Animation Guild

INSIDE BEN BALISTRERI'S HOME STUDIO YOU WON'T FIND BLANK WALLS. IN FACT, YOU'D BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND THE WALL AT ALL. above: As a kid, Balistreri's dad made him choose between getting Han Solo or Chewbacca. "I was in tears. I picked Han Solo. When I got home my dad took [Chewie] out of the bag and said, 'There's no way you can have Han Solo without Chewbacca.' I remember thinking he's the greatest!" right: After Balistreri's dad saw Toy Story, he gave his son his childhood army men. The toy infantry guards an eclectic group of figurines including a LEGO Indiana Jones, Darth Vader and Tony the Tiger: "I love seeing all this pop culture living together." If THESE WALLS COULD TALk S PA C E I N VA D E R S 16 KEYFRAME Photos by Tim Sullems

• Cover
• PRESIDENT'S LETTER
• EDITOR'S NOTE
• ART & CRAFTAko Castuera's dynamic ceramics
• AFTER HOURS DWA's Abarcaon the sweet sideof animation
• IN PRODUCTION How Paradise, P.D.runs its show
• ON THE JOB Character Designers at different studios
• SPACE INVADERS Get lost in Ben Balistreri's home studio
• PERSPECTIVE Surviving pixel vision
• DIALOGUE Artists onthe show that inspired them
• THE LOCAL Color Stylists ask for your support, our convention delegates
• SOCIAL HOURT oasting our members around town
• MUSIC IN MOTION For Cosmo Segurson, his Nickelodeon short, The Prince and Mr. Whiskers, brings together influences from hispast. Inspired by hot jazz, 1930'scartoons and his father, he creates amusical battle in a stop-motion world.
• AND THE WINNER IS…We look back at eight Primetime Emmy winners over the last five decades, highlighting shows that impacted the industry. From The Flintstones to SpongeBob SquarePants, these unforgettable characters continue to live on.
• INTO THE NIGHT How do you design a summer vacation film without sunlight? That was one big challenge for the production of Hotel Transylvania 3.Learn how the artists behind the filmcreated a bright destination for Dracand his family.