Internship at Phunk - Three stories, Three animations

Wondering what it’s like to be an intern at PHUNK Animation Studio?

Demi - Illustrator

My name is Demi and for the past six months I’ve been part of the PHUNK team as a 2D / concept artist. As an illustration student it’s often hard to find an internship as most studios are looking for animators, which is something I had not done before. I was happy to see that PHUNK however, wasn’t only looking for animators but also for illustrators, so I took the shot and I’m glad I did!

As a kick off project I had to make an animated intro for PHUNK, though this wasn’t really my forte I’ve managed to create something i’m proud of. I wanted to capture the wackiness of PHUNK and implement their colour scheme, through a lot of different ideas and feedback rounds I ended up with the pink dog chewing gum.

In my six months of internship I’ve mostly been working on concept art for a personal project of PHUNK. Being able to work on concept art truly made me change my entire way of working, I used to work towards my end product straight away and kind of forget about the whole process that comes before it. With a lot of feedback I’ve been able to find a nice workflow in making concept art which I wouldn’t have been able to find without PHUNK. Overall it has been a really fun project to work on.

It wasn’t only the fun project I got to work on which made my internship at PHUNK a good one though, it was mostly the chill atmosphere which made it fun for me. Everyone’s really friendly and tries to help you out where they can, which is probably one of the most important things to have in an internship. I wasn’t the only intern, with me were two others who would also like to share what they’ve done and what the internship was like for them.

Roan - 2D Illustrator / Animator

What’s good baby? ;-D My name is Roan and I’m a 2D art/animation intern at Phunk! I’m currently studying game art but my passion has always leaned more towards animation & cartoons, so when I was told an actual animation studio was interested in my work I was ecstatic! From the first conversation with the boys over at Phunk I recognized the same passion and love for art & animation that I was missing from other potential internships, I immediately knew this was the right place for me.

This first project was to kick off the internship and get used to the workflow of a professional studio. Even though this was supposed to be a quick logo animation I took the opportunity to make it into a short cartoon, which I had been meaning to do for the longest time but had been slacking on.

Iskander and Akis loved the idea and gave me the space to do whatever I wanted with it. Where I was sometimes hesitant to use weird ideas or crude jokes they told me to go with it and came with some great feedback and funny ideas to make it even better.

From designing and making the animation to composing the music and adding the SFX the process went over really smoothly, although I did go a bit past the deadline because of the relative size of my project.

The team was really happy with the final product and I’m also very proud of how it turned out :-) I’m currently doing a lot of character concept art and doing some environment work which is a little bit out of my comfort zone but I’m making a lot of progress! The people at the office are always pushing me to grow as an artist and motivate me to stay creative

It’s always a blast to work here at the studio, there’s a perfect balance between serious work and having fun and goofing around. I don’t think I could’ve asked for a better internship and people to work with :-)

Jasmin - 3D Environment Artist

Hi mate, curious how it is to sail/ride with PHUNK? I am Jasmin Karic aka Viking and I am a 3D artist intern at PHUNK animation studios. Currently, I am studying the study Game artist. Animation always had my interest but I never really got into it in-depth, when I got told that PHUNK was interested in me I took the chance to develop that interest into a skill.

I also worked on an animated intro to kickstart the internship. From this assignment, I learned that I did not make realistic schedules and they gave me plenty of tips on how to improve that and many more tips on the process side of the project.

After the logo animation project, I got the task to work on a personal project that they wanted to do for a long time. Meanwhile working on my second project I have helped Iskander Mos with several side tasks for product and advertisement animations.

I can not tell you enough how awesome it is to work with these guys at PHUNK. Managing to have the perfect balance between serious work and having fun is incredible. To work in such an environment motivates me and encourages me to stay creative.

Are you an illustrator or animator looking for an internship and did these stories made you enthusiastic about PHUNK?

They are always looking for skilled interns to help them out with projects.