Grant Bowlds

Grant Bowlds is a co-founder of Echo Park Productions, focusing on the business and creative aspects of modern animation. With experience in the traditional animation industry, Grant writes about the evolving landscape of animation production and the future of creative work.

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Norman Rockwell painted one of our most popular memes in 1943.

August 20, 2025

“Freedom of Speech” is still one of the most recognizable works in modern culture, resurfacing daily across Twitter threads, TikTok videos, Instagram carousels, and art blogs.

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Animation Left L.A. Behind

July 31, 2025

Hollywood is burning. Figuratively, for now. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1 in 4 animators and VFX workers in film and television lost their job between 2022 and 2023. And the 2023 report came out in May, before the full force of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes hit. Walk into any coffee shop in Burbank and you’ll hear it: there’s not a lot of hope those jobs will ever come back. Meanwhile, the animation industry is booming. It’s expected to more than double its market value over the next 9 years to an estimated $896 billion dollars (TAG and CVL Economics, 2024). So why is employment imploding while business explodes?

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