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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Laguna College of Art+ Design (LCAD) is a private, four-year college located in Laguna Beach, California. LCAD is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. The college offers BFAs in Animation, Drawing & Painting, Game Art, Graphic Design, and Illustration, a Post-Baccalaureate certificate [...]
“The Hub of Animation on the Internet” The Animation World Network is the largest animation-related publishing group on the Internet, providing readers from over 151 countries with a wide range of interesting, relevant and helpful information pertaining to all aspects of animation. Covering areas as diverse as animator profiles, independent film distribution, commercial studio activities, [...]
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 [...]
Toon Boom Animation Inc. is the worldwide leader in digital content and animation creation software, delivering products and services online to its global community. Toon Boom carries user-friendly applications for all, catering to children, home users, creative professionals as well as students, educators and schools. Toon Boom is fully dedicated to education and goes far [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
DreamWorks Animation creates high-quality entertainment, including CG animated feature films, television specials and series and live entertainment properties, meant for audiences around the world. The Company has world-class creative talent, a strong and experienced management team and advanced filmmaking technology and techniques. DreamWorks Animation has been named one of the “100 Best Companies to Work [...]
Thank you Cartoon Brew for showing your support of the talent at CTN expo by sponsoring the OverFlow Lounge all weekend. Be sure and stop by and have a drink and watch some of the best presentations CTN has to offer. Each day, Cartoon Brew brings the latest news and trends in animation to over [...]
Growing up in Glendale, CA with a father who worked in animation, Megan has always been surrounded by art. She was exposed to different styles of art and film which inspired her to follow her father’s path an become an artist herself. So, she moved to San Francisco where she graduated from the Academy of [...]
FRANK FORTE is an accomplished designer, storyboard artist and comic book artist. He has worked in animation for feature films, TV and gaming. Frank’s credits include: Bob’s Burgers, Allen Gregory, The Super Hero Squad Show, Hero 108, Marvel Heroes 4D, Lego Hero Factory, Lego Bionicle:The Legend Reborn, HI HI PUFFY AMI YUMI, Re-Animated Pilot (Out [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Khang graduated from the Art Center College of Design in 2005. Since then he has worked on various films, video games and music videos as a concept artist. His current role is the creative vision for Adhesive Games. He likes to eat noodles and travel to exotic places.
Izzy is currently Lead Concept Artist for characters in the Concept Art department at Sony Santa Monica and was a major contributor to God of War 3. He is also an instructor at Red Engine, Otis School of Design, and the online school CGMW, as well as a freelance illustrator for companies like Hasbro, and [...]
Cecil Kim has been working as a concept artist and illustrator in the entertainment industry for the past 15 years. Cecil received his BFA in Illustration from Art Center College of Design. After graduating, he was employed at Square USA, Inc., where he worked on the Parasite Eve and Final Fantasy IX projects. He later [...]
Alex is a story artist at Pixar Animation Studios. He has worked on the films Ratatouille, WALL-E, Cars 2, and 1906 (unreleased). He is currently working on Pixar’s untitled 2013 film. Alex has a B.F.A. in Film/TV Production from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He also directed and produced the short film “Rex Steele: [...]
Idea Concept Professor – Lucasfilm San Francisco & Singapore Drawing & Sculpture Professor – Cal Arts, Gnomon, USC Drawing & Sculpture Professor – Ngee Ann Poly – Singapore John Mahoney has taught around the world such diverse classes as: Character Sculpture, Zbrush, Figure Drawing, Character Design, Production Design, Story Board, Stop Motion Animation, Traditional Animation, [...]
Eric Goldberg, a veteran Director, Designer and Animator, has worked extensively in New York, London and Hollywood creating feature films, commercials, title sequences and television specials. He is equally at home with traditional hand-drawn animation and the most up-to-date computer animation, and has pioneered ground-breaking techniques in both worlds. Eric’s animation knowledge started early, creating [...]
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 [...]
Please help us give a warm welcome back to Animation Mentor as Sponsors of CTN. AMers will be on the exhibit floor, co-hosting the CTN-X launch party, workshops, special giveaways, demo reel reviews, special guests at booth, and much more! Animation Mentor is a state-of-the-art online animation school focused on teaching the art and craft [...]
Lee White is a children’s book illustrator and concept artist living in Portland Oregon. He has illustrated 11 children’s books and has a new title appearing Spring of 2012 published by Viking. Recently partnered with noted artist agent Paul Rodeen, Lee is writing as well as illustrating his next three book titles. His client list [...]
Kevin has worked professionally as a Character Animator and TD for the last 11 years and with 3D since the early 90′s. In addition to ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs’, ‘Surfs Up’, and several ‘Spider-man’ films Kevin has worked as both a character TD and animator on such films as ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’, [...]
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. – – . [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
At a young age, John Park’s dream was to become an artist just like his father and older brother. The countless nights of staying up late and drawing underneath his desk surrounded by his favorite comic books and toys became the result of what John is doing today. John Park majored in Product Design and shortly after, [...]
Title: A Moment with Magic CTNX 2011 Length 30min CTN animation eXpo is proud to present a very special treat for our guests. Master composer and brilliant individual will share his amazing talent and songs with us as he plays the piano on Friday night. Richard Sherman is a National Treasure and un-renewable American resource. [...]
Anthony Jones started actually as a video game programmer, but found himself very interested in the world of art. He attended the Art Institute of Orange County for a while, then pursued freelance character design for companies such as; Hasbro, Wizards of the Coast, Specular, Big Tree Games, K2 network, and Roblox. He also worked for a [...]
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.
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 [...]
Jessika von Innerebner is an illustrator-animator-concept artist who loves the heck outta what she does. That love has spanned 12 years creating interactive and visual fun for kids (and adults who act like kids), for brands like Disney™, Nintendo™ and Fisher Price™. After a mandatory, morning espresso she loves to tackle creative projects head on. [...]
Howard has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Purdue University and has studied Film at New York University. He has worked with Marvel, DC, DarkHorse, and Image. He is the creator-writer-inker of “Gun Fu,” “Gazillion,” and “Intrigue” and the creator-writer of “Hyperkinetic.” His newest work is the antholgy “Fusillade” which he has written [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. . . . [...]
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 [...]
Jim Hillin is today one of the most well-known Digital Effects artists in Hollywood. Texas born Hillin had come to southern California to seek a career as a studio musician and composer. In 1981, he had composed a soundtrack for a film in Austin, Texas for a friend, who had moved to California and was [...]
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! [...]
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 & [...]
Stephen Neary is a Hoosier-born, New York based animator. Known for his quirky humor and vibrant visuals, Stephen has successfully navigated the difficult road from student to professional. Since graduating NYU in 2008, Stephen has worked as a story artist at Blue Sky Studios. There, he’s boarded on Ice Age 3, Rio, Ice Age 4, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Zaruhi Galstyan was born in Armenia and is currently living in California ever since her family moved to America when she was six years old. She graduated from the Character Animation program at CalArts in 2009 and started her career at Pixar Animation Studios working as a character design intern on Toy Story 3. She [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Mr. Plympton is considered the King of Indie Animation and is the only person to hand draw an entire animated feature film. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, he graduated from Portland State University in Graphic Design. Bill Plympton moved to New York City in 1968. He began his career creating cartoons for publications such [...]
JasonRyanAnimation.com and DigiCel, the makers of FlipBook have teamed up to create the best online animation training you can get and help you bring your animation up to feature quality in the shortest amount of time, without having to mortgage your future. Beyond refining your knowledge and understanding of the standard principles of animation, you [...]
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 [...]
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., [...]
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.
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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’ [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Sony Pictures Animation exemplifies the next generation of CGI storytelling to produce a variety of animated entertainment for audiences around the world.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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