Schools, Sponsors, Vendors
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, [...]
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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., [...]
Previous Guests, Schools, Vendors
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 [...]
Studios, Vendors
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 [...]
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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
Vendors
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 [...]
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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 [...]
Sponsors, Vendors
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 [...]
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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 [...]
Schools, Vendors
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, [...]
Studios, Vendors
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 [...]
Sponsors, Studios, Vendors
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 [...]
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Focal Press
Coming Soon ….!!!
Vendors
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, [...]
Vendors
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 [...]
Schools, Vendors
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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, [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
Studios, Vendors
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, [...]
Studios, Vendors
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 [...]
Featured, Special Events, Vendors
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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.
Previous Guests, Vendors
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 [...]
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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 [...]
Schools, Sponsors, Vendors
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
