Bringing the Inanimate to Life
CTNX 2020Longtime friends Eric and Brian met at NYU film school but took different paths towards the same goal: creating the illusion of life. Eric is a principal Muppet performer who helms s...
CTN Pathways Career Interview Dominick Domingo
Beyond CraftSpend a short time gaining large lessons from a huge amount experience. Dominick graduated with distinction from Art Center College of Design. He spent 11 years as an artist with Disney Feature Ani...
Inside the Animator's Studio, Visual Development, Art Direction, and Production Design
Inside the Animators StudioJames Lopez will cover the basics of storyboarding that include concepts such as continuity, camera angles, cutting and composition....
Primary Sources, With Concept Designer and Character Designer Rael Lyra
Primary SourcesOriginally recorded from a LIVE Zoom Meeting: September 8, 2020, 11 am - 1 pm PDT Join award-winning author and historian, Mindy Johnson as she brings leading talent, authorities...
The Real Blade Runner: A Conversation with Futurist Syd Mead
Syd MeadHe started out drawing cars and became a Hollywood sensation. Syd Mead, the inspiration behind the futurist world of the film "Blade Runner" as well as many other hit films, makes a retur...
Syd Mead
Syd MeadSydney Jay Mead, commonly Syd Mead (July 18, 1933 – December 30, 2019 ), was a prolific and influential American "visual futurist", industrial designer and a neofuturistic concept a...
SYD MEAD Progressions (in Memoriam)
Syd MeadThis video was played at SYD MEAD's memorial on Sunday, January 26th, 2020 at Forest Lawn Museum where the 1st SYD MEAD Progressions show took place exactly 8 years ago today. The legacy and ar...
Blade Runner Convention Reel (1982)
Syd MeadOne of the Blade Runner Convention Reels featuring interviews with Ridley Scott, Syd Mead and Douglas Trumbull about making Blade Runner universe. This 16 mm featurette, made by M. K. Productions i...
4 Female Artists We Think You Should Know
CTNDuring the past year, we've kept an eye on women in the visual storytelling medium who are making art in various parts of the world. CTN has selected these 4 as a response to their work, their ...
An Art Directors Conversation
CTNArt directors typically oversee the work of other designers and artists. They determine the overall style or tone, desired for each project and articulate their vision to artists. But how do they c...
A Conversation with Sebastien Hue
IAMAGA Conversation with Attendee Sebastien Hue Shot on location at IAMAG17 by CTNanimationexpo Video...
A Conversation with Jason Scheier
IAMAGA Conversation with Concept Artist and Design Instructor Jason Scheier Shot on location at IAMAG17 by CTNanimationexpo Video...