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Inside the World of Ralph McQuarrie

Inside the World of Ralph McQuarrie

In a rare presentation exclusively moderated by John Scoleri, co-author/publisher of “The Art of Ralph McQuarrie” and personal friend to Ralph, join us and experience that magical time and get inspired all over again through the presentation and conversations of those artists that not only were inspired by but who also [...]

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Pascal Campion Designer

Pascal Campion Designer

Pascal Campion’s bio
Pascal Campion is an artist working in the fields on animation and illustration living in the bay area.

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Craig Elliott Designer

Craig Elliott Designer

California-native Craig Elliott has been creating art for as long as he can remember. Fueled by an intense curiosity about the natural world, Elliott built elaborate dioramas as a child before taking up painting. After receiving training from greats such as Harry Carmean and Burne Hogarth at Art Center College of Design, Elliott began a [...]

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CreatureBox

CreatureBox

At its core, CreatureBox is for anyone who enjoys bizarre monster design, comics of spacemen, and illustrations of everything in between. For the past several years, Dave Guertin and Greg Baldwin have spent most of their time digging deep into what makes characters tick while trying to tell a few stories along the way. They’ve [...]

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WILLIAM STOUT

WILLIAM STOUT

William Stout was born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1949. At seventeen he won a full California State Scholarship to the California Institute of the Arts. He began his professional career in 1968 with the cover for the first issue of Coven 13. In 1971 he began to assist Russ Manning on the Tarzan [...]

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One on One Career Interview with Tadahiro Uesugi

Title: One on One Career Interview with Tadahiro Uesuri
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
Length: 45min
Filmed on November 2010
Description:CTN was proud to sponsor the visit of Tadahiro Uesugi to CTNx 2010. In a very rare appearance, this interview with animation critic Charles Solomon is an opportunity for you to hear, via an interpreter, and see [...]

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Sho Murase Mavrix Studios Designer

Sho Murase Mavrix Studios Designer

Sho has been working both in the US and Europe , as a designer and story artist
In advertisement animation her clients include companies such as WildBrain, Nike, & Virgin amongst others.
In print , since her first graphic novel “Sei” was published by Image Comics in 2003,
she has created” ME2″ ,and illustrated [...]

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Peck n Paw

Peck n Paw

Some of the fantastic talent from Disney’s visual development team have joined together to release an independent art book. This collection of personal work features the unique illustrated visions of over 20 artists.
Meet a few of the artists at this years eXpo. Original art from the book and other new work will be on display [...]

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Ed Rodiguez Designer

Ed Rodiguez Designer

Ed Rodriguez has had a 20-year career as an artist developing and designing toys, characters and animated films for Consumer Products and Entertainment companies including The Walt Disney Company, where he spent close to10 years as Creative Director for the Disney Stores. After Disney he went to MGA/Little Tikes developing new brands and producing the [...]

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Pao Jitmakusol Designer

Pao Jitmakusol Designer

HANGBoY tm The mischievous character who turns reality upside down. The Hangboy character portrays reality from a satirical point of view that is often lacking in today’s society. He questions the status quo and put a humorous, if not dark and mysterious spin on the situation.
Pao (AKA Thitipong Jitmakusol) is a multi-skilled digital artist born [...]

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Lubomir Arsov, Independent Designer and Illustrator

Lubomir Arsov, Independent Designer and Illustrator

Lubomir Arsov is a character designer and visual development artist residing in Toronto, Canada. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, he journeyed over the Atlantic Ocean seven hours back in time, to step upon the soil of the New World. Enthralled by the visual language of the material realm, he chose to explore it’s many variations through [...]

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Eric Canete Animation and Comic Artist

Eric Canete Animation and Comic Artist

ERIC CANETE is an illustrator and designer working in the animation and comic book industries. He was born in the Philippines and moved to the United States when he was 12 years old. His professional career got a very early start when at the age of 17 he assisted as a background designer and storyboard [...]

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Gabriele Pennacchioli Animator, Designer

Gabriele Pennacchioli Animator, Designer

Gabriele Pennacchioli joined DreamWorks Animation in 2003 as a lead animator on “Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas.” He went on to work as an animator on “Shark Tale,” “Flushed Away,” “Kung Fu Panda” and as a story artist on “Shrek the Third” and “Crood Awakening.”
Currently, Gabriele is working as an animator on “How To [...]

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Saud Boksmati Designer

Saud Boksmati Designer

Saud Boksmati is a freelance designer and visual development artist currently residing in Toronto, Canada.  After Graduating from Sheridan College in 2005 he has worked for C.O.R.E Digital and  House of Cool Studios  as a Character Designer and Supervisor on various shows.
In his Spare time he loves to read books on history, politics and ancient [...]