Facial Expressions: A Visual Reference for Artists

Facial Expressions: A Visual Reference for Artists I have worked in the entertainment industry for 20 years and have been a professional artist for over 25 years My background includes live action and animation production print writing and teachingI currently own three companies located in Orlando Florida home of Disney World one of his clients Animatics Storyboards Inc is a company which provides storyboards illustrations cartoons and comic book illustration to the entertainment and print industries We are now the largest storyboard supplier in the Southern United States having provided support on over 2000 productions ranging from feature films to television series live action animation commercials industrials books magazines newspapers andOur clients include Disney Universal Viacom Sony HBO Nickelodeon Steven Speilberg Fox USA Networks ABC ATT Yamaha NASA The American Cancer Society and many many othersI also co founded wwwSellYourTvConceptNowcom with my producer wife Jeanne We help people to develop package and pitch their TV concepts My other company is AS Animation Inc an animation consultation development and production house We specialize in character animation AS Animation Inc has produced animated shorts which have won over 40 international awards We also animated Disney s iconic character Tinker Bell for the hugely successful Disney Cruise LineThe series of animated shorts Timmy s Lessons In Nature which I developed along with Travis Blaise and Jeanne Simondirected and produced recently won Grand Prize in Nickelodeon s and Animation Magazine s first ever Nicktoons Film Festival I am also the author of three entertainment industry texts Producing Independent 2D Character Animation showcases every step of production of an independent hand drawn animation This book features the production of one of our popular Timmy s Lessons In Nature shorts The text also contains research necessary for any animator and includes invaluable interviews with industry greatsMy text Storyboards Motion In Art is used around the world to train storyboard artistsFacial Expressions is a photo reference guide for artists of all disciplinesEach month you may also see my articles in Animation Magazine and on Animation World Network wwwAWNcomPrior to storyboarding and producing animation I was an art director in live action film and TV in Los Angeles CA and Orlando FL While in Los Angeles I designed many feature films music videos and commercials I then became the second art director at the new Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando FL in 1989 I have also done Second Unit directing for Nickelodeon and on Steven Speilberg s seauest DSV as well as working as a Special Effects Supervisor for NBC and Fox networksI teach at the Digital Animation and Visual Effects School wwwDAVEschoolcom located at Universal Studios and previously at the University of Central Florida I currently lecture around the world at major conferences conventions and schools