Animation Guild

WHY GO TO THE LAUNDROMAT ON YOUR OWN WHEN YOU CAN TURN WASHING AND FOLDING INTO A SOCIAL GATHERING? THE YOUNG WORKERS COMMITTEE IS HOLDING ITS SECOND WASH NIGHT ON JUNE 20TH BETWEEN 7 P.M. TO 11 P.M. AT HAPPY BUBBLES IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD. Animation Guild members who attend will receive one free wash and dry plus an opportunity to meet new friends and play games. The crew behind the committee hopes this event will inspire a work-life balance for members of all ages. Swing by with your basket or bag. Or, if you just don't feel like lugging around your laundry, come by to say hello and play a round of Uno. For more information visit animationguild.org THE YOUNG & THE CLEANLY

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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.