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WINTER 2025 15 D I A L O G U E instruction, she took classes at The Animation Guild's American Animation Institute with teachers from Walt Disney eature nimation. I as earning o to paint Lion King grass and Hunchback stoneor, se says. rom tere, er rst o as as a roucers assistant on Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain. ut she continued painting, and the people she worked with "saw my passion for art, se says. e moe on to caracter and prop cleanup on Road Rovers, the rst so ere se an er a ou cross career ats. Ron calls the animation world he started out in "steam powered, just pencils an ruses. en ristin entere te inustry in , traitiona ainting as still common, but within a few years, the series Static Shock was looking for someone to paint comic book-style acgrouns igitay. y no ristin as a acgroun ainter. e a aso een teaching herself Photoshop, making her an iea caniate for te o. For the most part, Tristin would continue to work with computers, but on stuc it traition. Im a ar ea, e says. ristin as e as tis amaing aiity to e ae to turn ome of is ayouts, teyre sae, ut te ay te igt its eeryting its got an emotion to it. ats at I try to coney it my aintings. I ant you to fee. ecent years ae seen ig canges for ot of tem. on retire from a an m career tat range from The Jetsons and Scooby-Doo to The Iron Giant, Thru the Moebius Strip, and Planes. s for Tristin, with a downturn in the industry, she found time between shows to pursue other interests, including her old assion. it marine ioogist friens, se isite aa aifornia an te oo Islands to study gray and Humpback aes. e says se neer ou ae taen te rst tri if not for er a e encourage me to foo my ream. is is an extension of te aice on as gien er trougout er career n te oy in te o. oy, in teir case, was fed by working together in the same inustry. ristin cas er a er est friend, and when Ron looks back on the decades he's shared with his daughter in animation, he says: "Those were my essings. Irreaceae. —Kim Fay anything around and draw it perfectly from is imagination... ftentimes tey ou ae im ra someting, an then the computer modelers would model it after is raing. is si goes ac to Ron's high school days, which included four years of mechanical drawing and uiing moes. It as easy for me, e says. If I see one sie of someting, I can te you at it oos ie on a sies. Insie, outsie, ac. Ron's art style is monochromatic, desaturated, and what he describes as iminising mericana. ristin, on the other hand, calls herself "more of a coorist. esite tese ifferences, se says se earne a ot from er a. e as a ay of ainting it te enci. OPPOSITE PAGE: (FROM LEF T) Ron's early years in the industry influenced a young Tristin, and the two still share joy in the art of animation today. THIS PAGE (FROM TOP LEF T) A collaborative artwork that combines Ron's mechanical drawing skills with Tristin's talent for color; Sketches display the duo's distinctive passions; "Spacewhale," by Tristin.