Chris Bailey is currently the Animation Supervisor on HOP for Universal. Recently, he has worked as a consultant to Blue Sky Studios and Fox. This follows his successful, longstanding relationship with Fox, for which he was the Animation Supervisor on numerous Fox hits such as ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS 1 & 2, X-MEN [...]
Acclaimed artist and Annie Award winner Carter Goodrich has illustrated sixteen New Yorker covers and has worked as a character designer on many beloved animated films, including Ratatouille; Monsters, Inc.; Finding Nemo; and the latest being Dispicable Me as well as many animation feature films from Pixar, DreamWorks Animaton and Walt Disney Studios. He is [...]
“Moebius” is in the house at CTNX the weekend of Nov 19-21.
This exclusive US appearance of JEAN GIRAUD “MOEBIUS” is made possible by The Creative Talent Network®.
Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (born May 8, 1938) (alias Moebius or Gir) is a legendary author and comic strip artist. In 1963, under the name Gir [...]
Tim Sale was born in Ithaca, New York, in 1956. He and his family moved to Seattle, Washington when he was six years old, and on the car ride west, his father bought him comic books to help pass the time, thus beginning his lifelong interest in visual storytelling. When Sale was 13, [...]
Sergio Paez is a San Francisco artist specializing in storyboards, animation, and visual development for TV, feature films, and games. His animation credits in the United States and in Europe include projects for Pixar, Lucasfilm, Sony, and Sega.
As an independent filmmaker, Sergio has shown his work at the Los Angeles International Film Festival, at the [...]
Chen-Yi Chang is probably best known for his character design work for Walt Disney’s feature animated film “The Legend of Mulan”.
He has been in the animation industry since the age of 15 when he began working in his native country Taiwan for various productions for US companies. After graduation from CalArts, he joined [...]
PETER de SÈVE’S illustration and character designs are known throughout the world. His work spans three decades and various media, including magazines, books, print and television advertising, animated feature films and magazines. Best recognized for his many New Yorker covers and his character designs for the three blockbuster Ice Age movies (“Scrat” is now an [...]
Carol Kieffer Police attended the Art Center College of Design. During that time she majored 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 Ralph Bakshi Animated Feature [...]
Created at the beginning of 2008, Headless Productions´ members (Adrian Garcia, Alfredo Torres and Victor Maldonado) had already a long professional career in animation. Art directors on several TV shows, switched into feature films with “El Cid: the legend” to immediately direct, write and art direct their debut film “Nocturna”, winner of 2008 Goya and [...]
Pablo Navarro is an Animation Director, Director and Senior Character Animator. He started his career at a very young age, as an autodidact. Professionally speaking his first job into animation was final line inker, after that he jumped little by little by all the positions within a production, until he became a lead animator and [...]
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 [...]
After earning his Batchelor of Arts Degree from West Surrey College of Art and Design in Surrey, England, Mark went on to make the filmed animated short, “Father” that would later be nominated for a BAFTA and eventually win numerous awards.
Soon after, Mark started his career in earnest at the Wyatt Cattaneo Animation Studio in [...]
A 20-year veteran of the animation industry, Armand has worked on both TV and feature film productions. Born in Manila, Philippines, he now resides in Los Angeles working as an art director for Sony Pictures Animation in Culver City, California.
Armand graduated with a Civil Engineering degree at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. Upon [...]
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 [...]
Help me welcome animation Director and Writer Mike Disa to CTNX 2010. After working for over ten years as an animator/story artist at studios like Disney Feature Animation, Warner Feature, Marvel, Amblin, and Hanna Barbara, Mike struck out to become an independent Director/Writer.
After co-creating the series pilot Creepwood for Warner’s On-line, directing commercials, and developing [...]
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 [...]
ELEMENTAL MAGIC-
An Organic Approach to Special Effects Animation
Joseph Gilland is an animation director, special effects animator, journalist, author and musician. His most recent book ‘Elemental Magic – The Art of Special Effects Animation’, has quickly become a sensation in the global animation community, bringing to print for the first time the magic behind the visual [...]
“The King of Cute” is what David Pruiksma was dubbed by his peers at CalArts. And, though other students before him held this title, the reign was Pruiksma’s during his stint in the Character Animation Program from 1979 to 1981. Today, the title seems particularly appropriate in that from 1981-2001 Pruiksma was cast on some [...]
Robert St. Pierre is a Production Designer, Visual Development, Layout Artist and Key Note Speaker with 19 years experience in the animation industry.
Originally born and raised in New England, Robert attended Paier College of Art, a private art school located in Hamden, Connecticut. He then transferred to Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, [...]
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 [...]
Frank Gladstone has been working as a professional animator, producer, director, writer and teacher for nearly 35 years. From 1973 to 1989, he managed his own Emmy award-winning studio, Persistence of Vision, producing commercials and educational films, and has since held management positions for Disney, Warner Brothers and DreamWorks, among others. Some of his feature [...]
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 [...]
Bruce Block is the author of THE VISUAL STORY, the widely read book on the relationship between visual structure and story structure. He conducts seminars at every major animation studio, computer game companies and advertising agencies in America and Europe. Bruce is also on the faculty at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts where he teaches [...]
Angela Lepito is the Production Manager for DreamWorks Animation’s Artistic Development program and Training department. In her role she is responsible for programming, events and training initiatives. She joined the company in 2004 in a Production Supervisor role on the television series, “Father of the Pride.” Following that, she worked on “Bee Movie” as Production [...]
DAVE ZABOSKI has always been drawing. From the start, he has pulled images from his imagination and observed the motion and emotion from life, filled a thousand sketchbooks, and can always be found with a drawing pen in his pocket and blank pages nearby.
He has been a professional at this for twenty years and has [...]
LEE SILBER, affectionately known as “Creative Lee” is the best-selling author of 14 books including “Self-Promotion For The Creative Person”, “Organizing From The Right Side Of The Brain”, “Rock To Riches”, and “The Wild Idea Club”. Silber is also the founder of five companies ranging from Waves & Wheels Surfcenters to Deep Impact Training. Since [...]
KATHY ZIELINSKI with over 21 animated feature screen credits behind her is one of a very elite group of award winning women animators in the animation industry. Currently at Dreamworks Animation Studios for the past 10 years she graduated from California Institute of the Arts and began her career at Walt Disney Animation Studios in [...]
Max Howard is the president of Exodus Film Group the independent production company formed in 2001 that has taken pioneering steps in the animation field by creating one of the first private equity animation film funds. The company will develop, produce, finance and distribute a multi-picture slate of CG-animated feature films, DVDs and television series.
In [...]
BILL KROYER is an award-winning director of animation and computer graphics commercials, short films, movie titles and theatrical films. Listen to him here…
Newbreed Visual Effects
Chris Bailey Animation Director
Nucleus GalleryNUCLEUS GALLERY has strived to be a welcoming gathering place for the art loving community since October 2004 by offering
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Ghostbot
Carter Goodrich Illustrator Character Designer
An evening with “Moebius” exclusive special event. Reservations are open now."Moebius" is in the house at CTNX the weekend of Nov 19-21. This exclusive US appearance of JEAN GIRAUD "MOEBIUS" is made
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The Future Has Arrived
Directing Animation vs Live Action
Robh Ruppel Art Director
Indy Studio Owners
David Pimental Story Artist
Tim Sale Comic Artist
Sergio Paez of StoryBoardArt.org
The Third Floor
Sean Galloway Character Designer
Francisco Herrera Character Designer
Damon Bard Industry Sculptor
Kent Melton Master Sculptor
Pascal Campion Designer
Chris Ayers Character Designer
Olivier Tossan Visual Development Artist
Stuart Ng Comes to Burbank
Brett Bean Concept Artist
Chen Yi-Chang Character Designer
Craig Elliott Designer
Marceline Tanguay and Zaruhi Galstian
Laura Dubuk and Tabitha Fisher Animation Artists
Ed Rodiguez Designer
Ed Ghertner Art Director
Drake Brodahl Illustrator
Duncan Studio
Peter de Sève Legendary New York Illustrator
Patrick Awa Concept Artist
Carol Police Art Director
Roland Tamayo Concept Artist
Pao Jitmakusol Designer
Headless Productions
Pablo Navarro Directing Animator
Andreas Deja Supervising Animator
Mark Austin Cinematic Artist
Z-Brush from Pixologic
Muertoons
Ruel Pascual Digital Cinematic Artist
Jason Pruett Development Artist
Andre Barnwell AnimatorAndre Barnwell is a classically trained designer and animator who enjoys using either his a ball point pen or the forgiving
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Armand Serrano Art Director
John Musker Director
The Art Institute Hollywood
Mike Disa Director and Writer
Burbank Arts and Education Foundation
LYNDA.COM
Santa Monica College – Academy of Entertainment Technology
Marcelo Vignali Production Designer Sony
ICEF Public Schools
Nicolas Villarreal Independent Designer
Women In Animation
The Animation Guild (TAG)
Flip
Creative Handbook
ColdHard Flash
Animation Educators Forum (AEF)
USC Animation & Digital Arts
Burbank Unified School District (BUSD)
Rhythm and Hues Studios
Pixar Animation Studios
Nickelodeon
Imaginism Studios
Fringe Talent
Dreamworks Animation Studios
Digital Domain
BlueSky Animation Studios
The City of Burbank
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Marriott International
Animation World Network – AWN.com
Sherm Cohen Storyboard Secrets
Cartoon Brew
Sonic Bunny Productions
The Broad Appeal of Animation
Animation Mentor
The Mighty Nomad Gallery
Stefan Bucher Designer
Woodbury University
LAAFA
The Los Angeles Film School
Martin Hsu Character Designer
Essential Sequential
Mindy Lee Concept Artist
Eduardo Avenir II Animator
Kei Acedera Art Director
Animation Magazine
Lubomir Arsov, Independent Designer and Illustrator
DigiCel
Maxon Computers
Joseph Gilland EFX Animator
Animation Mentor – An Animation Career Snapshot
Patricia Ann Lewis-MacDougall
Dave Pruiksma Animator and Teacher
Eric Canete Animation and Comic Artist
Brian Ajhar Designer Illustrator
Funny Little Bunny
Video Symphony School
Robert St. Pierre Production Designer
Toon Boom Animation Inc.
Dean Yeagle Cartoonist
Jerry Beck Animation Historian
Brittney Lee Animator / Designer
Ken Turner Director, Independent Designer
John Loter Character Designer Disney
Jeremy Bernstein Story Artist
Nancy Beiman AnimatorNancy Beiman received a BFA in Film and Character Animation with the first graduating class in the California Institute of the
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Valerio Ventura Production Designer
Renegade Animation
Scott Wright Dreamworks Animator
California Institute of the Arts CalArts
Stephen Silver Character Designer
Frank Hansen Cartoonist, Illustrator
Bill Robinson Animator
Zeroes and Ones
Mark McDonnell Independent Designer
Fabian Molina Traditional Animator
Donnachada Daly Animator Dreamworks
Mitchell Bernal Designer / Toy Creator
Frank Gladstone Producer Gladstone Film, Inc.
Beth Sleven Character Designer
Rik Maki Character Designer
Chris Kennett Animator
Michael Amos Animator
David Colman Character Designer
Robin Joseph Independent Designer
How to Break Into Animation Steve Hickner Dreamworks Director
Bobby Chiu Concept Artist
Liana Hee Character Designer
Pixar Is In the House | Story Story Story
The History of the Maquette
The Pioneer Series: Those Who Paved The Way
Mike Mignola American Comic Artist and Writer
J. Scott Campbell Comic Book Artist
Member Where Abouts April 2010
The Line of Influence: A Tribute to Ronald Searle
Kells Opens in Los Angeles
CTN Members @ Wonder ConMany CTN members will be making their annual migration to San Francisco this weekend where they will participate in the wonders
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Lou Romano Art Director Laika
Warner Bros Animation Studios
Sony Pictures Animation (SPA)
Gnomon
Breakpoint Books
Steve Gordon Director
5 Successful Traits of an Animator – Andrew Gordon Pixar Animator
Enriching Your Art Life by Embracing the Internet: Chris Oatley
Anatomy Activist Stuart Sumida
One on One Spotlight with Dave Master
Pixie Dust to Pixels
Kevin Eslinger Character Designer, Illustrator
Phil Phillipson Comic Artist
Vilppu Studio
Scott Morse Pixar Character Designer
Mark Christiansen Character Designer, Illustrator
Justin Orr Illustrator
Michael Daly
Gabriele Pennacchioli Animator, Designer
Saud Boksmati Designer
Stephanie Laberis Concept Artist
The Line Kings
Color Scripting a Feature Film
VFX in Animation @R+H
1+3+5=The Making of 9
Four Generations of Influence by Ronald Searle
Short Films from Student to Pro
Comedy Wanted Drawn or Alive
How To Steer Your Career Over All Terrain
How I Sell the Pitch
How I Turn Designs Into Toys
The Studio Has No Walls: The Virtual Production Model
Independent Feature Filmmakers
The Relevance of Mime in Animation: Character Movement
Sup of the Day – Digital Supervisors
Bringing Characters to Life in Disney Theme Parks
Across the Great “D” – Vide
Robert Lence Illustrator
Ryan Hungerford Character Designer
Ezra Weisz Improvisation Actor
Delivery Joe
Glenn Litwak Attorney Litwak & Havkin
Steve Kaplan Comedy Writer
Tom Sito Writer
Register NowRegistration for 2010 begins on or before April 2010.
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Corel Painter 11
Humberto Ramos Toy Designer
Craft Animation
Aniboom
ASIFA-Hollywood: The International Animated Film Society
Brad Kesten Voice Actor, Writer
Matt Jones on Ronald SearleGary Goldman Animator, Director and Producer
Bruce Block Story Consultant
Write Brothers Inc.
Angela Lepito Outreach Supervisor Dreamworks Animation
Anatomy of a Hit Animated Series
GirlsDrawinGirls
