Artists, Exhibitors, Studios

Scott T. Petersen – Golden Street Animation

Scott T. Petersen – Golden Street Animation

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, [...]

Artists, Exhibitors

Eunjung June Kim Animator Illustrator

Eunjung June Kim Animator Illustrator

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 [...]

Artists, Exhibitors, Workshops

Michal Makarewicz Directing Animator Pixar

Michal Makarewicz Directing Animator Pixar

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. [...]

Artists, Speakers

Sue DiCicco Writer Illustrator Sculptor

Sue DiCicco Writer Illustrator Sculptor

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 [...]

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Eric Goldberg Supervising Animator

Eric Goldberg Supervising Animator

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 [...]

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The Upside of Uploads – YouTube Animation Success

The Upside of Uploads – YouTube Animation Success

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

Artists, Exhibitors, Speakers

Ryan Woodward Filmmaker

Ryan Woodward Filmmaker

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 [...]

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Animals & Creatures Animation Breakdown

Title: Animals & Creatures Animation Breakdown Length 55min Sponsored by Animation Mentor In this panel, animators will provide an inspiring overview of what makes visual effects and creatures animation awesome and unique. Panelists will breakdown a shot and discuss their process for breathing life into their characters. You’ll see video reference and behind-the-scenes footage (woot!). [...]

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July Films with Animator and Filmmaker Mike Nguyen

Title: July Films: Behind the Scenes with an independent 2D Filmmaker Hosted by The Creative Talent Network Length 45min Mike Nguyen primary interest is the hand-drawn animation film making medium and aims to reflect beautiful thoughts toward this life on Earth. Mike received his BFA in Character Animation at the California Institute of the Arts [...]

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Catherine Maske

Catherine Maske

Having trained as an animator at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, she’s also skilled in illustration, character design and toy prototyping. In addition to the work Catherine has done for Piximix LLC, she also runs her own successful venture, A Green Cat Productions, where her unique designs have been published in magazines [...]

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Pablo Navarro Directing Animator

Pablo Navarro Directing Animator

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 [...]

Artists, Speakers

Andreas Deja Legendary Animator

Andreas Deja Legendary Animator

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 [...]

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The Broad Appeal of Animation

Title: The Broad Appeal of Animation Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted May 2010 Length 45 min [hdplay id=11 ] The number of females working in the animation industry has dramatically increased in the past quarter century. What began mostly as a male-dominated profession has evolved into an arena full [...]

Artists, Exhibitors

Eduardo Avenir II Animator

Eduardo Avenir II Animator

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 [...]

Artists, Exhibitors

Brittney Lee Designer

Brittney Lee Designer

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 [...]

Artists, Exhibitors

Donnachada Daly Animator Dreamworks

Donnachada Daly Animator Dreamworks

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 [...]

Videos

The Pioneer Series: Those Who Paved The Way

Title: The Pioneer Series: Those Who Paved the Way Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted April 2010 Length 45 min [hdplay id=4 ] Moderated by Animation Historian Jerry Beck this round table discussion with Don Bluth and Gary Goldman centers on the pioneering spirit.   Hear first hand about the passion [...]

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VFX in Animation @R+H

Title: VFX in Animation @R+H Sponsored by The Animation Educator’s Forum Length 45 min Discussion on the Animation process from development to final Animation at Rhythm & Hues Studios. Including:  What studios look for in an artist, how to create a good reel, how to become part of the process, and how the industry has [...]

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Independent Feature Filmmakers

Independent Feature Filmmakers

Title: The Independant Feature Filmmakers Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network Length 45 min Outside of the big box studio system there are independent filmmakers  fueled with  passion, ideas and creative drive that embark on the amazing journey of creating a feature length animated film as an independent.  This round table discussion takes us on [...]

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Across the Great “D” – Vide

Title: Across the Great “D” – Vide Sponsored by Dreamworks Animation Length 45 min Listen to those animators who made it across from 2D to 3D in this candid round table discussion. Find out what makes it across and what doesn’t as you listen to the key ingredients from those who made it “Across the [...]

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

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

Join Ryan in this passionate and inspiration session where he discusses his creative process. Animating from the heart and Logic vs Inspiration. Ryan Woodward began his career as an animator/designer and storyboard artist in 1995.   He has worked for Warner Brothers Feature Animation, Sony Pictures, Cartoon Network, Walt Disney Studios and Marvel Entertainment and Dreamworks [...]

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Dave Burgess Head of Character Animation Dreamworks

Dave Burgess Head of Character Animation Dreamworks

David Burgess does not have any time to get into trouble – he has been busy enough animating! Dave was most recently Head of Character Animation on DreamWorks Animation’s March 2009 release, “Monsters vs. Aliens.”  Prior to Monsters vs Aliens, he was Head of Character Animation on  the mini-movie “Hammy’s Boomerang Adventure,”  and has been [...]

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Kathy Zielinski Dreamworks Animator

Kathy Zielinski Dreamworks Animator

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 [...]

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Jason Ryan Dreamworks Supervising Animator

Jason Ryan Dreamworks Supervising Animator

JASON RYAN was Supervising Animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios for almost twelve years and is now Supervising Animator at DreamWorks Animation Studios. After graduating from the European School of Animation (aka Senior College, Ballyfermot), Ireland in 1993, with a student of the year award from Don Bluth (creator of An American Tail and Land [...]

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