Here are just two of the many books he has illustrated.

“Zorro and Mister Bud in, Say Hello to Zorro” published by Simon and Schuster is the first in a coming series due out next summer.

Mister Bud is a dog of routine. He has wake up time, nap time, rest time, dinner time, etc. And everyone knows to follow his schedule.

Then disaster strikes. A stranger comes home at “make a fuss time” and throws everything off! Zorro is little bit bossy and Mister Bud wants nothing to do with him. But when the dogs discover they like the same things (like chasing the cat and napping), everything becomes more fun. As long as everyone follows the schedule.

The Hermit Crab
Hermit Crab is no hero. He would rather just keep to himself. He’s content to spend the day looking for food and staying comfy in his shell. And when he finds a new shell, he is excited to have something so beautiful for himself. But when a mysterious contraption lands in the center of town, no one knows what to make of it. The lobster thinks it’s a restaurant. The bluefish thinks it’s a trap. No one is brave enough to go near it until they realize that flounder is trapped underneath! When Hermit Crab comes upon the contraption looking for the source of the delicious smell, he inadvertantly rescues the flounder and everyone in town cheers his triumph, but is he the hero or is his shell?

A Creature Was Stirring
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and in this great house the creature who stirred was a boy, not a mouse. And while upstairs his parents were dreaming and snoring, with Santa so close, sleep seemed pretty boring.

Esteemed New Yorker cover artist Carter Goodrich retells the story of ‘Twas the night before Christmas from the child’s point of view. With Clement Clarke Moore’s classic poem one one side of every page, and a child’s comedic rhyming on the other,  this magical book about seeing and dreaming of Santa Claus will inspire readers of all ages to believe. Against a luminous backdrop of midnight and silver, memories of Christmases past and present converge in a modern classic born in the tradition of The Polar Express.

Currently Sean is working with Leapfrog creating a new designs for an upcoming IP.

On the side he is working on his creator own properties such as; Bastion’s 7, Gumshoes 4 Hire, Little Big Heads and Critta Tykes.

Ovi llater attended school at the academy of art in SF. after two years he
left school and moved back to LA to work for Warner Bros animation doing Visual-Development, Character Design, Storyboarding, shooting
rubber-bands across cubicles and what not.

After studio hopping for 5 years Ovi decided to move to Portland (OR).
He is currently working at LAIKA, working on children’s books and always developing new projects.

“I realize life is short and then you die, so I try to
make the best of what God has given me. I’m thankful for
all the Lord’s blessings.” Ovi Nedelcu

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 Warner Brothers Animation, doing Character Design on “Batman, the Animated Series”. Later he joined Disney Feature Animation, working on animated features like The Legend of Mulan, Tarzan, Atlantis, Home on the Range, Bolt and many others as a character designer and story artist. He has been honored with many awards most notably the prestigious Reuben Award presented by The National Cartoonist Society for his design achievements, and an Annie Award nomination for his story work. He is currently working at DreamWorks as a story artist.

His film credits include:
How to Train Your Dragon
Kung Fu Panda II
The Croods
Monster Coin
Bolt
Joe Jump
Fraidy Cat
Atlantis
The Legend of Mulan
Tarzan

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Zaruhi Galstian 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 is currently working as a freelance character designer at Disney Toon Studios. Her work can be seen on her blog, www.zaruhigalstianblog.blogspot.com.

Besides digital film projects, Patrick also swings a couple of traditional brushes on his personal paintings, some of which can be seen on his blog:

http://www.patrickawa.net/

Currently, Nicolás works as a freelance designer and teaches for the Animation Department at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.  He he lives in San Francisco, California., where aside from drawing and painting he also enjoys playing soccer and spending time with his friends.

Loter, Inc. has contributed to the legacy of many of the world’s most beloved characters -Mickey Mouse and friends, Looney Tunes, The Muppets, Harry Potter and more – and continues to do so for various clients. They have also created original characters for King’s Fish House restaurants, the Disney Channel and others.

Original characters and stories are also featured on Loter, Inc. merchandise – apparel, accessories, art prints, and collectibles. Loter Inc. has self-published two books, with more to come.

Animation director/producer Steve Loter [Ren and Stimpy, Kevin Smith's Clerks The Animated Series, Kim Possible] heads up Loter, Inc.’s  animation projects. Steve has directed the Tally Hall music video “Hidden In The Sand”, Loter, Inc’s first animated project.

Loter, Inc. will offer a full selection of merchandise at CTN-X, including Good Girl Bad Girl books, Supa-Rillas comics and many other items.  For more information, please visit loter.com

Help us welcome John Loter to CTN-X 2009. Register Now http://www.regonline.com/ctnanimationexpo2009

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 in amusement parks.  In 1993 he went  on  to  establish  his  own  illustration  business  and caricature concession company called  Silvertoons, where he worked freelance. In 1996 he was hired as a graphic designer for the clothing company “No Fear”.

In 1997 he was hired by Warner Bros. Television Animation as  a  character  designer  and  has  been  working  in  the animation industry ever since. He has worked as Character Designer and Supervisor for Disney Television Animation, Sony Feature Animation and Nickelodeon Animation, designing characters for “Kim Possible”, “Danny Phantom” and Kevin Smith’s “Clerks” the animated series, to name a few. Stephen also teaches an online character design course at Schoolism.com.

Join Stephen at CTN-X where he will be looking at portfolios and sharing his talent and experience all weekend.

CTN Member Stephen Silver

In addition to his day job and instructing, Mark recently released his first full color hardback book, “The Art and Feel of Making It Real:  Gesture Drawing for the Animation and Entertainment Industry.”  This 208-page Art and Instruction bible was derived from his philosophy of giving back.  “The Art and Feel of Making It Real” now allows access of industry-only secrets and tips to everyone willing to take up the challenge of working in the industry and how it functions in today’s times.  The book comes with a foreword by the legendary Eric Goldberg (of Genie fame), and contributing words by Andreas Deja, Marcelo Vignali and industry instructor Karl Gnass.

Come join Mark McDonnell when he brings his talent, artwork and books to share with you all weekend long at CTN-X 2009.

CTN Member Mark McDonnell
You can also see Mark’s work on his site:  www.cre8tivemarks.com

Along with her work as an animator Beth has also worked as an Art Director, Character Designer, Story Board Artist, and Concept Artist on a number of projects as well.
This year marks the debut of Beth’s first book “The Cryptid Case Files”, which is an homage to her undying love for the “B” monster movies genre. The book is filled with a combination of both cuddly and gruesome creatures that are sure to please animation fans, and monster movie addicts alike.
Help us welcome Beth Sleven to CTN-X 2009. Register Now http://www.regonline.com/ctnanimationexpo2009

More work by Rik Maki can be seen at http://www.rikmaki.com
Help us welcome Rik Maki to CTN-X 2009. Register Now http://www.regonline.com/ctnanimationexpo2009

Chris spends vast amounts of time creating content for his website, ChrisOatley.com where you can find digital painting tutorials, interviews with working artists, free Photoshop resources, articles about painting, drawing and screenwriting and of course, his own artwork. His goal is to inspire his audience. He loves his wife, Angie more than he can explain and finds that her patience and encouragement has significantly increased his artistic ability. His tiny brown dachshund is named Sydney because Chris and Angie are big ‘Alias’ fans. He dreams of being an art director in animation and of writing and directing feature films (both live action and animated). He currently lives in Venice, California.

The Future Has Arrived:  Enrich and Extend Your Art Life By Embracing The Internet.

In this session, you will learn how to create, market and distribute your own creative content for little or no money, how to cultivate authentic relationships in online creative communities and  how to monetize digital content.  Most importantly you will learn how the ancient art of sharing knowledge, in light of the possibilities provided by various new media can redefine your artistic future and engage your audience in an unprecedented way.

“Pascal Campion is a French artist living in the Bay area.
He’s worked for the past nine years in animation, doing commercials, music videos, shorts, as well as in  the design field, doing illustrations, designs and children books.”

Help us welcome Michael Daly and Pascal Campion  to CTN-X 2009. Register Now http://www.regonline.com/ctnanimationexpo2009

Join us in this rare opportunity when these top designers in the field of animation come together for a round table discussion.

Gregg Couch (TBA) Designer from Blue Sky Studios.

Jason Deamer

Jason Deamer began his career at Pixar Animation Studios in 1998 as a Sketch Artist on Monsters, Inc.  He has worked as a Character Designer on a number of Pixar films including the Oscar®-winning Finding Nemo and Ratatouille, as well as the Short films One Man Band and Lifted.  Deamer is currently in development, working on a future Disney•Pixar release.

Inspired early in life by Spiderman, Star Wars and Tin Tin to pursue a career in drawing, Deamer leads a small team of artists at Pixar who work with the film’s director to design the characters.  Prior to joining Pixar, Deamer worked designing graphics and illustrations for Plan B skate boards.

Deamer grew up in Mill Valley, California and attended the University of California at Davis and the California College of Arts and Crafts in the Bay Area.  He currently lives in San Francisco.

Andreas Deja

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 Eric Larson.^[1] The first film on which he worked was The Black Cauldron, during which time he shared a cubicle with the film director Tim Burton.

During his rookie days at Disney, Deja sought mentorship and practical advice from seven of the then-living Nine Old Men (who were already retired before his tenure). On an interview with Clay Katis on the Animation Podcast, Deja stated that if the podcast needed anything on the Nine Old Men, to refer to him because of the vast amount of information he has collected over the years. He later revealed that one of his ambitions is to publish one book for each of the Nine Old Men.

Deja is best known as the supervising animator of some of the most memorable Disney villains: Gaston from Beauty and the Beast, Jafar in Aladdin and Scar from The Lion King. He also animated Roger Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit, King Triton from The Little Mermaid, the title character from Hercules, Lilo from Lilo & Stitch, and Queen Narissa from Enchanted. In addition, he is the current resident specialist for the animation of Mickey Mouse.

In 2006, at the 35th Annie Awards, Deja was awarded the Winsor McCay Award for outstanding contribution to the art of animation.

Harald Siepermann

HARALD SIEPERMANN   was born 10th of June 1962 in Bochum Germany . He studied Art and Illustration at the Folkwang School in Essen and startet early to work for Advertising – Agencies in Düsseldorf London and Zürich.

For almost 20 years Harald is designing characters for a range of animation-studios worldwide most notably for WALT DISNEY FEATURE ANIMATION in Burbank California.  Harald’s credits include among others :

* Who Framed Roger Rabbit ?
* Mulan
* Tarzan
* The Emperor’s New Groove
* Treasure Planet
* Brother Bear
* Enchanted ( Disney)
* Space Chimps ( Vanguard )

As well as Designs for the upcoming Lissy Und Der Wilde Kaiser ( herbiX ).

Harald also works as a commercial illustrator in Hamburg Germany and together with famed Dutch Entertainer HERMAN VAN VEEN he is creator of the award winning TV program ALFRED J. KWAK. Harald Siepermann is lecturing character design at several FilmSchools in Cologne, Berlin, Ludwigsburg, Hamburg and Viborg, Denmark.

Marcelo Vignali

MARCELO VIGNALI  is an Art Director 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 year began his formal art education at Otis Art Institute of Parson’s School of Design.

Marcelo began working as a commercial artist in 1985 doing black and white illustrations for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate; his illustrations were featured in 56 newspapers across the United States. Two years later Marcelo embarked on a career in television animation, as a storyboard clean up artist and character designer.

In 1989 Marcelo would establish a relationship with the Walt Disney Company that would span well over a decade, both in feature animated films and theme park design. During which, some of that time he was working as a freelancer while living in St. George, Utah.

In 2003, Marcelo Vignali returned to Southern California to join the creative team at Sony Picture Animation. Since then he has worked on a variety of Sony projects. In addition to Surf’s Up, Marcelo has also worked on Open Season (2006), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009), and Hotel Transylvania. He currently resides in Southern California with his wife and two daughters.

A panel discussion and overview of what it means to translate Disney characters from film and television to theme parks and attractions.  Panelists from Walt Disney Imagineering will cover the past, present and future of Disney characters in theme parks, providing a behind-the-scenes look at the evolution of animated characters in fully-immersive environments.  Walt Disney Imagineering is the unique innovative organization that creates – from concept through construction – all Disney theme parks, resorts, attractions, cruise ships, real estate developments, and regional entertainment venues worldwide. Imagineering’s unique strength comes from the teamwork and syntheses of creative and technical professionals representing more than 140 diverse disciplines.

Panelists:

Joe Lanzisero – Senior Vice President, Creative, Walt Disney Imagineering
Diane Binford – Manager, Show Programming & Animation, Walt Disney Imagineering
Ethan Reed – Senior Show Animator, Walt Disney Imagineering
Joe Garlington – Vice President, Executive Producer for Interactive Projects, Walt Disney Imagineering
Akhil Madhani – Technical Staff Director, Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development

DUE TO THE CONFIDENTIAL NATURE OF THE CONTENT NO VIDEOTAPING OR PHOTOGRAPHY WILL BE ALLOWED DURING THIS PRESENTATION

Some of the things he’ll be selling at the Expo will be:  sketchbooks, prints, toys, and original art.
Help us welcome Ryan Hungerford to CTN-X 2009. Register Now http://www.regonline.com/ctnanimationexpo2009

I’ll be selling my full color 64 page hardcover graphic novel:  “Seaweed and the Cure for Mildew”.  The book is an oversized giant measuring a whooping 12 x 15 inches and will be the perfect and unique gift for the holiday season.  The book is the first of a two part story telling the tale of Seaweed, a pelican who sets out on a journey to find a cure for death in a book rumored to be written by the Devil.  A sketchbook is included in the back of the book that includes the making of art, inking tips, and unused character designs.

Come by CTN-X 09′ and say hi to: 
CTN Member Ben Balistreri