Animatus Alumni Update
Former Animatus Studio artist Brian Menz has hit the big time, working most recently on the Disney feature “Bolt.” Brian was our lead Derf animator on “The Quest for Happy Hour,” and for good reason. Even then, we could see his talent for character animation.
Read a recent article on Brian from the Irondequoit Post here.
Not to be outdone, we also heard from Animatus alumnus Aharon Charnov, who is now a digital texture artist at the Henson Company, working on Sid The Science Kid. Before that he was briefly doing pre-vis The Pixel Liberation Front. He worked a bit on some sequences for Hulk, Speed Racer and T4.
Congrats to you both!
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Winter Workshops make a great gift!
At a loss for what to give your aspiring animator this season? Give the gift of life! See their ideas come to fruition at The Animation Workshop.
Saturdays
January 10, 17, 24, 31
$159
All supplies and equipment usage included. Each student’s animation will be showcased on the Animatus website. Tapes or DVDs are available for an additional $10.
Register online at
http://animatusstudio.com/workshops
Or call (585) 232-3949
What’s going on for the Animatus 20th Anniversary?
We’re planning The Animation Workshop Film Festival and Open House for Thursday, July 16 from 7pm to 9pm. Workshop students have until the end of our April classes to submit their completed shorts. The first place winner will receive a copy of Animation-ish, a program from the ToonBoom company. There will be many other prizes and gifts for festival participants.
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An Award for Fresh Toones
Dave Puls’ latest short, “Thanks to the Whistleblowers” won 2nd Place in the music video category for the MY HERO SHORT FILM FESTIVAL in Laguna, California.
Congratulations, Dave!
To see the video online, CLICK HERE
For more about Fresh Toones, visit http://animatusstudio.com/freshtoones
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123’s Gets a Grammy Nomination
They Might Be Giants’ “Here Come the 123s” is up for a GRAMMY as Best Children’s Album for 2008!
What does this have to do with Animatus? We had the pleasure of editing a music video for the song “The Number 2.” Director David Cowles and cinematographer Timothy Brown shot the live action puppets, and then David Puls edited the piece at Animatus.
Since then, the album has set the world on fire. Many of the videos can be seen by subscribing to the TMBG Friday Night Video Podcast, or you can see “The Number Two” right here:
