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“CTNx 2011 Its Wrap”

The CTN animation eXpo

“….AMAZING … ONE OF A KIND … BETTER THAN EVER … SO NEEDED IN OUR INDUSTRY..”

The CTN animation eXpo for the third year in a row  is a smash success and with your continued dedication to “the talent” we are clearly here to stay! I am proud to report that we [...]

A Career in Concept Design

Join the team from Red Engine Studios in this intimate session for the first 80 people who sign up as they share and show what it takes to have a career in concept design. Both Steve Jung and Jung Park will be passing on what they have learned over their careers, including what it is [...]

Academy of Art University

With over 17,000 students, Academy of Art University is the nation’s largest private art and design university. Established in 1929, the school offers accredited AA, BA, BFA, MA, M.Arch and MFA programs in 16 different majors, as well as continuing art education with classes in copywriting, fashion merchandising, interior design, web design & new [...]

Acting for Animators

Darrin started at the Walt Disney Animation Studios in September of 1996 as an assistant animator. He quickly became an animator and was an integral part of bringing the characters to life in Disney’s groundbreaking animated feature Dinosaur. After completing work on Dinosaur, Darrin continued to lend his CG animating talents on such films as [...]

Action, Anatomy and Animation with Dr. Stuart Sumida – Anatomy of a Fight 2.0

Talking about the finer points of anatomy and fight choreography necessary to animate a realistic fight sequence in a recent webinar hosted by Animation Mentor.  Animation Mentor is excited to announce that Dr. Sumida will be demonstrating these principles in person with Sensei Bill Ryusaki and friends. Check out this event and learn how you [...]

An Independent Filmmakers Conversation with Renaud Armanet

Reno Armanet will present the highlights of what is normally a week long conversation held at the Annecy Film Festival, in this 2 hour  intensive Filmmakers Conversation. He will discuss, demonstrate, answer questions, critique films,  and show examples of other films that reveal the passion, creativity and inspiration behind developing successful [...]

Andre Barnwell Animator

Andre Barnwell is a classically trained designer and animator who enjoys using either his a ball point pen or the forgiving medium of photoshop. His sense of design derives from his willingness to explore shape and personalities.
A graduate of Sheridan College’s Class of 08, he has always had a love and appreciation for art and [...]

Andreas Deja Supervising Animator

Andreas Deja was born 1957 in Gdańsk, Poland. Deja moved with his family to Dinslaken, Germany in 1958. After graduating from Theodor-Heuss Gymnasium (secondary school), he studied graphic design at the Folkwang-Schule in Essen, Germany. A lifelong fan of Disney animated films, Deja was hired by the studio in 1980 after he had corresponded with [...]

Animating from the Heart – Logic vs Inspiration Animator and Filmmaker Ryan Woodward

Join Ryan in this passionate and inspiration session where he discusses his creative process. Animating from the heart and Logic vs Inspiration.
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 and Dreamworks Pictures [...]

Animation Designers Who Illustrate and Vice Versa

Title: Animation Designers Who Illustrate and Vice Versa
CTNX 2011
Length: 75 min
Are you an illustrator and has been wondering if you should take your skill set into the world of animation design. Or maybe you are an animator or animation artist and have been wondering if you should take your skill set into the world of [...]

Animation Educators Forum (AEF)

The people who teach animation can vary from an old studio veteran, to a young independent filmmaker, to a computer tech. All are united in their love of teaching and a desire to ensure the skills of the past are passed on to future generations. Despite the large number of people now teaching animation, there [...]

Animation Magazine

Storyboard Level Sponsor | Animation Magazine
Animation Magazine offers the most comprehensive, in-depth and global coverage of the people, companies and projects of the animation business. We are read around the world by animation business professionals and enthusiasts and cover the latest news from the ever-changing world of animation and visual effects in features, television, new [...]

Animation Mentor

Founded in 2005 AnimationMentor.com is the only animation school built by professional animators specifically for people who want to become animators. The program teaches students the skills needed to succeed as a professional animator in the studio environment. By graduation, every student has worked in a production-style environment where mentors, who are working studio animators, [...]

Animation World Network – AWN.com

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, licensing, CGI and other animation technologies, as [...]

Anime Books

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

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 them [...]

ASIFA-Hollywood: The International Animated Film Society

We are the Los Angeles chapter of the international organization, ASIFA: The International Animated Film Society. Founded by a group of animators in 1957, and chartered by UNESCO in 1960, ASIFA encourages the art of animation and futhers international understanding and goodwill through the medium. Today, there are about thirty chapters of ASIFA all over [...]

Be Your Own Boss: Freelancing Tips and Tricks

In the current economy more and more companies are hiring artists asfreelancers. Unfortunately many talented people wind up earning less than they could, or miss out on opportunities altogether, because they haven’t learned about the business side of being an artist. Cedric Hohnstadt has owned an illustration studio for over fourteen years and has created work [...]

Big Menace Studio

Big Menace Industries is a dream come true for Mike Henry and Ryan Hall.  Growing up, Mike and Ryan would talk about their crazy idea of becoming an art duo that would never have to listen to their parents again!  Well, some priorities have shifted but main point remains: They have become functioning members of [...]

Birds of A Feather ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Educators Forum

Description: What are the core skills in animation today? Over the past decade schools across the world have opened up animation education programs at rapid speed, offering curricula ranging from the most art driven experimental approaches to strict industry driven models. Join us for a round table discussion at the CTN expo (date, place) for [...]

Bluecanvas

BLUECANVAS.COM is a community comprised of quality artists from different creative, academic and cultural backgrounds. BLUECANVAS magazine is a printed manifestation of our wonderful community. As a multi-genre, collection-book style magazine, we hope to give the artists from our online community well deserved exposure. We believe that the world will benefit from and enjoy viewing [...]

BlueSky Animation Studios

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 Sky [...]

Brand Studio Press

Compiling, designing, editing and publishing the finest pop culture art books from the finest independent artists in the planet.
Art books made by artists for artists.
http://www.brandstudiopress.com

Breakpoint Books

BreakPoint Books will be selling a wide variety of animation related books.  Be sure to check out books by CTN Animation Expo presenters: Jerry Beck, Bruce Block, Stefan Bucher, Mike Mignola, Lee Silber and Tom Sito.  Also, look for books illustrated by CTN Animation Expo presenters: Peter De Seve and Dave Zaboski.  BreakPoint will also [...]

Building your career from Getting In to Getting It All

Steve Hickner presents a holistic look at your working life.  The reality is that you are not looking for a job—you are looking for a career and know the difference.  A job might last two to three years where as a career is “a life” in the animation business.  Steve presents an engaging opportunity to build [...]

Burbank Arts and Education Foundation

The mission of the Burbank Arts Education Foundation is to generate long-term, broad-based financial support to ensure equal access to high-quality arts education for all students in the Burbank Unified School District.
The BAEF raises money throughout the year, and provides grants twice a year to the District, Principals, Teachers, Arts Coordinators, PTA groups, and others [...]

Burbank Unified School District (BUSD)

The Burbank Unified School District provides a comprehensive, balanced educational program for kindergarten through grade 12.The District is governed by a five-member Board of Education and served by a central administrative staff. Eleven K-5 elementary schools, three middle schools, two comprehensive high schools, and a continuation high school serve a diverse and culturally enriched student [...]

California Institute of the Arts CalArts

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 [...]

Carol Police Art Director

Carol Kieffer Police attended the Art Center College of Design majoring in Illustration with a passion for traditional painting and figure drawing, and an emphasis on fashion and editorial illustration. She graduated from Art Center at the top of her class with distinction. Carol began work on the animated feature Lord of the Rings. She [...]

Cartoon Brew

Each day, Cartoon Brew brings the latest news and trends in animation to over 10,000 different artists, entertainment execs and cartoon aficionados. Animation authorities Jerry Beck and Amid Amidi — both of whom are recognized historians and published authors, with long experience in the animation industry — cover a wide range of topics, including contemporary [...]

Christophe Vacher Art Director

Christophe Vacher is a French artist who has provided backgrounds, visual development and art direction for Walt Disney Feature Animation and the animation industry since 1989. He worked in different animation studios before joining Disney’s Paris-based animation unit for three years, where he painted backgrounds for such animated films as “The [...]

ColdHard Flash

Cold Hard Flash, a news and entertainment source focusing on TV series, feature films and online shorts being produced with Adobe’s Flash software. Only 5 years ago, there were no more than 5 Flash-animated shows airing on TV. Today, that number is closer to 50. Beyond TV, the web is now full of independent animators [...]

Computer Graphics Master Academy (CGMA)

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 best [...]

Conduct Happiness

The Happy Beginnings
Conduct Happiness was created by animators Joe Moshier and Chris Sonnenburg and their wives, Robyn Moshier and Janelle Sonnenburg with the goal of providing top-level designs with a focus on sincerity, humor and fun. Conduct Happiness got its start at the Los Angeles MART where it gained a faithful following of boutiques that [...]

CRE Computer Rental Equipment

CRE – Computer Rentals & AV Solutions is a leading provider of computer and audiovisual rental equiptment with service throughout the U.S. and Canada. When the entertainment, technology, healthcare, or advertising industries need computer equipment in hours, not weeks, their staff turns to CRE Rentals. We ensure that your computer rental is configured exactly how [...]

Create it, Own it, Keep it

Description: A once in a lifetime opportunity to listen and ask for information in regards to the creation, ownership and exploitation of entertainment IP. This is a practical, small-group  “Q & A session with an experienced Business Affairs lawyer  & geared to the attendees. Morton H. “Tim” Fry of New York will poll the attending [...]

CREATING A ROCKSTAR PORTFOLIO

Workshop
‘Creating a Rockstar Portfolio’ is a workshop designed to help artists showcase their work according to their own artistic voice, technical strengths and specific career goals. In addition to reviewing portfolios for Disney Feature in a variety of contexts, thereby viewing a cross-section of portfolios from art schools the world [...]

Creating the Mood

Creating the right visual mood is vital to the success of a story.  In this workshop conducted by Art Director Bill Perkins, artists will cover the critical elements that contribute to creating and maintaining, or advancing the visual mood to reflect the intensity of any story.  Artists will work hands on and discover proven methods [...]

Creative Handbook

Creator Conversations

New to CTNX this year are Creator Conversations. CTN’s motto is to “Put the Talent Center Stage”. With over 300 years of talent “In The House” we are now providing the amazing opportunity to meet and greet with these artists in an exclusive intimate setting. Limited to 12-15 people CTN puts you in the room [...]

CreatureBox

At its core, CreatureBox is for anyone who enjoys bizarre monster design, comics of spacemen, and illustrations of everything in between. For the past several years, Dave Guertin and Greg Baldwin have spent most of their time digging deep into what makes characters tick while trying to tell a few stories along the way. They’ve [...]

CTNX Portfolio Reviews

Those who have been accepted will be notified on or before Nov 15, 2012.
Character Design
Story
Viz Dev/Concept Design
Background Painting / Art Direction

Note: Artists appearances subject to their schedules and availability.

Cultivating Your Artistic Personality with Louie del Carmen

BE THE ARTIST
Cultivating your Artistic Identity by Louie del Carmen
A philosophical and practical, guide, BE THE ARTIST puts forth the notion that by making a commitment to putting art first and focusing on what is inherent in each of us, we become artistically independent, and someone truly unique in a world of artists.
Within this process [...]

Deja “View”: A Look at The Inspiration

Description: View: A Noun = An instance of seeing or beholding; a visual inspection.
It takes time to become an animator. Time to look, study, explore, look again, and be curious, research, be playful and passionate and then after you fail time and again you must  have that drive that comes from deep down inside for [...]

Delivery Joe

Delivery Joe is an independent moving and delivery service helping the Los Angeles community since October, 2005. He provides professional service to both residential and commercial clients in need of a pick-truck. He’s purpose is to make the moving and delivery experience affordable, pleasant and with 4 years of serving thousands of satisfy customers, Delivery [...]

Designing with Dreamworks Character Designer Takao Noguchi

Spend an hour and see how Dreamworks Character Designer works and learn the tips to designing in both 2D and 3D.
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Takao Noguchi was born and raised in Japan and in 1997 moved to Honolulu to work as a creature supervisor for Square Pictures on “Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within” and “Final Flight of Osiris”. In [...]

DigiPen

Based in Redmond, Washington, DigiPen Institute of Technology has been educating the most passionate, driven, and capable artists and programmers in the video game industry for over 15 years. Combining a rigorous curriculum with a hands-on, team-based approach to learning, our degree programs – including the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Art and Animation, [...]

Digital Domain Media

Digital Domain Media Group established Tradition Studios in Port St. Lucie, Florida in 2009 to develop and produce original, family-friendly, animated feature films.
Our first film, The Legend of Tembo directed by Aaron Blaise and Chuck Williams, will be produced in our new 120,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art studio.
San Francisco based Director, Brad Lewis, is currently developing our second [...]

DISNEY TELEVISION ANIMATION

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.

DISNEYTOONS STUDIOS

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.

Dos and Don’ts of a Demo Reel with Kevin Koch

Mentor Kevin Koch, animator at Reel FX and mentor at Animation Mentor, will discuss the dos and don’ts of a demo reel in this in-depth workshop. Koch will provide tips to make your demo reel stand out from beginning to end as well as talk about the importance of continuous demo reel refinement.

Dream Jobs You Didn’t Know Existed

Making the Most of Your Skill Set as a Professional Animator
With 40,000 new graduates coming out of art schools and media arts departments across the nation each year combined with thousands of jobs going to studios over seas,  its a perfect time to find out the career options available to you to apply your skills.
William [...]

Dreamworks Animation Studios

DreamWorks Animation creates high-quality entertainment, including CG animated feature films, television specials and series, live entertainment properties and online virtual worlds, 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 [...]

Duncan Studio

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 [...]

Flip

The Flip Video is a simple camcorder for digital video created by Pure Digital Technologies[1], a company bought by Cisco Systems in March of 2009.[2] Variants include the Flip Ultra, the Flip UltraHD, the Flip Video Mino, the Flip Video MinoHD, and the Flip Video SlideHD.
Website:
http://www.theflip.com

Florian Satzinger

Florian Satzinger was a student of the well-regarded Disney, MGM and Hanna-Barbera animator and animation director Ken Southworth (“Alice In Wonderland”, “Woody Woodpecker”, “Tom & Jerry”, “The Flintstones”, “Peanuts”, “The Smurfs”) who influenced him greatly. Presently, he is developing StarDucks© and Toby Skybuckle© with France and Japan based Ankama Media Group. Besides his design and [...]

Focal Press

Coming Soon ….!!!

Fred Warter Art Director

Fred Warter was born in southern California with a paintbrush in his hand. One of his earliest grade school teachers first recognized his artistic abilities and would give him extra credit for any illustration that would accompany his academic assignments.  But it was his passion for illustrator Frank Frazetta and Mad [...]

Fringe Talent

WebiFringe Talent President/Recruiter Debra Blanchard started her career in animation at Warner Brothers TV where she worked on the Emmy award winning Tiny Toon Adventures. Debra then joined Industrial Light & Magic, recruiting production and artistic talent for the most recent Star Wars trilogy. She then went on to head up recruiting for DreamWorks Animation, [...]

From Trainee to Journeyman

Representatives from WDAS and Disneytoon Studios share their experiences beginning as trainee or apprentice artists to journeyman.
Brad Raymond: Multiple Annie Award nominee and winner Brad Raymond hails from Denver, Colorado and attended art school at the prestigious Joe Kubert School of Cartoon Art, where he studied animation production under famed Disney animator Milt Neil.
Raymond began [...]

From Trainee to Journeyman Walt Disney

Representatives from Walt Disney Animation and DisneyToons Studios share their experiences beginning as a trainee or apprentice artist to journeyman.
Who: TBA

Funny Little Bunny

Founded in February 2010 by a small group of independent artists from India and US, FLB Productions is an online studio that creates Illustrations, Short Films and Public Service Announcements to support social and environmental causes. Our contributors are a mix of students and professionals with versatile artistic backgrounds. ‘Funny Little Bunny’ is a fun [...]

Gary Goldman Animator, Director and Producer

Gary Goldman’s first animation job interview was in February at Walt Disney Productions.  He had been raised in Watsonville, CA and earned his Fine Arts degree in Life Drawing with a minor in Art History from the University of Hawaii the December before, in 1971. Three days after the interview, he was hired into their [...]

Gentle Giant Studios

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, industrial [...]

Gnomon

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 that [...]

Hand-drawn Animation Dead or Alive? A case Study!

A philosophical look into the unique strengths and appeals of the hand drawn medium, with a goal of generating a new and different type of thinking that is  working towards creating vibrant works in hand-drawn animation. Mike Nguyen will show various visual clips to support this exciting presentation.
Mike Nguyen primary interest is the hand-drawn animation [...]

How to write and draw your own graphic novel.

Many artists in the entertainment industry have their own stories to tell and either lack the funding or connections to get these stories into production. An alternative is to write and draw your own graphic novel and Jake Parker wants to share with others what he’s learned in the creation of his own [...]

I Agreed to What?

Ellen Ann Mersereau Entertainment Attorney
After attempting to read his contract without help, one of Ms. Mersereau’s clients likened the experience to water running over a rock ——-    nothing stuck.  Another compared his experience to trying to hold onto a handful of cooked spaghetti.
Ellen Ann Mersereau has specialized in entertainment law for 18 years, with a focus on [...]

I Don’t Want to See a Degree, I Want to See What You Can Do!

Description: A great deal has changed in both the entertainment industry and in it’s education over the past decade or so and the assumption is widespread that if you get a degree you will get a job.  However, this is far from the truth for anyone wishing to enter the higher aspects of the film, [...]

iAnimate

DigiCel FlipBook Makes 2D Animation Easier Every Step of the Way!
DigiCel FlipBook lets you draw right on the computer with your mouse or tablet. Or you can draw on paper, like the pros, and shoot your rough drawings under a camera for speed and then scan your cleaned-up drawings for quality. FlipBook will keep track [...]

iAnimate

JasonRyanAnimation.com and DigiCel, the makers of FlipBook have teamed up to create the best online animation training you can get to help you get your animation up to feature quality in the shortest amount of time, without having to mortgage your future. All of our instructors are currently working in major studios, and can teach [...]

ICEF Public Schools

ICEF Public Schools is a nonprofit charter school management organization serving communities in the South Los Angeles area. We operate high-quality, tuition-free, public charter elementary, middle and high schools. Our goal is to develop and manage charter schools that prepare minority students to attend and compete academically at the top colleges and universities in the [...]

Image Metrics

Jay Grenier, Senior Technical Artist, Image Metrics
Jay has been working as a technical artist in the visual arts industries for almost 10 years, with almost four years at Image Metrics. His video game credits include helping design and shape the facial animation and rigging pipelines for Crysis 2, 2K Sports’ NBA 2K10/2K11, Rockstar’s Grand Theft [...]

Imaginism Studios

Imaginism Studios is made up of independent artists specializing in publishing, television, and movie pre-production. We produce some of the most fun and upbeat designs, concepts, and illustrations around! Plus we’re really friendly and will work long hours to meet your needs, so please feel free to contact us and let us know how we [...]

Inside the Imagination of Carlos Grangel

Carlos Grangel is a Spanish-born character designer for animated films. Carlos started as a character designer at Amblimation-Universal Pictures in London, and worked on “We’re Back: A Dinosaur’s Story” and “Balto”.In 1995 he started designing characters for DreamWorks movies “The Prince of Egypt”, “The Road to El Dorado”, “Spirit”, “Sinbad”, “Shark Tale”, [...]

Inside the World of Ralph McQuarrie

In a rare presentation exclusively moderated by John Scoleri, co-author/publisher of “The Art of Ralph McQuarrie” and personal friend to Ralph, join us and experience that magical time and get inspired all over again through the presentation and conversations of those artists that not only were inspired by but who also [...]

James Gurney

James Gurney is the author and illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Dinotopia book series. He designed the World of Dinosaurs stamps for the U.S. Postal Service and has worked on over a dozen assignments for National Geographic magazine, painting reconstructions of Moche, Kushite, and Etruscan civilizations. He has won the Hugo, Chesley, Spectrum, [...]

Janro Imaging Laboratory

Janro Imaging Laboratory develops 3D stereoscopic imaging software that provides a means for artists, designers and animators to intuitively and immediately illustrate visual concepts and create 3D artwork in space.  The company was founded by Roman Kroitor, a Canadian filmmaker who began his career at the National Film Board of Canada in the late 1940s, [...]

Jerry Beck Animation Historian

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 [...]

Ken Duncan

In a remarkable career spanning more than 25 years, visionary animator Ken Duncan has thrived with each new phase of artistic and technological development. After earning three nominations for the outstanding character performances he created at Walt Disney and DreamWorks, Ken opened Duncan Studio in 2007. Based in Old Town Pasadena, the studio is an [...]

Kent Melton Master Sculptor

Kent Melton has spent the past 25 years working in animation.  He was the first staff sculptor employed by Hanna Barbera.  He then worked as an art director at Universal Studios before embarking on a full-time career as a sculptor for feature films.  Melton has sculpted countless maquettes for Disney, Warner Bros., Don Bluth, Dreamworks, [...]

Korpus School of Art

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 Concept Art and Digital Painting classes. The Korpus School of Art has a [...]

LAAFA

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 designed [...]

Laguna College of Art & Design (LCAD)

The Animation major at LCAD has been carefully designed to meet the evolving needs of the entertainment industry and to exceed the industry’s standards. In addition to teaching a mastery of digital technologies, such as Maya software and digital production systems, the LCAD Animation major is distinguished by requiring a solid [...]

Making it Work for You

Join 3D industry professional Darren Kiner as he shares his passion, enthusiasm and experience about how to stay ahead of the curve and stay in the market. This is a very inspirational and motivating lecture that you won’t want to miss.
Darren Kiner is a CGI Lighting Artist / Compositor and CGI Supervisor working in visual [...]

Marcelo Vignali Production Designer Sony

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 same [...]

Marriott International

With 14 Marriott brands and more than 3,100 hotels and resorts worldwide, there’s a lot to learn about Marriott International. As a leader in the hospitality industry, we enjoy outstanding name recognition, exceptional customer preference, unprecedented international locations and a reputation for operational excellence.
Marriott Lodging
Marriott operates or franchises hotels, resorts, executive accommodations and suites worldwide, translating [...]

Master Workshop with Don Bluth (Title TBA)

DON BLUTH, trained by the nine old men is one of the original pioneers of independent animation filmmaking. As an animator, producer and director he was invited by 20th Century Fox to move to Phoenix, Arizona to co-helm the creation of Fox Animation Studio in 1994, following an already illustrious career in the animation industry [...]

Maxon Computers

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 [...]

Muertoons

Muertoons is an exciting new production company that was founded by animation artist, Eric “The Gute” Gonzalez in 2010. Muertoons launched with its first book, Rosita Y Conchita, an illustrated book that tells the touching story of two sisters trying to reach out to each other between the world of the living and the dead [...]

Nate Wragg – Feature Animation Character Designer / Art Director

Nate Wragg, a CalArts Character Animation Grad, has worked as an Illustrator, Art Director and Character Designer for both Pixar and Dreamworks Animation studios on various projects-including Ratatouille, Toy Story 3 and  Puss and Boots. In addition to working in Feature Animation, Nate’s illustrations can be seen in on the pages of several children’s books including Too [...]

New Breed Visual EFX

Founded in 2007, Newbreed has developed an expertise in character animation and computer generated effects while contributing to feature film and video game projects such as Dimension Film’s Piranha 3D and the award winning Halo franchise. The combined experience of its producers, supervisors and artists have earned them confidence from clients The Weinstein Company, [...]

Nickelodeon

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, [...]

Olivier Tossan Visual Development Artist

OLIVIER TOSSAN  grew up in Paris but has been living in Berlin for the last ten years. He comes from the world of scene design and illustration drawing. As a logical step, the world of story telling and entertainment now rises to the topmost level of his creations.

Like the Mary Poppins’ characters, his dream is [...]

One on One Spotlight Interview Bill Plympton

Bill Plympton is an American animator, former cartoonist, director, screenwriter and producer best known for his 1987 Academy Award-nominated animated short Your Face. and his series of shorts Guard Dog, Guide Dog, Hot Dog and Horn Dog. Bill Plympton was born in Portland, Oregon, to Don and Wilda Plympton. From 1964 to 1968, he attended [...]

Oscar Grillo

Animator, Illustrator, Creator and Director,  Oscar Grillo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1943. Having attended Art School at the age of 16, Oscar’s passionate journey began when working in animation where  his career quickly broadened into publishing cartoons in satirical magazines, illustrating books and painting.  Oscar Grillo has filled every moment of his [...]

Pixar Animation Studios

Pixar Animation Studios is an Academy Award ®-winning computer animation studio with the technical, creative and production capabilities to create a new generation of animated feature films, merchandise and other related products. Pixar’s objective is to combine proprietary technology and world-class creative talent to develop computer-animated feature films with memorable characters and heartwarming stories that [...]

Red Engine Studios and Design School

Red Engine Studios is founded and established by entertainment industry veterans, Steve Jung and Jung Park. The two bring fifteen years of combined experience in films, video games, feature animation, themed entertainment, commercial design, toy design, and product design. With this array of industry design experience they have worked with an equally extensive mix of [...]

Reel FX

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, [...]

Régis Loisel

Help CTN welcome, in a US Exclusive Appearance, French Graphic Novel Artist Règis Loisel. In 1972, when Régis Loisel was 20, he made his comics debut in the magazine, Pieds Nickéles. At that time he was still in college at the University of Vincennes, where he was taking courses in creating comics. These courses were [...]

Rhino House

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 Mentor [...]

Rhythm and Hues Studios

Rhythm & Hues Studios is an Academy Award – winning visual effects studio. It is perhaps best known for its computer generated 3D character animation. Recognized internationally as one of Hollywood’s top visual effects and animation facilities, Rhythm & Hues has more than 100 feature films to its credit. The studio received the Academy Award [...]

Scott Peterson Animator Director Studio Owner

Scott T. Petersen is an Animator/Director who has worked for several major studios including, Walt Disney, Warner Brothers, Dreamworks, Universal and Columbia/tri-star. His movie credits include Space Jam, The Iron Giant, Pigglet’s Big Movie,Mickey’s Three Musketeers, The Lion King 1 ½ , The Fox and the Hound 2, Tarzan 2, Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes [...]

Screening – Close the Show With Disney On the Lot

“Lorenzo” presented with Director Mike Gabriel
“Prep & Landing: Naughty vs Nice” presented  with Directors Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers and Producer Dorothy McKim
“Phineas & Ferb Christmas Episode” with Rob Hughes
“Pixie Hollow Games” with Brad Raymond
The Walt Disney Company helps CTNx 2011 close the show with this very special evening of screenings with filmmakers on the [...]

Sculpting from A-Z: A Live Demonstration and Walk Through the Process

Sculpting from A-Z: A Live Demonstration and Walk Through the Process
Take a once in a lifetime hour and  a half to walk through the professional process of creating characters in the 3D format from design to creation with master sculptor and designer Michael Defeo.  Michael will demonstrate live and walk through this step by step [...]

Self Publishing – DIAY (Doing It “All” Yourself)

Description: Today the roles of author and publisher have combined and are very much apart of the DIY (Do It Yourself) movement that include online animation media channels, blogs and self-publishing outlets. Hear about the journey and the world of the creator/self publisher who has chosen this DIY route and who proudly wears the multiple [...]

Sheridan College

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 [...]

Sonic Bunny Productions

Sonic Bunny Productions, a Burbank -based animation production company, was started in 2009, by producer Scout Raskin. Sonic Bunny’s approach is spunky, tenacious, and do-it-yourself.
They just wrapped their first adult-comedy pilot: An Okay Place To Eat, starring your favorite drill sergeant R.Lee Ermey, voice over legend Jim Cummings, 30 Rock funny man [...]

Sony Pictures Animation (SPA)

Sony Pictures Animation exemplifies the next generation of CGI storytelling to produce a variety of animated entertainment for audiences around the world. Sony Pictures Animation has a full slate of films including the mouth-watering 3D comedy CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS which opened as the #1 movie in North America on September 18, HOTEL [...]

Story tools Intensive:10 Essential tools to Land you a Storyboarding Job

Are you prepared to handle clients across the country, or even halfway across the world? In this fast changing world of digital art and social networking, it is more important than ever to be able to market yourself as versatile storyboard artist. In this presentation you will learn the networking tricks to landing storyboard [...]

Stuart Ng Comes to Burbank

Stuart NG carries thousands of rare & out-of-print books as well as notable recently published titles. They strive to offer the best selection of current artists sketchbooks; from aspiring students to well-established professionals.

Terryl Whitlatch Creator Illustrator

Terryl Whitlatch was born in Oakland, California, and started drawing at less than three years of age. Blessed with a mother who was, and still is, a talented artist-illustrator, and a father who taught biology, her fascination with animals started early. Countless weekends were spent visiting zoos, aquariums, and museums, and her father [...]

The Animation Guild (TAG)

The Animation Guild is Local 839 of the IATSE.  We represent writers, animation and visual effects artists.  Our mission is to provide the strength of a collective voice and the seamless cloak of benefits to the writers and artists across the animation industry
Website:
http://www.animationguild.org

The Art Institute Hollywood

It is our pleasure to welcome you to The Art Institute of California — Hollywood community.  More than ever, it’s an exciting time to pursue an education in the creative and applied arts.
To prepare for the creative world, you need a brand new vocabulary. Your creative vision can never be truly understood until you can properly [...]

The Art of Story

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Mark Kennedy Walt Disney Feature Animation
Ray Shenusay Walt Disney Feature Animation

The Art of Story

CTN is proud to have over 50 years of Disney Feature Animation storytelling in one room. Take advantage of this once in a life time opportunity to have a conversation with and hear from the top story artists from Disney.
STEPHEN ANDERSON (Director) joined Walt Disney Feature Animation in 1995 as a story artist on “Tarzan.”  [...]

The Blue-note and the Bank and Believing is Seeing

Description: A Meeting with the Masters
DON BLUTH, trained by the nine old men is one of the original pioneers of independent animation filmmaking. As an animator, producer and director he was invited by 20th Century Fox to move to Phoenix, Arizona to co-helm the creation of Fox Animation Studio in 1994, following an already illustrious [...]

The Business Side of Your Entertainment Business

The Business Side of Your Entertainment Business
The 10 Things You Should Do With The Business Side of Your Creative Business:  Come listen, learn and ask questions about what you can and should do to maximize your business success all while ensuring you are following the local, state and national laws as you start, build and [...]

The City of Burbank

Burbank is a city built by People, Pride, and Progress. These three ingredients turned a tiny, rural town into the thriving community it is today.
In the beginning, the land occupied by the present City was part of two large Spanish land grants. The first was the vast Rancho San Rafael, granted to Don Jose Maria [...]

The Drawing Studio

Sponsored by “Grumpy Pants Productions”
The Drawing Studio with Live Costumed Models is the heart of what we do as artists. It is the heart beat of ever design and every thing you see. The Drawing Studio is open during exhibit hall hours with floor to ceiling windows. Complete with costumed models and [...]

The Incredible Science Behind the Creation of Creature Design

In order to draw the imaginary, you need to understand the real.  Terryl Whitlatch shows you what is required to design imaginary animals and creatures, both realistic and stylized.  Join her as she gets into the zoology behind Creature Design, from the bones and muscles up, to Narrative Concept art and stylized characters.  The anatomy of [...]

The Los Angeles Film School

The Los Angeles Film School  is an accredited college with a campus located in the heart of Hollywood. The private post-secondary college, which has quickly become a leading academic center for aspiring filmmakers, offers degrees in film, computer animation and game production with an exceptional curriculum in state-of-the-art facilities. Its campus comprises of over 250,000 [...]

The Media is the Message!

The Media’s the Message! This is an opportunity to invite a conversation between artists who are on the leading edge and are some of the first explorers of the Transmedia domain. A new approach to story telling and a freeing up of independent creators to connect with audiences through new forms of presentation. In this [...]

The Mighty Nomad Gallery

Craig Harris has been working as a game animator for the past nine years with brief stints with animation masters including James Baxter and John K. He is now out on his own working as an entity called the Nomad Gallery. It is a travelling art gallery featuring his own work of The [...]

The Perfect Bait: The Artist’s Guide to Attracting Clients and Creating Demand

Description: Bobby Chiu, owner of Imaginism Studios and character designer for “Alice in Wonderland” (2010), discusses philosophies from his new book, “The Perfect Bait: The Artist’s Guide to Attracting Clients and Creating Demand” Over 10 years in the making, Chiu’s research comes not only from his own philosophies and experiences but also from his interviews [...]

The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles

The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles was founded in 1953 by a handful of Southern California advertising artists and designers primarily to promote the professional status of illustration art as well as foster both philanthropic and educational goals. From this small beginning it has grown to a very productive membership whose work is seen [...]

The Third Floor

In 2002, Chris Edwards joined a team of digital artists at Lucasfilm, that were tasked with previsualizing Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. Afterwards, Edwards spearheaded the creation of THE THIRD FLOOR, an independent previsualization company in Los Angeles, in 2004.
As CEO and Creative Director at THE THIRD FLOOR, Edwards has [...]

The Upside of Uploads – YouTube Animation Success

Description: Aaron Simpson, VP of Animation Development at Mondo Media, will host a discussion with online animation maestros Arin ‘Egoraptor’ Hanson, Dick Figures’ Ed Skudder and Zack Keller and Rob DenBleyker and Dave McElfatrick from Cyanide & Happiness. Collectively, their online animations have been viewed over 200 million times, and we’ll add 3 or 4 [...]

Tigobo Animation Renaud Armanet

Born in Marseille, France, Reno Armanet is a director, animator, music composer and well rounded artist in visual development. His 2 passions, drawing and music, help him express and balance this artist in everyday life.
Reno has created his own independent company: tigoboANIMATION (www.tigoboanimation.com). The studio is based in the beautiful town of Angoulême, France. The [...]

Toon Boom Animation Inc.

Toon Boom Animation Inc. is the worldwide leader in animation software solutions. Toon Boom is dedicated to animators and offers the most advanced intuitive tools including first-class customer service. Responding to animators’ explicit needs, Toon Boom Animation product line deliver’s a complete solution to create animation.  Toon Boom’s suit of software tools allows you to [...]

Translating 2D to 3D

Title: Translating 2D to 2D
CTNX 2011
Length: 75 min
Follow the process of turning 2D drawings into 3D sculptures. The process of translating your work or that of a designers into a  single 3D volume is critical to the beginning of 3D character development. Spend an hour with  3D Character development artist Michael Defeo as he reveals [...]

Understanding The Visual Language

Take a Walk Through the Viz Dev Dept. Join Marcelo Vignali and walk through the process of creating visual development artwork.
Annie Award Nominee Marcelo Vignali will be presenting a lecture to discuss his many years doing visual development in television animation, feature animation, theme park design, and computer gaming. Marcelo will also be discussing visual [...]

USC Animation & Digital Arts

The John C. Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts (DADA) is devoted to providing its students with the tools, theory and support to fully explore their creative potential as animators. The field of animation has evolved to encompass everything from traditional, character-based storytelling, to abstract and experimental work, and utilizes techniques ranging from painting [...]

Vancouver Animation School

Vancouver Animation School is a leading educational Canadian institution offering entry and advanced programs for the Animation, Film and Game Industries.
We are successful and accomplished artists, we have found that a lot of aspiring artists talent is spoiled by poor school education.  So we’ve developed a fantastic school with strong educational programs that welcome you, [...]

Video Symphony School

For the past 15 years Video Symphony has been the industry’s leader in post production training and education. Since 1995 post houses, production companies, recording studios, and major studios and networks including Fox, Universal, Sony, MTV, Warner, Disney, NBC, and CBS have sent their employees to Video Symphony for training to stay on the cutting [...]

Vilppu Studio

Glenn Vilppu is considered one of today’s foremost draftsman and instructors in drawing and painting. Few contemporary artists have thoroughly absorbed the lessons of the great masters of the past and in addition, none have Glenn’s ability to communicate and inspire students with such knowledge and understanding.
Glenn Vilppu is trained in the classical art of [...]

Wacom Technologies

WACOM tablets have become an industry standard. Join me in welcoming Wacom to CTN-X 2009 where top talent artists will be demonstrating their skills on the latest products and enter to win an Intuos 4 tablet free.
WACOM believes that technology should be easy to use and simple to understand. With products that rely on human [...]

Walt Disney Animation Studios

In 1937, the Walt Disney Studios released its first fully animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and pioneered a new form of family entertainment. More than seven decades later, Walt Disney Animation Studios continues to honor its heritage through animated films that combine beautiful artistry, masterful storytelling and ground breaking technology.

Welcome to the World of Character Designer Carlos Grangel

The Creative Talent Network is proud to announce the exclusive appearance of amazing character designer and independent CAO (Chief Artist Officer) and entrepreneur Carlos Grangel. Carlos started as a character designer at Amblimation-Universal Pictures in London, and worked on “We’re Back: A Dinosaur’s Story” and “Balto”.In 1995 he started designing characters for DreamWorks movies “The [...]

WILLIAM STOUT

William Stout was born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1949. At seventeen he won a full California State Scholarship to the California Institute of the Arts. He began his professional career in 1968 with the cover for the first issue of Coven 13. In 1971 he began to assist Russ Manning on the Tarzan [...]

Women In Animation

Women In Animation is a professional, non-profit organization established in 1994 to foster the dignity, concerns and advancement of women who are involved in any and all aspects of the art and industry of animation.
Website:
http://wia.animationblogspot.com/

Woodbury University

Mission Statement
Woodbury University is committed to providing the highest level of professional and liberal arts education.   The integrated nature of our educational environment cultivates successful students with a strong and enduring sense of personal and social responsibility.  We prepare innovative learners who are adept at communicating and willing to cross the boundaries of knowledge in [...]

Z-Brush from Pixologic

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 [...]

ZBrush Workshops

ZBrushWorkshops is a new online learning portal for digital sculptors looking to MASTER ZBrush. Founded by Ryan Kingslien, the mission of ZBrushWorkshops is to combine traditional artistic teaching with digital workflows and train sculptors for the film and game industry. ZBrushWorkshops offers several digital workshops & live online classes that target specific areas of digital sculpting while [...]