Respect Yourself

And respect others in the industry.

Stephen Sliver just released a video encouraging artists to stop wasting their time and energy by creating art for free. I love it.

Back in Colorado I struggled running my own company, I took on a lot of odd and end gigs but they were all paid. I always ran into individuals or organizations that wouldn't pay me industry standard wages or what I felt I was worth. And I would always walk away. I learned the hard way, and I learned very quickly. (except for my tv series project - but that's another story for another time.)

Anyways, watch the video, it's worth your time. Thanks Stephen.

Marat is going to Disney!

My friend and old roommate Marat Davletshin has just accepted a full-time job as an animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios! He'll be joining an incredible crew and one of my good friends Hobbie!

Check out Marat's demo reel below.

I put together a little going away party for Marat over the weekend in Berkeley and it was great fun. A lot of the original Animation Collaborative crew came out to celebrate. We were only missing 3 people from our Gesture Drawing class! And to get the night going we had vodka and pickles, just how they do it back home in Russia. :P

Support SanFranLand on Kickstarter!

I've been helping out on a lot projects over the last year or two and this year those projects will see the light of day! 3 of those projects will be releasing their own Kickstarter campaigns, one of them has just realsed!

Please take the time to check it out and of course if you can support us that would be fantastic!

I've been storyboarding and helping out on set for SanFranLand, and it's been great being around so many talented and motivated individuals.

I only have a handful of hours before shooting so I draw with a sharpie cranking out as much as I can.

New Year, NEW EVERYTHING!

Happy New Year!

As you can already see, I've made some changes. Nothing is finished, but I figure done is better than perfect... for now.

I'm still deciding on my new SketchBlog site and the rest of the tabs. If anyone has thoughts or feedback on making my site better or simpler I'm all ears. SketchBlog is just for art related posts.

"MyWorld" will now be my writing blog to help promote and write about projects I'm working on or projects that I think are super cool and need to be shared. :D

I just want to say thank you to everyone who has helped me over the last year, it's been an incredible ride and I look forward to this year's wild ride.


Here's to new beginnings, new adventures, and a new you.
tc

**Other tabs will be working in a couple day... :)