Animation Guild

SPRING/SUMMER 2018 23 D E PA R T M E N T Photography by David Yeh TAG held its first networking event in April and more than 150 members attended the mixer at Story Tavern in Burbank. "These events provide our members an opportunity to mix and mingle with their animation industry colleagues, to meet longtime friends, and hopefully make new friends as well," says Brooke Keesling, Director of Communications and Culture. The Guild plans to hold quarterly events at different locations across town so that members can connect with each other more frequently. IN THE MIX S O C I A L H O U R Justin Weber, Susan Nguyen , Fill Marc Sagadraca, and Douglas Gauthier Gavin Freitas, Carl Peterson, David Shair, Whitney Tang, Rachel Buecheler, Victoria Thornberry, Amish Kumar

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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.