CTN EXPO 2009 audio

Hey folks,

If you missed the CTN Expo 2009. (Cartoon Talent Expo)

I've recorded some of the panels. Exciting topics on Colorscripting, character design, Pixar on comics and storytelling and some others. Enjoy! They're WMA files, so they should work on any PC, and Macs using VLC or the windows media player for mac.

You can download them from here and here.

http://drop.io/woduajr
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Aurian Redson Story Artist from Disney Feature Animation on Saturday Dec 12!

Aurian Redson will be here on Saturday Dec. 12. 12:30pm in room 154. A graduate of calarts, worked in tv for a couple of years as a character layout artist, board revisionist and board artist, then got a job at Disney Feature and has been for seven years now. Some of the films have been Brother Bear, Chicken Little, Meet The Robinsons, Bolt and the new xmas special Prep and Landing.

We will have signed items to give AWAY!

Also got a co-screenwriting credit on Robinsons, did the voice of Frankie for Robinsons and illustrated a picture book for Bolt!!

GOD OF WAR PANEL COMING IN MARCH!!!

Hey folks, watch your calenders!.
We have an amazing panel coming up in March. Peter Tuminello, character modeler, Bruno Velazquez supervising animator, Ruben Morales, environment modeler, and others who will participate to talk about God of War III., and the process of making the game. Stay tuned for more details!

Astroboy Opens Tomorrow!

Hey folks,

Hope you can go support the new Astroboy film that opens tomorrow. Once you've watched the film, head back to this site and listen to this interview with the writer and director David Bowers! I enjoyed the film , but had issues with the story. Good design and good animation make this an entertaining film, and if your a fan of the series, you should go watch this!.

click here to download interview!

Brian Yam-Concept Artist from Naughty Dog Comes to the Inland Empire

Brian Yam, an amazing concept artist will be here on Saturday Oct 10 from 3-6pm Brian has worked on the RESISTANCE FALL OF MAN 1,2. Ratchet and Clank, and Uncharted 2. He is a concept artist at Naughty Dog, one of the premerie Sony Playstation 3 Game Developers!

BE THERE! All GAD students NEED to attend this. If you have a class, talk to your instructor about coming., Or better yet WAIT for the VIDEO! (But you have to wait another week) SO GO TO IT NOW! He will be here from 3-6pm

He will be doing speedpainting demo and talking about color and composition. Senior students bring your portfolios! He will be looking at portfolios the last hour.

Steve Hampton's New Book is out!!

Steve Hamptons book is out! Steve teaches Anatomy and life drawing, as well as painting and comparative anatomy. If you need to improve your anatomy and learn how to draw it step by step, this is the book for you!. If you have any interest in learning how to draw the figure, and have it broken down with the key landmarks and muscles color coded., this IS the book! If you want to be a modeler, You BETTER get this book. It serves as a blueprint for a number of books.
Order it here.
http://www.figuredrawing.info/

Tim Allen, Background Designer from Disney TV comes to the Inland Empire

Hey Folks,

Tim Allen will talk about color and composition for background design for tv and feature and what he does at Disney, and the particular tools he uses. He will be using Illustrator and Photoshop.Tim Allen has done work for Fosters Friends, Powerpuff girls and now is at Disney TV.

He will be doing a workshop from 1-4pm on Saturday Rm. 2123 (Mac Computer lab)