Aaron Hartline was born in Hammond, Indiana – a small steel mill town outside of Chicago. From early on, he loved movies and drawing. While at Columbia College of Chicago, Aaron realized he could use animation to combine the two things he loved most as a child. During his first semester, life threw him an [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
This is an incredible opportunity to hear about “charm and wonder” from the source. Disney legend Andreas Deja shares his insight in this area. 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 [...]
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 [...]
Ben Willis is currently working as a Character Animator on DreamWorks Animation’s “Me and My Shadow,” a film that combines both 2D and 3D animation and is scheduled for release in 2014. Ben has also animated on DWA’s Academy Award®-nominated “Kung Fu Panda,” “Shrek Forever After,” “Kung Fu Panda 2,” “Puss in Boots,” and “Rise [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
CTN is extremely proud to be able to include the multi-talented story teller, Brenda Chapman at the event this year. As an American Animation Director and Writer her talent and strength continues to represent and inspire creators in our industry both of today and tomorrow. Please help us welcome this very talented lady to CTN. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 & [...]
Christophe Lautrette is a visual development artist from France currently working at DreamWorks Animation Studios in Los Angeles. He is also the main contributor to the first publication of the Artbook : “Moonshine”. DreamWorks’ first personal art publication, Moonshine, was conceived as an opportunity to highlight the breath of artistic development talent at the studio. Christophe [...]
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.
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 [...]
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.
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, [...]
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 [...]
Back by popular demand Dave Guertin and Greg Baldwin from Creature Box are launching the first published collection of their work at CTNX this year. Join us for the champagne book signing and meet these tremendous talents. At its core, CreatureBox is for anyone who enjoys bizarre monster design, comics of spacemen, and illustrations of [...]
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 [...]
Inspired by movie-making legend Ray Harryhausen; Dan began making films as a young boy. By his late teens, Dan had produced several 8mm films that featured rudimentary animation and special effects. Dan continued to develop his passion for filmmaking at the Brooks Institute of Photography, majoring in Cinematography, Dan began his professional career in television, shooting and directing [...]
Dave Zaboski picked up a crayon in kindergarten and never put it down. Educated at UCSB, Université de Poitiers in France, and Art Center College of Design, he has a deep traditional understanding of art. In 1990 Dave became an Animator for Disney Feature Films and has contributed his drawing skills to such modern classics [...]
Born in Marrero, La. A suburb of New Orleans, David Breaux always had a knack for drawing. In the early 80s, his parents made the fateful decision that would forever change his life. A brand new Commodore 64 computer for Christmas. He quickly gravitated to the few pieces of art software floating around at the [...]
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. – – . [...]
CTN is extremely proud to invite David Pimentel who will be onsite all weekend and sharing what he feels is the purists way to gesture and expression in drawing. A direct disciple of the great gesture instructor from Walt Disneys classic animation days, Walt Stanchfield, David shares his talent and passion with you during a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Please help give a warm welcome upon his first visit to CTN this amazing international traditional and digital animated film Production Designer. Proving that talent crosses over all mediums, Evgeni Tomov’s touch can be seen in some of the most charming traditionally animated 2D feature films as well as stop motion and CG-animated features. EVGENI [...]
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 [...]
Faye Hsu was born and raised in the small city of Liuzhou in southern China. She has loved animation and cartoons for as long as she can remember, entertaining her friends in primary school with her drawings of fanciful characters and creatures. Though Faye’s undergraduate degree is in math and physics she changed her focus to [...]
CTN is thrilled to welcome back by popular demand the incredible charcter designer from Austria, Florian Satzinger. Florian will be demonstrating live and sharing his talent in our Creator Conversation sessions all weekend. Florian is also the official designer of the CTN Early Bird and “Where are you coming from?” Contest icons. . . . [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
CTNX 2012 On location, Burbank CA The Creative Talent Network® is extremely proud to present in an exclusive US appearance the legendary animator, Glen Keane in “An Evening with Glen Keane”. Guests will enjoy a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet the man, hear his passion and see the work . The evening will [...]
GREG COUCH (Production Designer) was born in Bettendorf, Iowa, and spent the first eighteen years of his life there. This explains many things about him (if you’ve met Greg, you know what I’m talking about). He began his illustration career in 1983. Since that time he has worked on fifteen Children’s books including I Know [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
JACOB GARDNER was on the winning team of the FJORG Iron Animator competition at Siggraph 2007, which got him noticed by DreamWorks Animation. He has been working at the studio ever since on films such as “Shrek Forever After,” “Megamind,” “Puss in Boots,” and “Rise of the Guardians.” Jacob is also an instructor at iAnimate.net, [...]
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 [...]
Jake Wyatt was born in Hammond, Louisiana, raised in the Southeastern United States, and studied animation at Brigham Young University in Utah. He has worked as an illustrator and board artist for a variety of clients in print, television, and film including Nickelodeon, Image Comics, and Overbrook Productions. Metro, Jake’s first animated short film, has [...]
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 [...]
CTNX 2012 On location, Burbank CA The Creative Talent Network is proud to announce in an eXclusive US appearance, the magical world and talent of Jean-Baptiste Monge. Jean-Baptiste will be featured in live demonstrations, conversations with creators and spotlight signing sessions where we are proud to release the first ever book published of his work. [...]
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 [...]
Jill Daniels – Born in Fairbanks, Alaska, Jill has been drawing and painting from an early age. She believes her attraction to painting vast ethereal landscapes in her work harkens back to the influence of growing up within the limitless stretches of rugged wilderness that dominate the Alaskan terrain. . . . At age eighteen [...]
John Musker began his career at Disney in 1977. His first assignment was as an assistant animator on a short called The Small One (1978). His feature film debut came when he worked as an animator on Pete’s Dragon (1977). He was promoted to supervising animator by 1981, when he worked on The Fox and [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Karl Gnass began his career as a story, character, and visual development artist at Sid and Marty Croft, working on such legendary children’s series as H.R. Pufnstuff, Lidsville, The Bugaloos, and Sigmund and the Sea Monster. Karl has storyboarded for Disney, Coca-Cola, Saban, and Fox Entertainment. His credits include Peter Pan and the Pirates, Gargoyles, [...]
KATHY ALTIERI has spent over twenty five years in the animation industry working as a Production Designer, Art Director and Painter. Her credits include “How to Train Your Dragon,” “Over the Hedge” and “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.” When arriving at DreamWorks Animation in 1994, Altieri worked as an Art Director on “The Prince of [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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! [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
LOUIE DEL CARMEN Born and raised in the Philippines, Louie del Carmen is a veteran character designer, storyboard artist, board supervisor and director having worked at most of the major studios in Los Angeles. In his 15 plus years in the animation industry, Louie has garnered a reputation as a consummate professional with a tremendous [...]
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 [...]
CTNX 2012 On location, Burbank CA CTN is proud to announce the appearance of visual development artist currently working at Dreamworks Animations, Marcos Mateu Mestre. Marcos will be participating in booksignings, conversations with creators and panel sessions and will be available all weekend to connect with. Spanish born Marcos Mateu Mestre is a visual development concept artist [...]
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 [...]
Matt Doering is a 25 year old illustrator and animator living in Baltimore, MD. After graduating from the Sequential Art and Animation programs at Savannah College of Art and Design, Matt began working in the social gaming industry as a professional illustrator. He is currently working as a UI Designer and Illustrator at Zynga. He [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Michel Gagné was born in Québec, Canada. He studied animation at Sheridan College School of Visual Arts in Ontario, Canada and in 1985, began a highly successful artistic career. Renowned for his unique vision, Michel has lent his talent to several animation companies, such as Don Bluth Studios, Warner Bros., Disney, Pixar, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, [...]
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. – - – - – - – - -
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, [...]
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 [...]
Nacho Rodríguez is a self-taught animator from Spain. He’s been working professionally with Flash since 2002, deveolping a unique cartoony style. He has produced shorts for internet, advertisements and videogames. He spent one year and a half in France, as animation director for Ubisoft’s game ‘Ozen’. He has directed 5 official music videos as a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Pablo Lobato was born in Trelew, Patagonia Argentina in April 1970. As a kid, Pablo would rather stay at home and draw rather than play soccer with his friends. When it came time to choose a career, Pablo chose graphic design, although he really didn’t know anything about it. After a short time, he ended [...]
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.
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 [...]
Rachelle Reyes is a Canadian-based character designer and visual development artist. As a new Sheridan Animation graduate, she dreams to one day to open a studio and school in the Philippines, and provide what experiences and learnings she has gained in her career abroad. In the meantime, she very much enjoys the occasional creeping at [...]
CTNX 2012 On location, Burbank CA Back by popular demand this amazing talent, who was with us in 2011, will be hosting a intensive workshop this year on Story. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to connect with and learn from this highly experienced and versatile professional storyteller. Ray Shenusay graduated with a [...]
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 [...]
Rob Thompson started at Pixar Animation Studios in 2005 and has since worked on the Oscar nominated films Ratatouille, Wall-E, the short film Burn-E, Up, Toy Story 3, and just finished animating on Cars 2. He also directed animation on the Toy Story 3 and Cars 2 video games, where he worked closely with game [...]
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 [...]
Samuel Michlap began his animation career as a layout artist on the Walt Disney Classic “The Lion King”. During his five years at Disney, Samuel learned first hand how to create compelling visuals to help tell the story as only Disney could do for generations. During his second film at Disney, ” The Hunchback of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I have recently graduated from the Sheridan Animation program in 2012. My passion is animation and concept/layout design. Having grown up with cartoons on my brain and a sketchbook by my side, my love for animation has increased over the years. Not only has my love for animation grown, my skills have as well, allowing [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
STEPHEN ANDERSON (Director) joined Walt Disney Feature Animation in 1995 as a story artist on “Tarzan.” Prior to taking on directing duties for “Winnie the Pooh,” he served as director of 2007’s “Meet the Robinsons.” Anderson’s credits in the WDAS story department include “The Emperor’s New Groove” and “Brother Bear.” He served as story supervisor [...]
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 [...]
CTN is proud to welcome back the amazing words of Steve Hickner. A Director from Dreamworks animation and veteran of our profession this inspirational speaker shares his insights on filmmaking, artist careers and how to succeed in this wonderful profession we all share. Steve will again be providing one of his famous lectures and will [...]
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 [...]
Sue Blanchard grew up in North Carolina but left small town life for an opportunity to work in production management at Walt Disney Feature Animation. Surrounded by the many talented artists there, Sue became inspired to create her own images and enrolled in Art Center College of Design’s illustration program where she graduated with honors [...]
CTNX 2012 On location, Burbank CA CTN is proud to present Sue DiCicco. A successful woman in the creative arts. It is easy to categorized Sue as a multi-talented artist with many voices. Her creative curiosity has taken her to be an animator, writer, studio owner, illustrator and sculptor and has been and continues to [...]
CTNX 2012 On location, Burbank CA Syd Mead has done more than imagine the future, he has helped to craft its shape. In addition to being one of the few top names in the field of concept art for the entertainment industry, Syd Mead is often referred to as a visual futurist, and he is [...]
Sydney Hanson is an illustrator based in Los Angeles, CA specializing in character design and children’s illustration. Born and raised in Minneapolis, MN she spent the majority of her childhood out in the woods and developed a love for biology and life sciences. This led her to her first artistic job working as a medical [...]
Tali Apt is a character designer, cartoonist, and storyboard artist living in the Baltimore Metro area. He graduated from Schoolcraft College in Detroit, MI with a degree in animation. Tali currently teaches art classes to children and young adults. He recently completed the art for a weekly comic strip in an international children’s magazine, Binah [...]
Ted’s most recent contributions include storyboards and story development on WALL•E and Presto. Currently he is a storyboard supervisor working with on an upcoming project. In this capacity, he manages and supports a small team of story artists, brainstorms story ideas, visualizes the script in drawn camera shots with character acting, and other requests the [...]
CTN is proud to be able to include Animator Ted Ty to CTN this year. Ted Ty has a tremendous amount of experience animating in both 2d and 3d. He currently is working at DreamWorks Animation and has worked on films such as Rise of the Guardians, Puss in Boots and Kung Fu Panda. During [...]
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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 was constantly [...]
Coran Stone is an Designer/Illustrator that has worked for companies such as Hasbro, Upperdeck, 4 kids, Storyboarded and Character designed for WB animation, Worked at the Hub on Transformers animated and Disney XD. . http://kizer180.deviantart.com/ http://kizerdabbles.blogspot.com/ . . Christopher Copeland is a Storyboard artist in TV animation from Chicago Illinois who works as a Storyboard [...]
Matt Cruickshank brings to life how sketches & compositions inform and strengthen professional projects.
This cool independent studio is with us for the first time this year. Although you’ve probably read some of Todd’s great write ups for the CTN sessions posted on our Vimeo Channel. We are proud to announce that they will be leading a workshop: “How to Run a Small Animation Studio From Anywhere”, providing Portfolio [...]
CTNX 2012 On location, Burbank CA CTN is proud to welcome on the exhibit floor this half of the dynamic duo affectionately known as “Two Guys Named Bancroft”. Please help me welcome Tom Bancroft to CTN eXpo. Tom will have his two character design instructional books: CREATING CHARACTERS WITH PERSONALITY and (the new) CHARACTER MENTOR [...]
TOM CARDONE (Art Director) started his animation career at Walt Disney Feature Animation in Burbank, CA in 1990. Over the next 12 years he worked as a Background Artist and Supervisor, and eventually Co-Art Director on Emperor’s New Groove. He then returned to NY to join Blue Sky Studios on Robots. He has since Art [...]
At 18, Tomo got his start in manga, winning the most prestigious award for comics. He has worked with Hirohiko Araki on JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE which sold 75 million copies and with Masanori Morita on ROOKIES which was made into a film. At 26, he started to work as Lead Concept Artist on NAMCO’s STARFOX [...]
Upon graduating from high school, Tony was accepted into the exclusive, Disney sponsored art college, California Institute of the Arts (Cal-Arts) in 1987, where he thrived artistically and developed a lifelong passion for animation. As a result of his time at CalArts, he was “drafted” to the big leagues of Walt Disney Animation Studios. His [...]
CTN is very proud to include Character Designer, Tony Siruno this year. His extensive body of work only shows to reinforce his amazing talent. Tony Siruno has been working as a character designer for DreamWorks Animation since 1995. Prior to that, he spent 2 season’s as a character layout artist for The Simpsons and a [...]
Tony White has worked with Richard Williams at his London studio and studied with Ken Harris and Art Babbit; later he opened his own studio there, Animus Productions. Producer and director of many award-winning films, including the masterful ‘Hokusai’. A writer of essential animation textbooks through Focal Press, he also created and produces the ’2D [...]
Tori Davis also known as “Tori Cat” is a Visual Development artist from the UK. She is mostly recognized for her Environment/Layout work, but also specializes in Character Design too. Tori Graduated from the Arts Institute in Bournemouth in 2007 with a First Class, BA (Hons) Degree in ‘Animation Production’ and started work for Blue [...]
CTN is incredibly proud to include this extremely versatile and gifted character designer from Germany to CTN this year. Torsten will be on the exhibit floor and sharing his talent through both demonstrations and conversations with his international peers. Torsten Schrank was born 1974 in Berlin, Germany. After his studies of Animation at the Film [...]
Trey Hodges is an illustrator/ comic artist based in Los Angeles. Currently working on comics, illustration, and children’s books. Trey is an artist who loves all forms of art; but has a particular interest in animation, video games, music and watercolor painting. – - – - -
Trevor Spencer is a designer and illustrator living and working Los Angeles. He is a Sheridan graduate and his work is best described as funny, lighthearted and most of all eccentric. In his short career thus far he has had the opportunity to work with such studios as House of Cool, Sixpoint Harness, Jim Henson [...]
Tuna Bora is a Los Angeles based visual development artist and character designer. Tuna was born and raised in Istanbul, and lived in Izmir until she moved to the States to study at Otis College of Art And Design. She’s been working as a freelancer in commercials, feature animation and games and participating in gallery [...]
Tyler Carter is a visual development artist at Blue Sky Studios. He graduated from Brigham Young University. While in school, he interned at Walt Disney Feature Animation in 2008 and Pixar in 2009. In 2011, he finished his short film, DreamGiver, which played at Cannes, Anima Mundi, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and many [...]
TYLER PHILLIPS is an animator who studied at Platt College and Animation Mentor. Tyler got his start in Prague working as a 3D generalist. As an animator, Tyler has worked on such films as, “Ice Age 3” (Blue Sky), “God of War 3” (Sony Games), and “How to Train Your Dragon,” “Megamind,” “Puss in Boots,” [...]
TYLER PHILLIPS is an animator who studied at Platt College and Animation Mentor. Tyler got his start in Prague working as a 3D generalist. As an animator, Tyler has worked on such films as, “Ice Age 3” (Blue Sky), “God of War 3” (Sony Games), and “How to Train Your Dragon,” “Megamind,” “Puss in Boots,” [...]
Tyrus Wong, painter, muralist, lithographer, film production illustrator and kitemaker was born in Guangzhou, China in 1910. At age nine he left China for the United States. Upon his arrival he spent nearly a month at the Angel Island Immigration Station before joining his father in Sacramento. As a young teen he moved to Los [...]
Victor Navone is a traditional artist and computer animator. He has a degree in Fine Arts from the University of California, Irvine and worked for several years in the computer gaming industry as a Conceptual Designer and 3d Artist. In 1998 Navone began studying 3D character animation on his spare time. One of his early [...]
Michael Yamada graduated with a degree in Product Design from Art Center College of Design. Today he works as a visual development artist in the animation industry, concept artist for video games and a part time college instructo r. He currently resides in Pasadena, CA with his wife, Victoria Ying and their two cats. He [...]
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 [...]
Walter Gatus is an artist currently located in Los Angeles. With over 10 years of experience, he has worked for studios such as Warner Bros., Cartoon Network, Starz and Hasbro. He has worked as a character designer for shows like Transformers: Prime, Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, & Ultimate Spiderman. He recently published his book, [...]
Willie Real is a designer based in San Francisco, CA where he currently doodles for Google. Willie spent 5 years at Blue Sky Studios developing environments & characters for films such as Horton Hears A Who, Ice Age, Rio, Leafmen and other projects in development. He continues to freelance in the animation world and loves [...]
Wouter Tulp attended the Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since his graduation in 2001 he has been making a living as an illustrator. Starting out as a caricaturist, Wouter now concentrates on character design and concept art for animation. Recentley he worked on a German feature project with Harald Siepermann. Key in [...]
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