A Pixar Animator’s Journey, with Tarun Lak | Baatein LIVE - Baatein NID | Lyssna här

Tarun Lak is an Indian-American Animator and Illustrator. Born in Miami, FL and brought up in Chennai, India, he attended Ringling College of Art & Design to study Computer Animation. He has since worked as a character animator on animated commercials and feature films including Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Onward, Soul and Luca. He has also recently illustrated his first picture book, The Moon from Dehradun, out in 2022. Tarun currently works at Pixar and enjoys continuing to make art in his spare time.

In this episode of Baatein LIVE, we talked about Tarun’s creative journey, his experience working in Sony and Pixar, illustrating for books, his influences, career struggles, and all things animation.

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