests. What

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00:58:18

The Graphters Podcast - Episode 2.10 - The Christmas...

The Graphters" Podcast ·

2023/12/22

Hi there! Yes, John and Gary are back talking about the Games Industry, the VFX Industry and even occasionally about biscuits. Okay, a lot about biscuits. This week we have a Full House with John, Gary, Em and Tim, the four Admins of the Apocalypse. We talk about our Discord server. In fact, we talk about it a lot! How Em went from wannabe personal trainer to a train asset builder. How Tim went from leaving education to..oh, err, not leaving education! How rubbish Gary is with Discord, but

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01:13:28

The Graphters Podcast - Episode 2.09 - The One with...

The Graphters" Podcast ·

2023/12/06

Hi there! Yes, John and Gary are back talking about the Games Industry, the VFX Industry and even occasionally about biscuits. Okay, a lot about biscuits. This week we are lucky enough to have a student on the podcast. At 16, we did have to have permission from his parents, which we received, but Gary already knew him as he did his school placement in the company he used to work at. During this podcast, we chunner about: FORMATT and how brilliant it was If you want to do anything, do well at

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00:55:18

The Graphters Podcast - Episode 2.08 - "Every day I'm...

The Graphters" Podcast ·

2023/11/09

Hi there! Yes, John and Gary are back talking about the Games Industry, the VFX Industry and even occasionally about biscuits. Okay, a lot about biscuits. This week is just the two of us…we can make it if we try, just the two of us…John and I! We discuss... Epic's Unreal pricing. Unity price backstep. Our Discord Server! David Stirzaker (again) and chocolate. Genvfx Tutorials used in colleges?! John was travelling the nation with work. FE Colleges or Higher Education. A bit about Blender, no,

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01:19:59

The Graphters Podcast - Episode 2.07 - Chatting with...

The Graphters" Podcast ·

2023/10/01

Hi there! Yes, John and Gary are back talking about the Games Industry, the VFX Industry and even occasionally about biscuits. Okay, a lot about biscuits. We are lucky to have with us this week Thomas Butters, Lead Weapon & Prop Artist at Facepunch Studios Ltd. https://facepunch.com/⁠ We talked about a lot of things including: Thomas’ early years as a student of 3D. What some Universities deliver and what they don’t. How Faith is sometimes all you need. The Importance of Real

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00:59:41

The Graphters Podcast - Episode 2.06 - The Chunnering...

The Graphters" Podcast ·

2023/08/16

Hi there! Yes, John and Gary are back talking about the Games Industry, the VFX Industry and even occasionally about biscuits. Actually not a biscuit mention in sight this week! We will discover We talk about a lot of things including: The weather The End of the Academic Year About putting a calendar on the website - which we have done since this recording The Develop Show in Brighton It’s getting colder in Maya - the growth of Bifrost in the newer users Meeting fans - yes an actual fan! Me

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01:26:52

The Graphters Podcast - Episode 1.8 - I.T. called,...

The Graphters" Podcast ·

2023/06/28

In the course of this podcast, both Gary and John ramble on a bit, chat about education, industry and the increasing role of open source software in the industry as well as, did I mention rambling? Welcome to The Graphter's Podcast - an audio journey around the subject of CGI on industry and education and also general rubbish. This week, a lot of general rubbish followed by a very fun interview with the lovely Chris McFall, the person behind Hollowpixel Studios, the wonderful Blender Clinic and is a

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00:51:19

The Graphters' Podcast Episode 2.04 - Industry...

The Graphters" Podcast ·

2023/06/23

Hi there! Yes, John and Gary are back talking about the Games Industry, the VFX Industry and even occasionally about biscuits! This week John and I are joined by Paul Coulthard, Senior Storyboard Artist at Axis Studios and a round nice guy. He was so lovely that we talked for way too long, so this is the first part of two podcasts! We talk about a lot of things including: 80s Cartoons Discovering Manga and Japanese animation School Careers Advisors Getting into Storyboarding by a chance

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00:53:02

The Graphters' Podcast Episode 2.05 - Industry...

The Graphters" Podcast ·

2023/06/19

Hi there! Yes, John and Gary are back talking about the Games Industry, the VFX Industry and even occasionally about biscuits! As you know, this week is the second part of our podcast with Paul Coulthard od Axis Studios. We will discover We talk about a lot of things including: How long it takes to get from storyboard to an actual piece of work Best practice of how to get into the industry today That you need to keep drawing and keep learning As with Owain Street, we get to those pesky

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01:02:35

The Graphters' Podcast Episode 2.03 - Chatty Episode...

The Graphters" Podcast ·

2023/05/08

Hi there! Yes, John and Gary are back talking about the Games Industry, the VFX Industry and even occasionally about biscuits! This week John and I are on a chatty natter; a One To One if you will. Talking about everything Except Biscuits! We talk about a lot of things including: Holidays. Seeing in the Dawn with coffee, croissants and a heavy fog. Is Education ready for emerging technologies in CGI and Games? The USD and AI pipeline and software agnosticism. I mention Lost In Space,

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01:25:46

The Graphters' Podcast Episode 2.02 - Industry...

The Graphters" Podcast ·

2023/04/03

Hi there! Yes, John and Gary are back talking about the Games Industry, the VFX Industry and even occasionally about biscuits! This week we are happy to be joined by Motion Graphic Producer and Artist, Owain Street. Owain has been creating beautiful work for TV and Corporate clients for well over 2 decades. He has been running his company, Design Hutch for over 10 years and has produced work for CBBC, the BBC, Natwest, DeMontfort University, and the Discovery Channel to name only

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