Val Head is pretty much all about animations. She’s written a book about animations, she talks about animations in workshops and conferences, she makes videos about animations, she has a newsletter about animations, and yes, she’s on podcasts talking about animations.

You will learn a shit ton from this show. So listen carefully, and make sure you check out the show notes in the description!

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What we talk about:

• Living in Philly and Pittsburgh
• Why she’s usually leaving her house
• Why her car smelled so good when she drove back from Philly
• What she teaches teams about animation
• How she learns all things web
• What her routine is like
• What she did before she did animations
• Moving from Flash to Web Animations
• Thinking about context and your audience
• Why it’s the designer’s job to play with animations
• Canvas is fun and powerful

Links:

• Stripe
• Greensock
• mo.js
• Anime.js
• http://dowefeelthebern.com/
• p5.js
• Daniel Shiffman