Thursday I'll be driving to Omaha for the annual meeting of the North Central Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society. It's going to be a fun weekend with several NCS events planned that will be open to the public. The headliner will be Pixar story artist Josh Cooley. Josh will be giving a keynote presentation on Friday night called "Coloring Outside...
Last fall at the CTN Animation Expo in Burbank attendees (myself included) were treated to a screening of Don Hahn's documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty. It’s a fascinating film that takes viewers behind the scenes at Disney animation from 1984-1994, a period often referred to as the Disney Renaissance. The decade began with the rise of Michael Eisner as the new...
A few tidbits from around the internet: Reference for Animators — A few good clips here. Open Letters - Thomas James has some thoughts on the general lack of business and freelance training in many art schools. He wrote an Open Letter To Art Schools Everywhere and followed it up with an Open Letter To Art Students Everywhere. Tribute to Milt Kahl -...
I'll be among several attendees live tweeting from the Creative Freelancer Conference this weekend (June 5-6). To follow the feed just search Twitter for hashtag #CFConf. Afterward I'll be attending the Licensing Expo June 7-10 and will be likely be posting a few tweets from there as well. So far I haven't found an official hashtag for the Expo. If anyone...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v4MsPqY9eM] Thanks to Mark Evanier for the link....
As a freelancer I spend long hours working in the quiet solitude of my studio. I'm always looking for something new and interesting to listen to in the background while I draw. My iTunes library gets a lot of heavy usage, as does my radio, podcasts, and audiobooks. Recently I discovered a new resource to add to my list: The Archive...
