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| The artists booths in the giant (and not waterproof) tent |
This weekend I was able to attend my first CTN Animation Expo conference back in Burbank. It was my first time going back to visit since we left California 16 months ago. The conference was a lot of fun - about half the conference was panels and speakers and the other half was a big artist floor where people had tables selling their arts (alongside studio recruiting booths). I got the chance to talk to artists like Brittany Lee, Goro Fujita, Bobby Chiu, and The Bancroft Brothers. It was a last minute trip, so I wasn't able to get into the big panels, but was still able to hear Ian McCraig, the ASIFA-Animation Educators forum with Tom Sito, and even our friend Shannon Thomas.
The best part was being able to catch up once more with friends and co-workers that I haven't seen for over a year. That's the toughest part about leaving California was leaving a decade of amazing friends behind. So it was wonderful to see everyone. I even had the chance to meet my old mentor from college Tad!
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| The ol' crew meeting up for drinks |
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| Floyd Norman live demo |
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| Tad! It's Tad! |
