Sueann Williams was born on the tiny island of Trinidad and Tobago. She grew up in New Jersey then voyaged to San Francisco to study Illustration. After many moons she graduated with a BFA from the Academy of Art University. She is currently a Junior Game Artist at Storm8 in Redwood City and enjoys working [...]
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I am a visual development/concept artist that blends a series of artistic styles and approaches. Having worked with a number of studios, I consider myself fortunate enough to have been able to create work that ranges from being very stylized to hyper realistic. Although my work requires me to exclusively use digital software, I do [...]
Adam Knight is an animator and artist from the San Francisco bay area with roots in the midwest. He earned his BFA at The Illinois Institute of Art – Schaumburg in Media Arts & Animation, which lead to a job in the video game industry upon graduation. His passion to work in the animation industry [...]
Adam Rosette is an animation artist living in Los Angeles. He attended the School of Visual arts in New York where he received his BFA in traditional animation. He has worked for the last 7 years on Television shows, Commercials and Internet Series. He is currently an animator at Disney Consumer Products. Outside of drawing [...]
AJ brings over 12 years of film and games experience to HALON, with an emphasis on animation, motion capture and cinematics. His career began at Sega of America managing the online experience for the Sega Sreamcast system on triple-A titles like Sonic Adventure and ChuChu Rocket. At Midway games, AJ worked with casting, direction, cinemativs [...]
CTNX 2012 On location, Burbank CA Alex Ruiz began his art career as a character animator on ‘the Simpsons’ at the age of 19. He then became an assistant director on the hit series, taking on more responsibilities on the creation of the show. Eventually, Alex realized his passion for making still images rather than [...]
I’m Alishea and I have tried to bury myself in creative experiences. From cake decorating and window painting to designing websites and animating 3D shorts, I have seized opportunities as they’ve presented themselves and created them when they haven’t. As a student, I composed my own eclectic education. I’ve taken illustration courses from one community [...]
Amos Sussigan (b. 1989 in Switzerland) feels comfortable in the roles of visual designer, director in various (short) films, art director, radio personality, and writer. Amos has always been a restless, creative soul, never interested in the obvious or the easily-obtained. Amos completed his diploma in Languages (Italian, English, Spanish, French, and German) in Switzerland, [...]
I am a graduate of Sheridan college. I am an independent designer/animator and I have recently finished up first short film called ‘Tag’ for my final year at Sheridan. I am currently exploring a variety of ideas for a new short and I am also working with a few other graduates to create a short [...]
Andrea Fernandez is a designer based in Los Angeles. She is graduate of the Sheridan animation program and has worked for Chuck Gammage Animation, House of Cool Studios, Zynga and Six Point Harness since graduating in 2009. She has had the opportunity to work on a variety of projects ranging from TV series to Gaming. [...]
Please help us give a warm welcome back to Animation Mentor as Sponsors of CTN. AMers will be on the exhibit floor, co-hosting the CTN-X launch party, workshops, special giveaways, demo reel reviews, special guests at booth, and much more! Animation Mentor is a state-of-the-art online animation school focused on teaching the art and craft [...]
“The Hub of Animation on the Internet” The Animation World Network is the largest animation-related publishing group on the Internet, providing readers from over 151 countries with a wide range of interesting, relevant and helpful information pertaining to all aspects of animation. Covering areas as diverse as animator profiles, independent film distribution, commercial studio activities, [...]
Animator Made is a Los Angeles-Taipei based company specializing in independently published items designed by professional animation artists, including graphic novels, designer toys, T-shirts and other products. – – – -
Animebooks.com are huge fans of Japanese Anime who realize the difficulty of obtaining Anime merchandise in the United States. Our goal is to construct a site that makes shopping for Anime merchandise online a pleasure. Animebooks.com carries thousands of hottest art books, toys, novelties not only based on Animation in Japan, but also the U.S., [...]
AnimSchool is the premiere online school for the broader world of 3D animation. AnimSchool instructors are 3D animation pros by day, and teach animation, modeling and rigging after work. Students at AnimSchool learn how to MAKE characters and how to MOVE characters! AnimSchool is about characters. We focus on appealing, flexible, super-expressive characters–and some of [...]
Born and raised in Southern California, Anthony will be graduating from Laguna College of Art and Design in May 2013 with a BFA in Character Animation. Though his passion lies with traditional and computer generated character animation, he also loves storyboarding, character design and film editing. He seeks a position as a character animator or [...]
CTN is proud to include this extremely talented Designer to the show this year. Armand S. Baltazar will be sharing his talent on the exhibit floor and in a round table discussion and conversation. He will be on site all weekend long. Armand S. Baltazar was born 1967 in Chicago’s North Side, not far from [...]
Axel was born and raised in the greater Los Angeles area. He attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and has been working professionally in all aspects of the entertainment industry from animation to live action to video games to theme park design for 15 plus years. He has worked with several companies [...]
Hi! I’m Ben. I am an artist and have been blessed enough to make a living as such in animation production for the past ten years. During that time, I have worked in various capacities starting as a traditional 2d animation assistant and working my way through different disciplines of production from animating, designing, visual [...]
Ben Hu spends a lot of time drawing and painting. Sometimes he’s lucky enough to get paid for it. He thinks it’s pretty cool he’s been able to make a living doing what he loves ever since graduating from Sheridan College’s animation program. He’s enjoyed designing and animating for online games, interactive websites, commercials, and [...]
Beth Sleven has recently worked as a Storyboard artist at Nickelodeon, on the new show “Robot and Monster”. She has also worked at a number of studios as both a traditional 2D and CG animator. She has animated on such films as “Looney Tunes: Back in Action”, “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, [...]
Betsy Bauer is an illustrator who specializes in Character Design and Visual Development. She graduated from the Ringling College of Art and Design in 2011 with a BFA in Computer Animation. In 2010 she interned with Sony Pictures Animation as a Vis-Dev artist and character designer, and promptly after graduating she was hired at Digital [...]
Bill Robinson is a 28 year old illustrator and animator living in Berkeley, CA. Bill is a graduate of the Film and Animation program at Rochester Institute of Technology. He is currently the Art Director at Orange Door Armory in San Francisco, a mobile game startup. In addition to his day job in games, Bill [...]
Established in 1992, BLT Communications is a full-service creative advertising agency. We brand entertainment for theatrical releases, television, home entertainment, gaming and more. Our artists, designers, illustrators, animators, editors, writers and producers envision and develop everything from iconic images to 360 campaigns for print, AV and digital media. Through BLT Helps, we also provide graphic [...]
Academy Award® winning Blue Sky Studios became a wholly owned unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment in 1997 (a subsidiary of News Corporation). The studio was founded ten years earlier with a mission to pioneer creatively superior photo-realistic, high-resolution, computer-generated character animation for the feature film, television and entertainment industries. Throughout our history, we at Blue [...]
Back by popular demand, this icon of the industry will be exhibiting and also teaching an amazing workshop and demonstrating live all weekend. Thank you Bobby for sharing your talent with us this year. We can’t wait!! . Bobby Chiu is a Toronto-based artist and the founder of Imaginism Studios. He is known for his [...]
Bobby Rubio is a Story Artist at Pixar Animation Studios. He has worked on the films “Up,” “Cars 2,” “Brave” and “Monster’s University” as well as the animated short, “Tokyo Mater.” After work hours, he works on his creator-owned independent comic, “Alcatraz High” and “4 Gun Conclusion.” He has also recently freelanced for Marvel Comics [...]
Back by popular demand Brett Bean is on the CTN eXhibit floor offering original art, books, sketchbooks, prints, t shirts, merchandise, demos, portfolio reviews. Be sure and stop by and say hi. Description: After asking to be a drummer to his mother at an early age, Brett Bean was handed a piece of paper and a pencil [...]
Brian Ajhar’s career as an artist has spanned three decades. His extensive and diverse client list includes numerous magazines, newspapers, advertising agencies, corporate clients, and book publishers. His illustrated children’s books have been published worldwide in a multitude of languages and have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller list. Ajhar’s work is widely recognized [...]
Please help us welcome in his first, but not last, CTN experience Brian Kesinger. Brian Kesinger has worn many hats within the animation industry. His artistic travels have lead him through the layout and visual development departments to his current position as a story artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios working on such films as [...]
Brittney has been with CTN from the beginning where in 2009 she participated in Raising the Bar Recruiting and was scooped up by Walt Disney Animation Studios and has been creating for them in their Visual Development Department ever since. Help us congratulate and welcome her back to CTN this year where she will be [...]
The Visual Art Department at California State University, Fullerton offers degrees in Ceramics/Glass, Crafts, Creative Photography, Drawing and Painting, Entertainment Art/Animation, Graphic Design, Illustration and Sculpture. We are one of the largest CSU campuses with a population of over 37,000 students. The disciplines we are focusing on at the CTN Expo are those related to [...]
Welcome back this very talented artist who this year will be offering limited art prints from his animated short ‘Lil’ Red’ as well as some nice little give-aways! Be sure to stop by and feast your eyes! He is also always more than happy to give any Portfolio Critiques and offer his opinions/advice! Cale Atkinson [...]
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is recognized internationally as a leading laboratory for the visual, performing, media and literary arts. Housing six schools–Art, Critical Studies, Dance, Film/Video, Music, and Theater–CalArts educates professional artists in an intensive learning environment founded on artmaking excellence, creative experimentation, cross-pollination among diverse artistic disciplines, and a broad context of [...]
Cameron Davis was born in Hillsboro, Oregon in 1983. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and graduated with a BFA in illustration. Cameron began his career in the entertainment industry in 2006 and is probably best known for his work as the lead character designer and illustrator for the Activision video game [...]
Carl Beu is a digital painter and illustrator living in Hollywood. He most recently finished painting backgrounds on Disney XD’s Motorcity. Some of his other credits include Tom Hanks’ Electric city, the Murder She Wrote PC game, and the MMO series Sacred Seasons. His favorite inspirations are expressionistic artists, foreign cultures, and just about anything [...]
Thank you Cartoon Brew for showing your support of the talent at CTN expo by sponsoring the OverFlow Lounge all weekend. Be sure and stop by and have a drink and watch some of the best presentations CTN has to offer. Each day, Cartoon Brew brings the latest news and trends in animation to over [...]
Cassandra Poulson is a storyboard and design artist. Her first student film with Base14, “The Girl and the Fox” was an Annie Award Nominee for “Best Short” in 2012. She moved to LA to work as story artist on projects such as “Ultimate Spider Man” with Film Roman Studio, as well as character, creature, and [...]
Cedric Hohnstadt is a professional illustrator specializing in character design and toy design. He has worked on hundreds of projects both as an artist and as a project manager supervising other creative talent. Cedric has designed toys for Disney and Hasbro; created advertising comps for Coca-Cola, Target and Best Buy; illustrated packaging for Orville Redenbacher; [...]
Chris Ayers grew up in Minnesota surrounded by a family and community that encouraged his many creative endeavors and provided ample fuel for his imagination. After studying art in college he packed his small car to the ceiling and headed west to Hollywood to pursue his lifelong dream of working in the movies. He had [...]
Chris Oatley recently transitioned from his role as a full-time Character Designer at DisneyToon Studios to work as a freelance Character Designer & Visual Development Artist so he can devote more time and energy in pursuit of his passion for teaching. Chris recently opened the virtual doors of The Oatley Academy Of Concept Art & [...]
Claus Toksvig Kjaer – Producer, The Arsenal and Board Member, The Animation Workshop. He is also providing consultation within the Danish Animation Industry and giving lectures at The National Film School of Denmark.
As one of HALON’s first employees, Clint Reagan has done sequence and shot design for some of Hollywood’s biggest films including Ghost Rider, Transformers (pre Bay), X-Men 3, Disturbia, Spiderwick Chronicles and Indiana Jones 4. With 10+ years of experience, Clint recently supervised previs for Ridley Scott’s current production as well as the adaptation of [...]
Computer Graphics Master Academy (CGMA) is a leading provider of online digital art education. Through our CG Master Classes, and inexpensive Master Workshops, we provide comprehensive instruction for Concept Art, Illustration, and Entertainment Design. CGMA was created by industry professionals to help artists- from all over the world -develop and cultivate their talents with the [...]
Copic markers are the highest quality marker available anywhere. Every style (Copic, Sketch, Ciao and Wide) is refillable and features replaceable nibs, so that you never have to throw a marker away. Computerized color matching and strict manufacturing standards have provided over 25 years of guaranteed quality and color consistency. . . Copic’s alcohol-based [...]
Cory Godbey has illustrated picture books, book covers, and other projects for clients such as HarperCollins, Random House, Archaia and The Jim Henson Co. . . . In 2012 Cory will be illustrating the prequel graphic novel for Jim Henson’s Labyrinth. He has worked on animated shorts and commercials with clients including Prudential [...]
Garrett Hanna was born and raised in Southern Ontario and now resides in Orange County. He is an Illustrator working in the video game industry and is a graduate of the Sheridan animation program. He does art and this is his blog: Gh-Graphics.blogspot.com
Cory Loftis works as a Visual Development artist for Walt Disney Animation Studios. Since joining Disney in 2011, he has contributed to the upcoming films Wreck-it-Ralph and Frozen. Before joining Disney, Cory worked as Lead Artist for Carbine Studios on their debut title, Wildstar, a sci-fi/fantasy MMORPG. He still tries to maintain a blog, tabletmonkey.blogspot.com, [...]
Mindy is a concept artist currently working at Carbine Studios. She has worked in the video game and animation industry doing project such as: Lord of the Rings: Conquest for Pandemic Studios, Coconut Fred for Warner Bros, and Darkwatch for High Moon Studios.
California-native Craig Elliott has been creating art for as long as he can remember. Fueled by an intense curiosity about the natural world, Elliott built elaborate dioramas as a child before taking up painting. After receiving training from greats such as Harry Carmean and Burne Hogarth at Art Center College of Design, Elliott began a [...]
Dan Goodsell is an artist living in Los Angeles and the creator of the World of Mr Toast. The World of Mr Toast began as a webcomic in 2004 and has since grown as a line of plush toys, printed comics, buttons and shirts. This year saw the release of the iOS game “The World [...]
As the founder and CEO, Daniel Gregoire has been the Previs Supervisor for leading directors on some of the most exciting projects in the last ten years beginning with four years at JAK Films with George Lucas for Star Wars Ep II and III and THX 1138. Under the HALON banner, he has lead high [...]
Daniel James Best has been a student of local (and online) book stores, learning from generous professionals via their books and luckily, sometimes their friendly advice (he’s also a graduate of the University of Technology, Sydney’s Bachelor of Information Technology program). Plus, invaluable Schoolism and local art courses too. In the Fall of 2012 he’s [...]
David Colman is an illustrator who has been working as an Emmy winning character designer, a development artist, story artist and currently an art director in the animation industry for 10 years. He has worked for many clients such as Disney Feature Animation, Disney TV, Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Imageworks, Blue Sky Studios, Jim Henson [...]
David DePasquale, a 23 year old recent graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, is a character designer/story artist who’s done work for print, storyboards for indie films, and freelance sculpture and character design, and is generally a small man with big ideas. He currently lives and works in New York City. – – . [...]
Dean Yeagle has spent most of his career in animation, working first for Zander’s Animation Parlour in New York City and then with his own animation company, Caged Beagle Productions. In 2000, he began drawing cartoons for Playboy Magazine, and continues to do so on a regular basis. He publishes books featuring his character ‘Mandy’, [...]
Derek Becker is a 15 years veteran of the game industry and has worked in developing over 15 titles for such companies as Lucas Arts, Electronic Arts and Disney on a variety of platforms. He is currently an Art Director for Double Jump Games in San Diego California. Derek is also an illustrator and likes [...]
CTN would like to welcome back to CTN eXpo story artist currently working at Pixar Animation Studios, Derek Thompson. Derek Thompson was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1972, and has been drawing monsters since before he can remember. Many things contributed to Derek’s early fixation with creatures and the Unknown. Around age 5, he discovered [...]
Design Studio Press is a specialty publisher that focuses on original artistic works and educational books created by world-renowned concept designers working in the entertainment industry. We hope you enjoy the one-of-a-kind books we are bringing you, and this inspires you to create images of your own. The more we motivate each other to take [...]
Disney Television Animation is a proud sponsor of CTNX and is an industry leader in the production of quality animated properties for television. Disney Television Animation is part of the Disney/ABC Television Group at The Walt Disney Company.
DisneyToon Studios creates traditional and computer-animated films with memorable characters and heartwarming stories that appeal to audiences of all ages. DisneyToon Studios is a part of Walt Disney Animation Studios, and is home to some of the most talented artists and technicians working in the film industry today.
Before graduating with distinction from Art Center College of Design, Dominick interned at Disney Feature Animation, training in various aspects of the animation process. After graduating, he spent ten years with Disney Feature as a concept artist and background painter, in both Los Angeles and Paris. His Disney credits include Lion King, Pocahontas, The Hunchback Of [...]
Before graduating with distinction from Art Center College of Design, Dominick R. Domingo interned at Disney Feature Animation, training in various aspects of the animation process. After graduating, he spent ten years with Disney Feature as a concept artist and background painter, in both Los Angeles and Paris. His Disney credits include Lion King, Pocahontas, The [...]
Donnachada Daly is an animator and illustrator. He is also the creator and pioneer of 3D Illustration. His artwork has broken the boundaries of the page and can be viewed in 3D without using 3D glasses. He has worked as a Directing Animator on Shrek, Shrek 2, Madagascar and Antz. He began as a cel [...]
CTNX 2012 On location, Burbank C CTN knows that there are many steps to becoming a successful creator. Seeing, listening, learning from and interacting with other passionate professionals may be the main key to your success. CTN understands this, and so every year we gather extraordinary people from every corner of our industry. We seek [...]
Formerly a Seattle native and illustrator, Drake moved to the LA area in 2011 to work in animation. He has worked for Bento Box Entertainment as background designer and is currently employed by Warner Bros Animation as background designer and painter on MAD. Drake has also exhibited his paintings in art galleries since 2006 and [...]
DreamWorks Animation creates high-quality entertainment, including CG animated feature films, television specials and series and live entertainment properties, meant for audiences around the world. The Company has world-class creative talent, a strong and experienced management team and advanced filmmaking technology and techniques. DreamWorks Animation has been named one of the “100 Best Companies to Work [...]
Ken Duncan is one of the pre-eminent character animators working today. His astute observations of human nature, combined with his extensive knowledge of art and history, imbue his characters with subtle, believable personalities. After attending Sheridan College, Ken Duncan got his start on television commercials and feature films in France, England and Spain. Given his [...]
Eddie Betancourt formed a bad habit: an addiction to ‘drawing’. This addiction (what he called a ‘passionate obsession’) drove him to do the unthinkable. He would pursue a degree in Media Arts and Animation at the Art Institute of Tampa in Florida, unearthing a dangerous love for character design. Currently he is snacking on freelance [...]
The Cinema Area is part o the Art Department in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. We are one of fourteen universities in the state system of higher education. We offer a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (BFA) in Cinema, of which students can choose one of three distinctive [...]
Eduardo Jr is named after his father Eduardo Sr. He is hard of hearing, has a farmer’s tan, and takes 4 years to make a portfolio (just kidding…..). Current interests include: white chocolate gelato, Brixton Village, Siki Im, Antonio Azzuolo, Frida Gustavsson, James S mith and scowling. He stays awake at night thinking about not [...]
Eduardo, or Edo as he is sometimes called, currently resides in Toronto, Ontario. He has been drawing ever since he was a kid. Thankfully, he has continued his passion for art since graduating from the Bachelor of Animation program at Sheridan College where his student film ‘The Lion’s Den’ won Best 2d Animation Award for [...]
Edwin Rhemrev is a Dutch visual development artist, currently working as a freelancer in the game and themepark industry. He’s been a working professional for over 7 years; he started out in the gameindustry where he worked on games such as Overlord (concept artist) and Overlord 2 (Lead concept artist) and various other unannounced IP’s [...]
Elena and Olivia Ceballos (AKA ELIOLI) are 18 year-old twin sisters who live along the Golden Isles of Brunswick, Georgia. They specialize in visual development and character design. Their passion for art has been with them since an early age, but their interest in animation was ignited after watching the DreamWorks film Spirit: Stallion of [...]
Elsa Chang is an illustrator based in Los Angeles. She attended art class from age 6 to 13 and was then accepted into the visual arts department Orange County High School of the Arts (OCHSA). She graduated Art Center College of Design in Fall 2010 with a BFA in illustration. Her focus is visual development [...]
Emily Quinn grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah and knew she wanted to be an animator at the ripe age of 15. She moved to Burbank, California to pursue her animation dreams at Woodbury University. While in school she interned on high profile shows like Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, DC Nation, and Adventure Time. Currently, [...]
Eric Canete is an illustrator and designer working in the animation and comic book industries. He’s provided concept designs on “Men In Black” (Sony), “Ben10: Alien Force” (Cartoon Network) and “G.I. JOE: Renegade” (Hasbro), and has worked as a storyboard artist on “Aeon Flux” (MTV), “Pitch Black” (Universal), “Teen Titans” & “Justice League Unlimited” (WB). [...]
Eric Ryan is a concept artist with almost 9 years experience in the film, television and video game industry. He attended the University of Berkeley with a degree in Molecular and Cell Biology, made a career move later and enrolled at the Art Institute of California, Orange County in Santa Ana. A short two years [...]
Eric Ryan from Anti-Human is a concept artist with almost 9 years experience in the film, television and video game industry. He attended the University of Berkeley with a degree in Molecular and Cell Biology, made a career move later and enrolled at the Art Institute of California, Orange County in Santa Ana. A short [...]
Please help us welcome back Eunjung June Kim to the CTN exhibit floor where she will be sharing 3 of her books, art prints and postcards. Eunjung June Kim is an animator and illustrator who lives in San Francisco. She originally studied graphic design, but moved to California to study and pursue her dream as [...]
Fabian Molina is a Northern California based artist who specializes in and hand-drawn character animation and character design. His work is defined by a great use of gesture and shapes to bring out the personality, emotion, and action of his characters. His drawings tell a visual story that everyone can relate to. Fabian is working [...]
Film Roman is a leading animation studio in the United States, producing animated TV/movie content for distributors and audiences worldwide. Current major clients include: Fox Television, Gracie Films, Marvel Entertainment, DXD, Nick Jr. and The Hub. Film Roman owns and operates a state-of-the-art animation facility in Burbank, California and is supported by an extraordinary team [...]
Floriane Marchix is a French artist passionate for animation. She currently works as a visual development artist at PDI Dreamworks. She studied animation at Gobelins, l’école de l’image where she released two student short films: Wild Casting and Inka bola. She also worked on the feature film, Le chat du Rabbin, and art directed for [...]
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Focal Press has been publishing titles for professional and aspiring animators for more than 30 years, and we’re proud to say that no other publisher offers the depth and breadth of content that we do. In a time when traditional animation apprenticeships have all but vanished, many of today’s top practitioners have turned to our [...]
Forrest Card is a character artist and illustrator. He has always had a huge passion for animation and motion pictures. For as long as he can remember he has been watching and drawing cartoons. Since his graduation from the Art Center College of Design he has worked on a variety of projects creating and drawing [...]
Please help me welcome back Francisco Herrera to the show. He is crossing over both international and studio boundaries coming from Mexico all the way to Burbank to share his talent with us. Be sure to stop by his table and say hi! Born in Campeche, Campeche (MEXICO) the 8th of December 1976. In 2000, [...]
Gabe Swarr has been a working professional in the animation industry for seventeen years. He is currently a Supervising Producer at Nickelodeon on Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness. He has worked on countless other shows including El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Ren and Stimpy, and Dexter’s Laboratory. He won an Emmy for [...]
Since his early childhood in Chicago, Illinois, Gary Montalbano has always had a passion for art, design and storytelling. Inspired to create characters and worlds that have not existed before, Gary now works as a conceptual designer, development artist and art director. His professional design work and published personal art have been influential in projects [...]
Genevieve Tsai has been a Concept Artist in the video game industry for over 6 years among companies such as Activision, Electronic Arts, Ghostbot, and Sanzaru Games. She currently works at Zynga in San Francisco as a Senior Artist. Genevieve graduated with a Masters in 2D Animation & Visual FX from the Academy of Art [...]
Gentle Giant Studios: For over 15 years, Gentle Giant Studios has pioneered innovative approaches to the design and creation of sculpture for film, toys & consumer products, collectibles, and large scale sculptures and monuments. Growing with the digital revolution, Gentle Giant routinely provides 3d modeling and data acquisition services for feature film and television productions, [...]
Gnomon School of Visual Effects is an innovative training facility that stresses the importance of creativity in computer graphics. We believe, that while technology offers new tools to create your visions, it is our ultimate goal to allow you to interact transparently with the software. At Gnomon, we know that it is not the technology [...]
Griselda Sastrawinata was born in Indonesia, graduated from Pasadena Art Center College of Design (ACCD) as valedictorian, and is currently working as a visual development artist at DreamWorks and as an instructor for Visual Communication 5 at ACCD for Product Design. . . . . CTNX Show Schedule: CLICK HERE . CTNX Register Now: CLICK [...]
Ian Abando is a Los Angeles based illustrator with a BFA in Illustration from the Art Center College of Design. Since finishing school in the spring of 2011, Ian works in the commercial, television, and feature animation industries specializing in visual development, character design and storyboarding. His company credits include the Jim Henson Company, Nickelodeon, [...]
JasonRyanAnimation.com and DigiCel, the makers of FlipBook have teamed up to create the best online animation training you can get and help you bring your animation up to feature quality in the shortest amount of time, without having to mortgage your future. Beyond refining your knowledge and understanding of the standard principles of animation, you [...]
Isaac Orloff is a Visual Development artist originally from New York City. After graduating Maryland Institute College of Art in 2009, Isaac began working as a professional Illustrator in the field of animation. Starting out with jobs in advertising Isaac has since expanded his repertoire to include visual development for television, games and motion picture [...]
Ivan Aguirre is an Illustrator living and working In Southern California in the Animation Industry as a Background Designer, and Painter. He was born to hardworking Mexican family, and raised in the sunny suburbs of Los Angeles. His work Is Inspired by childhood, cartoons, children’s books, films, and everyday life.
CTN is proud to welcome in his first appearance at CTN animation eXpo, IZZY. This extremely talented artist is currently the Lead Concept Artist for characters at Sony Santa Monica. His most recent video game titles include: God of War: Ascension, Starhawk, and God of War III. His work can also be found on well [...]
J. Scott Campbell is a renowned illustrator and a world famous comic book artist with over a decade and a half in the business. Best known for his landmark series ‘Danger Girl’, where he served as both creator and artist, Scott has also created a huge fan-base over the years from his work on such [...]
Jake Parker is an illustrator, animation designer, and comic artist. He is the creator of the Missile Mouse graphic novel series published by Scholastic. For the last several years he worked for Blue Sky Studios creating sets and environments for feature films like Horton hears a Who, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Rio, and [...]
James Bourne is a recent graduate of Brigham Young University’s Center for Animation specializing in storyboards and layout. Since graduating he has freelanced for a wide variety of clients including Blue Sky Studios. Born in Rochester, Minnesota and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, James has been drawing for as long as he can remember. [...]
I am an illustrator who has a passion for painting, sketching, and learning new ways to make my art better. I have had an interest in art my whole life and I have been making art for the past eight years or so. Westwood College is where I studied Game Art & Design and I [...]
Jason Norton is an illustrator based in Southern CA. He graduated from the Laguna College of Art and Design with a BFA in Illustration. Jason is currently the Senior Illustrator at Double Jump Games, a startup located in Carlsbad CA, and has recently finished Illustrating his first children’s book. He enjoys spending time with his [...]
Jason Pruett is an artist living in the Los Angeles area. His work includes fine art, freelance illustration, character design, and teaching. He has worked on art for games, short films, books, magazines, animated projects, and more. He also teaches an online digital media class for the Academy of Art University. He has a BFA [...]
Jeff Pidgeon studied at the California Institute of the Arts, learning character animation from Disney veterans Bob McCrea and Hal Ambro. He graduated with a BFA degree in 1988, working on such programs as The Simpsons until joining Pixar in 1991. While at Pixar, Jeff animated in the commercial division before going on to help [...]
Jeff Ranjo has spent the last 20 years in the animation industry working as a character designer, storyboard artist, and character design instructor. While doing all that, he’s hung his hat at Disney Feature Animation, Jim Henson Productions, Sony Pictures Animation and California Institute of the Arts. This year he is proud to be Editor-in-Chief [...]
Jerry Beck is an animation historian and cartoon producer. His twelve books on the subject include The Animated Movie Guide, Looney Tunes: The Ultimate Visual Guide and The 50 Greatest Cartoons. He is a former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney, and is currently a consulting producer to Warner Bros., Universal and Disney for their [...]
“This year I’ll be sharing full color illustrations, educational apps, small give aways, digital portfolio to scroll through via ipad and answers to questions about working in this amazing industry.” ~ Jessika Von Innerebner Jessika Von Innerebner is an illustrator/animator who has brought her love of color, humor and character to education where an [...]
John Nevarez has been an artist within the animation industry for over 13 years, first working at Disney Television as a storyboard revisionist and storyboard artist on such shows as Pepper Ann, Kim Possible and then transitioning over as a designer for DisneyToons, where he worked on Tinkerbell, Kronk’s New Groove and Brother Bear 2. [...]
Jorge Verdugo is an Chilean animation artist currently located in Vancouver. With over 7 years of experience, he has worked in several animation and TV commercials. He has worked as a Visual Developer in videogames for iOS, Flash,PC. He studied illustration and took sundry courses of traditional animation, color theory, watercolor. currently working in a [...]
Jose Lopez is one of those designers who makes the art of creating characters look all too easy. In his fourth year with CTN Jose will be exhibiting and sharing a panel with other international character designers. Jose Lopez has been a character designer for over 10 years working in the Film, TV and Video [...]
Jose Pimienta (joe pi) grew up on the border between Mexicali, Mexico and Calexico, USA. Influenced by films, animation and paintings, he nurtured a love for storytelling and drawing. When it came to make a choice, he put down the bass, left his band and came to the U.S. to go to college in Savannah, [...]
Justin Rodrigues is a character designer and visual development artist. For as long as he can remember, Justin has had a passion for art and drawing. At eight years old, he transformed his grandfather’s office into a studio so he could make comic books all summer long. Though fairly new to the “professional” game, Justin [...]
Katy Hargrove works in video games as a 3D modeler. Much of her work can be found in the bestiary of the Guild Wars franchise. Outside of video games she spends time designing creatures and characters and bringing them to life through a variety of mediums such as paint, clay, paper, and fabric. A long [...]
Kazu Kibuishi is the founder and editor of the Flight Anthologies, a critically acclaimed comics series, as well as the creator of Daisy Kutter: The Last Train, a winner of the YALSA Best Books for Young Adults Award. Born in Tokyo, Japan, Kazu moved to the U.S. with his mother and brother when he was [...]
Kei Acedera is the art director and co-owner of Imaginism Studios. She is known for her imaginative character designs for Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” and her best-selling childrens’ book illustrations for Harper Collins. Kei’s work can be best described as light-hearted, character-based illustrations, beautifully appealing with extreme versatility. Look out for more of Kei’s [...]
Kevin Williams is a 2012 graduate from Sheridan College’s BAA animation program. He is currently working as Assistant Creative Director at Tinman Creative Studios. His work leads him through all facets of production, including storyboard, animation and design. His graduate film ‘Dead-Beat Dad’ was a semifinalist in the ADAA awards, and played at the Burlington [...]
Kiersten Eagan graduated in May 2012 from the Academy of Arts University in San Francisco with a BFA in Illustration. After graduating she moved back home to Ottawa, Canada where she is currently pursuing interests in visual development for animation, storytelling and children’s books. Kiersten also loves traveling, tea, scuba diving, snowboarding, dancing and chocolate. [...]
Founded in 2011 by artist Rebecca Kimmel, Korpus School of Art + Gallery was established to teach and promote traditional and digital figurative art. The Korpus School of Art is dedicated to teaching primarily traditional Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture. KSA additionally offers Digital Art Classes. The Korpus School of Art has a strong focus on [...]
Kris was born and raised on a goat farm in Delaware Ontario Canada. He attended Sheridan College where he studied “Classical Animation”. He has worked across the entertainment industry from Television to Feature Film as an Animator, Designer, Story Artist, Writer and Director, including such films as Surf’s Up, Open Season, Arthur Christmas, and Pirates! [...]
The Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art (LAAFA) was named one of American Artist’s Top 10 Art Schools. In the November 2011 article, Pursuing The Classical Dream: The American Artist Guide to Art Schools, LAAFA is one of the selectschools worldwide that have established reputable practices in delivery of classical art education. LAAFA’s Programs are [...]
Laguna College of Art+ Design (LCAD) is a private, four-year college located in Laguna Beach, California. LCAD is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. The college offers BFAs in Animation, Drawing & Painting, Game Art, Graphic Design, and Illustration, a Post-Baccalaureate certificate [...]
Located in Portland, LAIKA is an animation studio specializing in feature films, commercials and shorts. Travis Knight serves as President and CEO of the studio, which is owned by Nike co-founder and Chairman Philip H. Knight. LAIKA created the critically acclaimed stop-motion film ParaNorman (released August 17) as well as the Oscar-nominated Coraline (2009), the [...]
Lam and Lamnho are a sketch duet who both enjoy making simple and whimsical drawings… Lam and Lamnho are twin brothers. Both brothers happened to grow up with the love for art and graduated from San Jose State University’s Animation/Illustration program in 2009. Since then they have dabbled their feet in the game industry. When [...]
Lettie grew up in the colourful and multicultural city of Hong Kong, and Markham. Where she mastered the art of holding chopsticks at the age of 8 and discovered the joy of drawing on tissue paper while pretending to be doing her math homework. The art would later be flushed down the toilet to cover [...]
Liana Hee was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has had a love for illustration since childhood and has been doing it ever since. In 2007 Liana graduated from the Art Institute of California-SF with a degree in Media Arts andAnimation. Since then she has worked designing toys, characters and animating [...]
Lilit Atshemyan is a fourth-year animation student at Woodbury University. At present, her focus is environmental art, layouts & backgrounds. Her most recent project is the animated short, Broken Wing, where she did layout design and art directing. Broken Wing won the Best Film Award at the Short Films, Long Night Festival, and is admitted [...]
Lindsey Olivares has always loved to draw and tell stories with pictures. With her work she strives to capture authentic moments and bring subtleties of real life into her designs and characters. She loves people watching and the art of caricature. She studied animation at Ringling College of Art and Design. As a student, she [...]
Liz Masters is a spirited visual artist specializing in creature design. With over ten years of freelance illustration and design experience, she is highly skilled in both digital and traditional media. Also an adventurous outdoor enthusiast, Liz enjoys plein air painting, cycling, hiking and traveling in her spare time. Originally hailing from the East Coast, [...]
Welcome Lizzie Nichols to CTN where she will be sharing her talent through drawings, digital paintings, sketchbooks, prints, stickers, buttons and postcards. Lizzie Nichols is a Los Angeles-based visual development and concept artist. She graduated from Art Center College of Design with a Bachelor of Science in Entertainment Design. She then went to work at [...]
Lora teamed up with her long-time friend and Disney character designer, Chris Oatley, to begin the Paper Wings Podcast—a show devoted to every aspect of making creator-owned comics. Chris and Lora are passionate not just about making comics, but making comics that elevate the medium. Let’s tell better stories! Lora began her own critically acclaimed [...]
Luke Cormican is an LA based artists who has been working as a professional in animation for the past ten years. His credits include El Tigre, Ren and Stimpy, Adult Party Cartoon, and Penguins of Madagascar. He is currently a director at Warner Bros on Teen Titans Go! He is also an original member of [...]
MARCELO VIGNALI is a Production Designer and Visual Development artist for Sony Pictures Animation in Culver City, California. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Argentine immigrant parents. In 1976 his family moved to Southern California, where his father started an auto repair shop. Marcelo graduated from West Covina high school in 1983, and that [...]
Over the last several years as an Animation and Entertainment professional, Mark McDonnell has become recognized as a highly respected designer in many facets of the industry, particularly as a Character Designer for film, television and commercial’s. His body of work stretches to Walt Disney Feature Animation, Disney Toon Studios, Walt Disney Television Animation, Pixar, [...]
Over the last several years as an Animation and Entertainment professional, Mark McDonnell has become recognized as a highly respected designer in many facets of the industry, particularly as a Character Designer for film, television and commercial’s. His body of work stretches to Walt Disney Feature Animation, Disney Toon Studios, Walt Disney Television Animation, Pixar, [...]
From the frozen lands of the Canadian north and fighting his way through orcs, dragons, and American tax codes with black magic. Sir Mark Sperber makes his way to CTN expo 2012 with stave and sketchbook in hand. Prepare your weak heart for his fool hearty drawing adventures in sketches! . Mark pursued his quest [...]
Title: Matt Jones on Ronald Searle Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted May 2010 Length 45 min Matt Jones has worked in the animation industry for 14 years, initially in commercials in London & lately on feature animated productions. He’s currently a senior Story Artist on Aardman/Sony’s ‘Arthur Christmas’. While [...]
MAXON Computer, USA is a leader in 3D animation software. Its award-winning products, CINEMA 4D and BodyPaint 3D, are used worldwide to create 3D animation and designs for feature films, television programs and commercials, live theater, music videos, motion graphics show packages, web sites, as well as medical and scientific visualization. Both products are completely [...]
In the middle of nowhere a lone house sits perched on a hill. Giant hounds rule the surrounding landscape of lakes, hills and meadows. As strange as this landscape is, the house isn’t much more normal. A single light glows from the upper floor as my mind keeps me up throughout the night. In that [...]
Michael Buffington is a graduate of the Academy of Art University where he majored in Illustration. He works as a freelance illustrator producing storyboards and concept art for video games, animation, and film. In 2008, Michael worked as the In-house designer and Props supervisor on a high profile CG animated feature film entitled “Alpha & [...]
Michael Defeo has been very busy the past few years. Between working films like Despicalbe Me 2, The Lorax, Ice Age 4 and most recently the new Minions movie (Despicable Me spin off) he has created a new anatomy app called L’Ecorché. L’Ecorché (pronounced leh-kohr-SHAY) is an elegant and painstakingly-detailed fusion of an anatomy reference [...]
Michael Wiese Productions is the number one publisher in the world for independent filmmakers and media professionals. Our books are used in 800 film schools and have been translated into 17 different languages. We have many titles for the budding animator- and professionals too- covering subjects from animation storytelling and sound to the insider’s report [...]
CTNX 2012 On location, Burbank CA Please help CTN welcome Michal Makarewicz, award winning Pixar Directing Animator and co-founder of The Animation Collaborative, which offers focused, professionally instructed, a la carte education, in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are proud to announce that Michal will be instructing a workshop and will be on the exhibitor floor all weekend. [...]
Mike Lee is an artist based in New York. He recently self-published his first book titled, “Bodega.” Aside from working on his books and personal art, he is also a color key artist at Blue Sky Studios. – - – - – - – - -
Engaged by the style and slapstick of classic Disney and Warner Bros. cartoons, Mike Pelensky has wanted to work in animation from childhood. He is in his last semester at Laguna College of Art & Design (LCAD), hammering away at his three-minute, traditionally animated thesis, “A Little Hitch.” He also animated, designed incidental characters, and [...]
MinoMiyabi is an illustrator focusing on character design and storytelling. Based on his background of science, MinoMiyabi graduated from the Academy of Art University, with an MFA in animation. He currently works at animation studios in LA, and started his careers as an illustrator. He works on his personal project “5-D.” Visit his table, T061, [...]
Miracle Mouse-Cranky’s Miracle is an animated 2D feature film currently in production as a tribute to the great hand drawn films of Walt Disney. The production is the brainchild of Wisconsin artist/cartoonist Tom Hignite. Realizing that America’s once-beloved 2D animated “event” movies were being replaced by computer CGI-style animation, Hignite did not want to see [...]
Motivarti is an organization dedicated to providing resources, networking, and inspiration for people who create art related to the entertainment industry. Whether you’re a working professional, a recent graduate, or a student, you’ll find lectures, classes, workshops, and events that will broaden your creative horizons. Our flagship offering is our Mentorship Program, which pairs entertainment [...]
Muertoons is a production/publishing company that was founded by animation artist, Eric Gonzalez. Muertoons was founded with the goal of bringing unique stories filled with heart, humor and culture to the world. In 2010 Muertoons officially launched with its first book, Rosita Y Conchita, an illustrated book that tells the touching story of two sisters [...]
Nick Butera is an animation artist located in the Los Angeles Area. He attended Calarts where he received his BFA. He has been working professionally for 6 year in the industry as an animator on various TV and Internet shows. Nick currently has made the jump from an Animator to Producer at Six Point Harness [...]
Love TV? So do we! Nickelodeon has been the #1 children’s network nearly 17 years in a row! Not only do we put kids first, but our employees too! At our studio having a passion for children’s entertainment plus employee perks such as remote control car races, water gun fights, life drawing classes, chocolate tasting, [...]
CTN is proud to include the Nickelodeon Artist Program on the exhibit floor this year. They will be onsite all weekend offering Portfolio Critiques specific to what they look for in top candidates for the Nickelodeon Artist Program. Nickelodeon’s Artist Program offers aspiring artists, with diverse backgrounds experiences, the opportunity to hone their artistic skills [...]
Nicolás P.Villarreal was born and raised in La Plata, Argentina. He studied at the Escuela of Animacion y Cinematografía de Avellaneda where he earned a degree in 2d Animation. While studying animation he was taken under the wing of Miguel Alzugaray, a well-known fine artist from Argentina. He continued studying animation and fine art painting [...]
Nicole is a graduate from Cal State Northridge’s Film Program in May 2011. It wasn’t until after graduating, she realized art and concept development was her real passion and what she wanted to do with her future career. Nicole is currently working as a freelance illustrator while taking classes at Gnomon School of Visual Effects [...]
I am a graduate of Sheridan College and I am currently a character designer at Guru Studio. I do independent works on the side and I have recently finished a short animated film called ‘Pest’ for my final year at Sheridan. I am currently working on a variety of other illustrations and I am working [...]
Pascal Campion is a French-American illustrator and animator. He studied narrative illustration at Arts Decoratifs de Strasbourg, in France. He revels in the company of his wife ,daughterand twin boys and finds it very hard to write about himself. He works in a studio with high ceilings in the Bay area. Pascal has worked in [...]
Tell us a little about who you are. Where do you work? What job title do you do? I am a freelancer. I work from my own studio and I do a multitude of things, from animating, to designing, art direction , animation direction, children books, editorial illustrations, etc etc How long have you been [...]
Born in Santa Monica, California, Patrick grew up in Tokyo and began his career working for a Japanese CGI production studio where he rose through the ranks to direct various commercials and short films. He moved to California in 2001 and has worked as a character/concept designer for major movies such as “Valiant “(Walt Disney [...]
Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Paul Wee grew up obsessed with comics, sci-fi, art and monsters. Moving from Hawaii to Los Angeles in 1984, he found a city full of cool stuff he was looking for, and promptly began to study to be an artist at Otis/Parsons, The California Art Institute, Associates in Art, [...]
Peter Emmerich is an acclaimed Illustrator who has enjoyed an extensive relationship with The Walt Disney Company. Two days after graduating from The Fashion Institute of Technology, he began his career as a character artist for Walt Disney Consumer Products. Less than three years later, he was promoted to Chief Illustrator and Official Character Artist [...]
Born in Philadelphia. Currently living in New York and working at Blue Sky Studios. Publications include DC Comics, Image, and Random House.
ZBrush is a digital sculpting and painting program that has revolutionized the 3D industry with its powerful features and intuitive workflows. Built within an elegant interface, ZBrush offers the world’s most advanced tools for today’s digital artists. With an arsenal of features that have been developed with usability in mind, ZBrush creates a user experience [...]
Priscilla Wong is a passionate artist and designer for feature animation, currently working in visual development at PDI Dreamworks. She has also freelanced at Laika/House as a character designer, working with director, Nicholas Weigel. Her roots are in San Francisco and she is a ShrunkenHeadMan alum from San Jose State University. As a student, she [...]
Rachel Chalk has always had a passion in capturing moments and people through her art. It all started with crayons, paper, and a series of day-dreams that led her to study animation at Sheridan College. Rachel is currently an Animation Design Artist at Corus Entertainment (Nelvana). She has designed on children’s TV shows such as [...]
Founded in 1993, Reel FX (Dallas/Santa Monica) is an award-winning creative studio that produces animation and visual effects-driven content from “script to screen” for blue chip Entertainment and Commercial clients. The studio is known worldwide for its ability to craft innovative solutions, as well as the breadth of its capabilities which also include motion design, [...]
Founded in 2003, Rhino House is the leading provider of motion reference to studios and schools world wide. Rhino House’s vast collection of references are used around the globe by our friends at Weta-Digital, Pixar, DreamWorks, Sony, Microsoft, and many others. Professionals utilize our resources to create their films, commercials, and games. Schools like Animation [...]
Ricardo de Los Angeles will be selling personal art prints, sketchbooks and possibly a compilation book of his artworks. He’ll draw a free quick caricature portrait to anyone who asks. Make sure to stop by his Table (#T58) to get a free quick Caricature! After graduating from the CalArts character animation program, Ricky dived straight [...]
Rich Arons is a distinguished and accomplished artist, working in the Animation industry since 1978. He has written and illustrated a series of children’s books about Turbie the Turtle-Duck. He will soon be releasing an entertaining and insightful book for animators and storyboard artists, Flexing Your Animation Muscles. Trained in classical drawing, he studied animation [...]
Riot Games was established in 2006 by entrepreneurial gamers who believe that player-focused game development can result in great games. In 2009, Riot released its debut title League of Legends to critical and player acclaim. Over 11 million play every month. Players form the foundation of our community and it’s for them that we continue [...]
Passionate about drawing and designing characters, Robert Tsai has made it his interest to use simplicity as the chosen style to capture the essence of his subjects. His love of animals is often shown throughout his sketches, and his interest in Chinese cultures and characters are becoming a base of his recent creations. Currently, Robert [...]
Robh designs for feature film, theme parks, animation and video games. He has been nominated for an Annie Award and won Best Art Direction for Uncharted 2. He has also received a gold and silver award from the Spectrum Fantasy Art annual. When not painting or designing on a commercial project he can be found [...]
Ryan Benjamin studied commercial art at (IFAC) International Fine Arts College. He is a professional comic book artist/illustrator/3D artist, currently employed as a senior artist at Sony Entertainment. Years of working with Jim Lee and sudying with peers like Jeff Campbell, Travis Charest and Alex Garner, his path as a professional comic artist guided him [...]
Ryan Woodward began his career as an animator/designer and storyboard artist in 1995. He has worked for Warner Brothers Feature Animation, Sony Pictures, Cartoon Network, Walt Disney Studios and Marvel Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Dreamworks Pictures on films such as Space Jam, The Iron Giant, Osmosis Jones, Spider-man 2, Spider-man 3, Where the Wild [...]
SANG JUN LEE (Lead Character Designer) received his BFA in Illustration at the Academy of Art University in California. After graduating, he continued to explore his imagination by specializing in character, costume, and creature design for live action films, feature Animation, commercial and game studios. Such clients include Industrial Light & Magic, Lucas Film, Blue [...]
The MFA Computer Art program—the first of its kind in the United States—continuously redefines itself through creative experimentation and discovery of new uses for today’s technology. Our state-of-the-art facility, completely renovated in 2007, contains leading edge technology and software. A literal who’s who of the New York art world, our faculty is composed of internationally [...]
Help us welcome back Golden Street Animation to the show. Owned by animator Scott Petersen who will be presenting Animation training DVDs, their own animation production services, their online mentoring, special give aways, T-shirts and Portfolio Critiques. About the company: Golden Street Animation is a world class animation production outsourcing company started by veteran animator, [...]
Scott Wright grew up in a small town in Alberta, Canada where winters are long and summers are rare. So what did this Canadian do to pass the time? You guessed it, he planned his escape. Scott now lives in Los Angeles, California, where summers are long and winters don’t exist. After studying animation in [...]
Sean “Cheeks” Galloway is a fantastic, mutli-talented artist, with work ranging from comics, to animation, to video game and toy design. With no formal art schooling, he started his career as a penciller on comic books titles like DC Comics’ TEEN TITANS GO! and the Teen Titans stories in WEDNESDAY COMICS, as well as Marvels’ [...]
Storyboardart.org is an online community for visual storytelling and sequential art.Our mission Is to network and educate people in the visual story field. We want to keep people active in this community and to inform people of the latest in the field of visual storytelling. We are a gathering place for education, critique, and advancement [...]
Sheridan College is an internationally-recognized pioneer in animation education, dating back over 40 years. Programs include a 4-year bachelor’s degree and 1-year post-graduate programs in computer animation, digital character animation, digital visual effects, and game level design. Our faculty brings industry experience to the classroom, providing professional, hands-on instruction while fostering creative growth and well-rounded [...]
Sherm Cohen is a storyboard artist with 18 years experience on many hit cartoons including The Ren & Stimpy Show, Hey Arnold, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Mighty B, Phineas and Ferb, and Fish Hooks. In 2011, Sherm received an Emmy nomination for his work on Kick Buttowski. In addition to his storyboard work, Sherm has written [...]
SIDEKICK – located in Germany’s capital Berlin – was founded by Torsten Schrank and Stephan Meyer-Metelmann to create world class designs for traditional & CGI animated feature films, TV-Series, Games and Print-Media. The highly competent team of SIDEKICK is offering its services from Concept Development, Character Design, Set- and Environment Design to full rendered illustrations [...]
Sony Pictures Animation exemplifies the next generation of CGI storytelling to produce a variety of animated entertainment for audiences around the world.
Squash and Sketch is a boutique studio located in Florence, Italy. It is composed of a team of two people: Alessandro Chirico and Tania Sandroni. They offer services including Visual Development, Concept Art, Character Design, Set Design, Background Design, 2D/3D Character Animation and Illustration. They have worked with companies such as Neko Productions, Moonscoop, Zodiack, [...]
Stephanie Kardjian is a highly passionate, and creative student at Woodbury University studying animation. Her area of focus is visual development with a concentration in character design. Recently, she worked on a group film, Broken Wing, as head character designer and an animator, which, since being completed, has been accepted into festivals and also won [...]
We would like to welcome back to CTN the incredibly talented character designer Stephanie Laberis. She is bringing her latest and greatest books and prints, unique felted sculptures and stop-motion puppets and will be conducting portfolio critiques. Stephanie Laberis is a character designer and illustrator residing in Berkeley, CA. Her background is in games but [...]
Years ago, a baby was born. One with a ridiculously long last name and a curious obsession for drawing on things that her parents didn’t quite approve of. Eventually this baby, who hereafter shall be known as ‘Stephanie Rattanachane’, grew up. She first attended the Pinellas County Center for the Arts high school in St. [...]
Silver names three treasures to success in life that give him what it takes to keep on drawing: determination, passion and desire. Stephen Silver was born in London in 1972. Aspiring to be a professional artist his whole life and knowing drawing would be his vocation, Silver got his professional start in 1992 drawing caricatures [...]
Welcom Steven Gordon to our exhibit floor. He will have his sketchbooks for sale and convention sketches in color and B&W Steven E. Gordon’s professional career began in 1977 when his High School art teacher saw a trade-paper ad asking for portfolio submissions. To everyone’s surprise his slap-dash, disorganized portfolio was accepted and he was [...]
We are proud to welcome to her first CTN Stevie Lewis from DreamWorks Animation. She’ll be sharing her booth and her talent with Books, Posters, Prints, Postcards and Sketches. Stevie Lewis is a San Francisco based artist who currently works at PDI DreamWorks Animation as a visual development artist. She studied computer animation at Ringling [...]
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