Last night as I was sewing a tutu for my Skipper doll and watching the original version of Star Wars I was struck with how weird the life of an animator really is. Now I am sewing a tutu for a Skipper doll because she is going to star in a stop motion animation blitz that I am working on at present.

I do these every so often when I have been too long from the process. They are free form, unplanned, animation attacks without any planned commercial value. In a way they are the purest form of animation. Only after the fact do I ever try to do anything with them.

Yesterday when I was building a support rod system for Skipper I got a call from David Kolodny-Nagy. He and a couple others (one a past student of mine) are getting ready pitches for Nickelodeon. He wanted to know if they could use the Animation Center to practice their pitches?

I did him one better and we have now grafted their practice onto the end of the ASIFA-Hollywood Volunteer Meeting this Wednesday night. So come on out and help plan ASIFA events like Scrappyland, 2-D Expo and Comic Con. Have some pizza with your peers. Then stay to see some young animators sweat.

Wednesday, April 27th
2114 W. Burbank Blvd.
Burbank, CA

7 PM  ¶ 10:08 AM