CTN Weekend

Ok so I got this picture while it was too dark, but I swear that's the DWA building behind me. Or a very large McDonald's.

This weekend I was out in LA for CTN Expo, which is, Lord-willing, gonna be an annual stop for me. I had the best weekend in a long time, getting to pal around with a ton of artists and meet even a few of my heroes.

I procured a number of sketchbooks from several talented people and got to see some old friends from my early Reel FX days. Got to meet a lot of cool new people, and even had a couple of people sign and/or sketch in the books I bought from them, so that was super cool.

I drove by most of the major studios, and even got to visit an interesting place or two. You wish I could tell you about it here. ...yes, you do, don't argue with me.

If you ever get out to LA, eat at Musso & Frank's in Hollywood while you're there. It's amazing.

And to top it all off, I heard the master animator Eric Goldberg saw the Sylvester & Tweety short I worked on and apparently *raved* about it, saying it was the best 2D-to-CG adaptation yet. High praise, coming from that gentleman! My one regret is that I didn't stop and shake his hand in the hallway because I was too nervous the one time I saw him! Darnit! Woulda been nice to hear his comments first hand!

Anyhow, I'm back in Dallas and back to work, but CTN was great. Made a number of (I hope) new friends and hope to see them all again next year.

~R