Animation Mentor is hosting a panel discussion and networking opportunity with veteran animators at the Disneyland Hotel a 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 21. Titled ‘The Convergence of 2D and 3D Animation: Where the Future of Animation is Heading,’ the presentation will be moderated by 30-year animation veteran Tom Sito, whose credits include The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Pocahontas, Dinosaurs and Fantasia 2000. Unfortunately, admission to the event is by invitation only, but we’ll try and get more details for you.
Joining Sito on the panel are Jay Jackson, a supervising animator on a Disney educational film; Raul Garcia, who just completed the feature The Missing Lynx and is a partner at Antonio Bandera’s animation studio Kandor Moon; Scott Johnston, founder of Fleeting Image Animation; and T. Dan Hofstedt, a senior character animator working at Walt Disney Animation Studios on the 2D feature The Princess and the Frog.
Animation Mentor exclusively teaches character animation in an online environment where students learn directly from professional animators from top studios including Disney Animation Studios, DreamWorks, Industrial Light & Magic, Pixar Animation Studios and Sony Pictures Imageworks. Classes maintain a mentor-to-student ratio of no more than 1-to-15 as students learn the art of animation within an interactive online classroom and under the close direction of mentors. Learn more at www.animationmentor.com.
