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24 Nov

Posted at 18:16h in Uncategorized
This past weekend I attended the first annual CTN Animation Expo in Burbank. What a fantastic weekend! Hundreds of animation artists descended on the Burbank Marriott for three days of workshops, seminars, networking, and hanging out. There were dozens of artists exhibiting their work and some top people in the biz giving incredible lectures and interviews. Here's a quick rundown of some of the many highlights Throughout the Expo several top artists were stationed out in the lobby doing live demos. Here Tony Bancroft (former Disney animator and director of Mulan) does a demo animation of Pumbaa from The Lion King. An overhead camera projected his work on large monitors.

17 Nov

Posted at 13:50h in Uncategorized

A few weeks ago I attended the Motion '09 animation conference in New Mexico where I gave two presentations on character design. One of the mainstays of the conference is animator Phil Nibbelink. Last year he taught at least three sessions relating to animation and this year I think he gave about a half-dozen presentations including a panel discussion with...

08 Oct

Posted at 15:47h in Uncategorized

Some exciting news about an upcoming project I'll be working on: Phil Vischer, the creator of VeggieTales (the best-selling direct-to-video series of all time) and of the kids' media website JellyTelly.com has just announced a partnership with Tyndale House Publishers to create a 13-volume educational DVD series called "What's In The Bible?" The DVD's will take kids through the Bible from...

10 Apr

Posted at 00:00h in Illustration, Toy Design

For over a year now I've been designing toys for a company called DecoPac. They create many of the fancy birthday cakes you see in the grocery store bakeries, the ones with little plastic licensed characters on them. They offer a wide variety of quality cake designs for all occasions, and often develop fun themes using licensed characters to tie...

02 Mar

Posted at 13:31h in Uncategorized

For twenty years Walt Stanchfield was a drawing instructor at Disney, teaching and inspiring some of the worlds' best artists and animators to help them hone their craft. He often gave his students handouts filled with inspiring sketches and valuable insights into the process of gesture drawing. The handouts were so popular that they were photocopied and traded like baseball...

27 Oct

Posted at 00:00h in Uncategorized

Tod Carter is an uber-talented artist. He's worn a lot of hats over the years from animator to story artist to director to illustrator. He's worked on projects for companies such as Disney, DreamWorks, and Big Idea (VeggieTales) as well as several TV commercials. I had the privilege of working under him on 3-2-1 Penguins! (he directed several of the...