Mentorship

·         Art Center College of Design, Pasadena ·         CTN Animation Expo, Burbank

11/17/2012

3 hours 3 hours

Ron Llanos ·         Illustrator/artist ·         B.F.A. with honors from  Art Center College of Design

Class started with the completion of  last week’s homework; required to finish the sketches, inking them and coming up with quotes and names for the characters. Was then required to present my idea for the Wizard of Oz character remake, of which I remade 5 of the characters. Homework for next session requires me to draw a full-body turnaround of two of my characters (front, side, back, 3/4). Went to the CTN Animation Expo in Burbank. Saw and spoke with several professionals from well-known animation companies such as Disney ,  Sony Animation, Dreamworks, Nickelodeon, and even Duncan Studio, where I spent my summer mentorship!  Witnessed their displayed work and some of their most recent projects (i.e Wreck-It-Ralph, Hotel Transylvania, Rise of the Guardians, etc.) also learned that Dreamworks’ Rise of the Guardians was the winner of the Hollywood Animation Award at Hollywood film festival. Other booths I approached were various media art schools such as CalArts, Animation Mentor, Ai of Ca, LCAD, and iAnimate.net. Many of the schools displayed the work of their students. There were many vendors selling their products such as animation software, computer drawing tablets, pens and markers, and books depicting the artist’s work. Met a concept illustrator by the name of Sean “Cheeks” Galloway – he also signed his book that I purchased.

34 hours 15 minutes