Animation Guild

D E PA R T M E N T 22 KEYFRAME A B O U T T O W N UNION PROUD The Animation Guild members have organized more than 35 animation crews— from studios such as Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Warner Bros., DreamWorks, Marvel, Fox, and Disney—for Union Pride T-shirt Day on the first Monday of every month. So far more than 1,000 members have shown their 839 pride! Here are some familiar faces who recently participated with their crews. Former TAG President Tom Sito The crew of Tangled Ian Jones-Quartey, Bob Boyle, Daniel Chong, J.G. Quintel

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• 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.