Interviews

Artist Interview: Christian Haynes

Welcome to our interview with Christian Haynes, the lead on the exciting project for, Zack …

June 8, 2023

Artist Interview: Anthony Avon

Join us on a captivating journey as we explore the incredible story of Anthony Avon, …

June 8, 2023

Artist Interview: Kabelo Maaka

Join us for the first of many interviews where we interview Kabelo Maaka from Cabblow …

June 5, 2023

Artist Interview: Chantelle Janse van Rensburg

Interviewing South African illustrators and artists is one of the highlights of working at Pixelsmith …

September 13, 2021

What Makes A Design Good? – Podcast Episode 01 with Gavin Knox.

Even with the right tools, sometimes designs just don’t work. You can invest in the …

September 13, 2021

Artist Interview: Ian Vicknair

Once again our Pixelsmith Studios team was lucky enough to sit down and chat with …

September 9, 2021

Artist Interview: Allan Gaunt from La Mora Labs

Discovering tips and tricks from creatives is one of the highlights of being on the …

September 9, 2021

Artist Interview: Ryan Van Eyk

There’s nothing the Pixelsmith Studios team loves more than chatting to South African Illustrators. We …

September 9, 2021

Artist Interview: Bill Masuku

Our team at Pixelsmith Studios has been lucky enough to meet, chat to, and interview …

August 5, 2021

Danielle Albertyn and Rial de Wet Artist Interview

Our Pixelsmith Studios gets to do a lot of really cool things. And one of …

August 3, 2021

Luke Molver Artist Interview

One of the best things about being a part of the Pixelsmith Studios team is …

August 3, 2021

Artist Interview with Raymond Minnaar

Pixelsmith Studios has had the opportunity to interview some pretty amazing people, ranging from graphic …

August 3, 2021

Artist Feature: Christi Du Toit

In this feature interview, Pixelsmith Studios’ own Neal chats to South African illustrator Christi Du …

July 2, 2021

Artist Feature Caleb Janssens

What got you started, doing video …

May 13, 2020

Artist Feature -Simone Gumilar

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March 19, 2020

Interview with a lens-cowboy

We feature VFX legend, Bradley Stilwell and ask him a few questions about his journey so far.

November 14, 2019

Artist Interview Ben Winfield

We have a rather special interview today in the sense that this specific artist is …

November 14, 2019

Artist Feature: Stephen Spinas

Today we have one of …

May 17, 2019

Artist Highilight: Jarred Cramer

We are really excited about …

September 18, 2018

Rico Schacherl Interview – A Legend in the Satire Cartoon World

Tell us more about yourself! My name is Rico Schacherl (full first name is actually Enrico), I …

September 4, 2018

A Kayotic Encounter with Kyle ‘Kayhos’ Herring

Today we have the awesome …

July 16, 2018

Artist Feature: Gat Melvyn

February 2, 2018

We Interview Local Legend and Veteran Voice Actor Nick Murdoch

January 10, 2018

Artist Feature: Jonathan Hau-Yoon

December 20, 2017

Artist Feature: Scott Harris

December 20, 2017

Interview with Fantasy Illustrator & Concept Artist – Raymond Minnaar

We had the great pleasure …

October 27, 2017

Cobus the Maya Sensei

One of our local Maya …

April 3, 2017

Artist Interview: Klaus Grabler

We’re always looking to find …

March 27, 2017

Some thoughts of wisdom from the (Sam) King

We have the amazing Sam King from Triggerfish Animation Studios to share some of his thoughts and insights as well as an experience or two in this review

January 24, 2017

We Interview Thinus Van Rooyen – The Bearded One, Tutor and Mentor To Many

Thinus Van Rooyen is one of …

November 28, 2016

Honorable Mention: Jenna Gien

Recently we had the opportunity …

November 9, 2016

Walt Viviers – Local Illustrator and “Apocalypse Meow!” Creator

We’ve recently spotted local illustrator and artist Walt Viviers when he posted a pic about …

October 10, 2016

Studio Interview: Inigmas Studios

September 9, 2016

Artist Interview: Barry Gelderblom

We’re privileged to …

August 31, 2016

Artist Interview: Ian Churchill

Cape Town was host to …

August 29, 2016

Remi Abrahams – Local Illustrator Feature

For today’s feature we’re giving …

August 5, 2016

RELEASE THE KRAKEN! – SeaMonster Studio Interview

Recently we paid a visit to a little studio in Cape Town that does work …

July 14, 2016

Interview with the Talented Aurora Studio Team

Hi guys. …

May 12, 2016

Community Feature – Scott Mclellan 3D Generalist

Our community feature focuses on Scott Mclellan who is a 3D generalist and an aspiring character modeller. Have a look at his great work in this feature.

March 9, 2016

We Interview Veteran Rigger & Animator – Wynand Lens

Veteran local rigger/animator & Head of Skills and Development (Animation SA), Wynand Lens, shares his views on animation,his journey & his rigging tool.

March 3, 2016

Studio Interview with RealtimeUK

We had a blast sharing news about RealtimeUK’s SMITE project, now we want our audience to experience first hand how amazing these guys really are!

February 22, 2016

Interview With a Modern Dragon

Interview with Lynton Levengood, He’s 30 years old, a husband, concept artist, illustrator and story teller. I am currently Art Director at Sunrise Animation Studios

February 16, 2016

Interview with David Luong – Blizzard Cinematic Artist

We have the awesome opportunity to interview Senior Cinematic Artist David Luong from Blizzard Entertainment. I’m not sure about any of you but I am super excited to be part of this interview and yes, I screamed like a fangirl when he agreed to be interviewed.

January 30, 2016

Interview with Chris Fazio – Animation Professional/Lecturer

We had the awesome privilege of having a Q&A with Chris Fazio who works with Corus Entertainment. He is an animation professional as well as owns and manages Animation Career Pro – an online school for 3D and 2D animation.

September 21, 2015

Suzanne Helmigh Interview – Concept Artist and Illustrator

Interview with Suzanne Helmigh who is a professional concept artist and illustrator for games and films. Be sure to check out her tutorials in the interview

August 25, 2015

Jason Keyser – VFX Artist for RIOT Games – Interview

Jason is a VFX Artist working for RIOT Games…best job ever right? Yeah, we were geeking when he agreed to the interview

March 5, 2015

Interview with Mind’s Eye Creative Animation Studio

Minds Eye Creative is a local animation studio in Johannesburg who have an impressive portfolio …

August 27, 2014

Featured Illustrator – Eric Heyman

Eric Heyman is our featured Illustrator this month and he’s based in Cardiff , Wales. …

April 23, 2014

Animator Mike Scott Interview – Honorable Mention

The first time I learned about Mike Scott was when I saw the Goldfish animated music …

February 10, 2014

STASIS Game Designer – Christopher Bischoff – Honorable Mention

Over the last couple of years we have seen quite a number of interesting games appear …

November 16, 2013

Interview with Anthony Silverston – Animation Producer, Writer and Director

We had the great pleasure of interviewing Anthony Silverston (and awarding him on our Honorable …

August 23, 2013

Zambezia Animator – Greg Murray – Honorable Mention Feb

Greg Murray recently worked on South Africa’s greatest animation to date “Zambezia” and we had …

February 6, 2013

Shireen Louw – Wedding Photographer – Honorable Mention Jan 2013

Wedding photographers are dime a dozen, but some photographers put in the extra hours,effort and …

January 10, 2013

Honorable Mention November – Dirty Car Artist Scott Wade

Scott Wade has become known as the “Dirty Car Artist” (with a few others added …

November 14, 2012

Honorable Mention October – Doghouse Diaries Creators

We’ve always had a special place in our hearts for webcomics, especially after failing on …

October 1, 2012

Interview with Johnson Ting – Concept Artist

Concept Artist Johnson Ting is a well known artist who regularly accepts commissions as work. We …

September 13, 2012

Honorable Mention Aug-Tim Grey, Landscape Photographer

Our Honorable mention for August goes to Tim Grey who we met through Twitter. His …

August 1, 2012

Honorable Mention July – Illustrator of Medieval Avengers

It’s not our usual thing to do two Honorable Mentions in one month but we’ve …

July 11, 2012

Honorable Mention July – Adventure Author Michael McCarthy

Our Honorable mention for the month, Michael McCarthy, is an adventure writer and a good …

July 1, 2012

Honorable Mention June – Epipheo Studios

We’re pretty excited about this interview as Epipheo studies have been an inspiration for a …

June 1, 2012

Honorable Mention May – Chris Venter

We chose Chris Venter as our Honorable Mention for May because he has been an …

May 9, 2012

Honorable Mention April – GetInspired

We recently made contact with a highly creative team who also enjoys inspiring people. They …

April 13, 2012