CTN Expo

The CTN Expo kicked off today in Burbank, Los Angeles and Chris Kennett and I have a booth! We are selling books, postcards and litho prints and Chris is showing off his soon to be released children's book, Alpha Monsters which you can be one of the first to have a sneak peak!

My new book, Scary Tales is also for sale for only $10! So if you are in the area come down and take a look at the amazing talent who are exhibiting this year and stop by out booth - T-57 anytime over the weekend.

CTN Expo

The CTN Expo kicked off today in Burbank, Los Angeles and Chris Kennett and I have a booth! We are selling books, postcards and litho prints and Chris is showing off his soon to be released children's book, Alpha Monsters which you can be one of the first to have a sneak peak!

My new book, Scary Tales is also for sale for only $10! So if you are in the area come down and take a look at the amazing talent who are exhibiting this year and stop by out booth - T-57.

John K - the manliest cartoonist in the world

Today was one of those surreal moments when you get to meet someone that really inspired and helped shape your childhood. Chris Kennett and I who are in LA for the CTN Expo went over to John K's house - the creator of one of the funniest and coolest TV cartoons ever made... Ren and Stimpy!

We got a tour of John's house and had a sneak peak of some new super secret cartoons that he is working on that will be coming to your TV soon (JOY!) John even did all the voices when he showed us the storyboards!

We then went out for dinner where we ate the largest, manliest sandwiches we have ever seen. Imagine an entire stick of salami fried and chopped up and put into an sandwich and you are about half way there. Chris has entered some kind of salami coma, right now he is passed out with a sick twisted smile on his face grinning with salami glee.

John was good enough to do us some drawings before we left and sign some DVD covers for us. How awesome is that?!

Los Angeles & Disney Studios

I am currently in Los Angeles for the CTN Expo with Chris Kennett and today I visited my good friend and Mentor Chad Sellers who has just finished working on Disney's soon to be released CG film, Tangled (which looks amazing).

Chad gave us a tour of the feature animation building and then took us across the street to the Disney lot where we walked around the old Disney feature building, Ink and Paint and the Team Disney building. It was amazing to see the old Disney lot which I have looked at in Disney making of films and pictures in books.

So we had a great day and I shall leave you with a photo of a giant piece of macaroni which is the approximate size of a normal serving here in the US!

CTN Expo

It's coming up fast! Next week from the 19th until the 21st the CTN Expo is on again in Burbank and I will have a booth and exhibiting with my book, Scary Tales as well as some lithograph prints and postcards. Please come and visit me and my great buddy Chris Kennett who I am sharing a table with at booth number T57 (map above).

Chris' work can be seen at:
http://crikeyboy.blogspot.com/

Also, Animation Mentor, the awesome animation school gave away 3 copies of my book on Facebook with the very cool contest and were signed by myself and Bobby Beck - Animation Mentor founder and awesome ex-Pixar Animator. Congrats to the winners,Parker Howell, Francine H, and James Lutz!

http://www.facebook.com/AnimationMentor

Keep checking back and I will be posting more about CTN.

Pixar Animation Studios

I am currently visiting the US and going to a number of the studios over here as well as the CTN Expo next week. My first meeting was at Pixar in San Francisco and was able to meet up with my friend and mentor, Chris Chua, a fantastic animator who worked on UP and is currently on Cars 2 (thanks Chris!)

The studio is incredible and the passion for their work is the true evidence to the amazing films they make.

More news to come in the following days about my studio visits and the expo!