CAN: Cincinnati Animation Network

This is Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi of Tonko House- they did a short called The Dam Keeper and it was nominated for an Academy Award. So goalz. If you are working on your own project that you want some accountability help with then come show the group what you're working on at the Animation Directors Round Table- get advice if you need it and commiseration if you want it. August 2 2017, 7:00pm Brew House 1047 E McMillan St Cincinnati, OH 45206

Our monthly inspiration- Animation dIrector Lesean Thomas If you are working on your own project that you want some accountability help with then come show the group what you're working on at the Animation Directors Round Table- get advice if you need it and commiseration if you want it. May 3 2017, 7:00pm Brew House 1047 E McMillan St Cincinnati, OH 45206 Give me (Darcy) a call if you have any issues the day of: 513 304 9780. See you there! Special thanks to our partner the Cincinnati Film Society for the support.

Join us during the day on Weds April 12th between 4 and 8pm. Create work in a fun space, have some spirits, and enjoy free coffee. Writers, animators, painters, sketch artists, music writers, designers. All of you, as are so many others, are an essential part of stories told on the big screen, and CFS celebrates you. Come have a drink with us, create art, and have a free cup of coffee on us. There will be collaboration tables for those who wish to create with others. April 12th 2017 4pm-8pm The Mockbee 2260 Central Pkwy Cincinnati OH 45214 Call Darcy at 513 304 9780 if you have any issues the day of. The entrance to the Mockbee's Film Cafe is on Central Parkway- there is free parking across the street on Brighton.

The next Animation Directors Round Table is coming up this Wednesday April 5 2017! If you are working on your own project that you want some accountability help with then come show the group what you're working on, get advice if you need it and commiseration if you want it. April 5 2017, 7:00pm Brew House 1047 E McMillan St Cincinnati, OH 45206 Give me (Darcy) a call if you have any issues the day of: 513 304 9780. See you there!

Let Brenda Chapman inspire us at this month's Animation Directors meeting! The purpose of the meeting is to get projects done by providing accountability, getting critiques from other indie animation filmmakers and creatives if you want them, showing your work, and getting assistance with any technical- or any other- issues you're having with your production from others that are going through the same thing. The meeting is held on the first Wednesday of each month. The Mockbee 2260 Central Pkwy Cincinnati, OH 45214 7pm If your GPS takes you to the entrance on West McMicken, you can park there and take the long stairway by the building down the hill and enter at the door on Central Parkway, on the other side of the building. We'll be right inside the door.  Let me know if you plan on coming! My cell is  (513) 304- 9780  if you have any questions or anything.

Chuck Jones is looking at you, saying "You know this would be good for you." It's that time again! The November meeting of the Animation Director's Round Table is upon us! The Mockbee 2260 Central Pkwy Cincinnati, OH 45214 (513) 621-1900 7pm You can also call or text my cell (Darcy) if you have trouble finding the place (513) 304-9780. Email me if you would like to be added to the Animation Directors Round Table mailing list at  cincycan@gmail.com  .

The first stop on my journey to find animation employers in Cincinnati is Epipheo, which is possibly Cincinnati’s largest employer of animators. Epipheo has a simple goal- to give people epiphanies with their content, hence the name.   They do this through writing and producing both live action and animated commercials and explainer videos for a wide variety of clients. A cool space awaits Nestled in Longworth Hall, Epipheo has a space filled with staff creatives that feels very similar to a cabin in the woods… minus the cozy fur-covered couch needed for napping. However, the whiskey and moonshine were present. This is how they work: they get the assignment from a client, and their storytelling teams find the epiphany and write up the script. For the animated videos they then either assign the script to an animator to complete from start to finish, or they put together a team of creatives who are each skilled at one aspect of...

Walt Disney being confused in 1922. So we all feel better. The next Animation Directors Round Table is almost here! The purpose of the meeting is to get projects done by providing accountability, getting critiques from other indie animation filmmakers and creatives if you want them, showing your work, and getting assistance with any technical- or any other- issues you're having with your production from others that are going through the same thing. This time we will be meeting: Wednesday September 7th, 7:00pm Brew House 1047 East McMillan Cincinnati OH 45206 As always, email me (Darcy) with any questions or concerns!

To all animation filmmakers:  The first meeting of the Animation Director's Round Table will be this Wednesday August 3rd at 7pm at the Overlook Lodge in Pleasant Ridge.  Yes this is a bar modeled after The Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining," how perfect is that. They also have fancy beef jerky and trail mixes in addition to booze and non-alcoholic drinks.  Give the host either my name or tell them you're with the Cincinnati Animation Network- we should be in a big booth in the corner. Yay so excited! Bring your stuff! If you haven't RSVP'd yet please do, just send me an email at cincycan@gmail.com Overlook Lodge 6083 Montgomery Rd Cincinnati, OH 45213 http://www.theoverlooklodgecincinnati.com (513) 351-0035 Join Ussssssssss....

Announcement! We are starting an Animation   Director's Round Table meeting in Cincinnati that will recur regularly. The people who will want to attend this group are people who are making their own independent animated films who are in the Cincinnati area. The purpose of the meeting is to provide accountability, get critiques from other filmmakers if you want them, show your work, and get assistance with any technical- or any other- issues you're having with your production from others that are going through the same thing.  For example if you're getting an error in some program, someone may be able to help. if you're having trouble with motivation, we can help with that too. It's really a support group for indie animators. And hopefully we can learn from each other as well. I have a couple of people who are interested already, myself included. Is anyone else working on their own indie project that would like to attend?  We are d...

Join us  April 27th at the Gateway Film Center in Columbus  for an evening with the King of Indie Animation -- the only person to hand draw an entire animated feature film--  Bill Plympton. Schedule of Events: 7 p.m. Screening of Cheatin', his latest feature 8:30 p.m. Q & A with Bill Plympton in the theater Buy tickets online:  http://gatewayfilmcenter.com/bill-plympton-visits-gfc/ Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, he graduated from Portland State University in Graphic Design. Bill Plympton moved to New York City in 1968. He began his career creating cartoons for publications such as New York Times, National Lampoon, Playboy and Screw. In 1987 he was nominated for an Oscar® for his animated short “Your Face”. In 2005, Bill received another Oscar® nomination, this time for a short film “Guard Dog”. “Push Comes to Shove” another short film, won the prestigious Cannes 1991 Palme d’Or. After producing many short...

In darkened rooms everywhere there are animation artists tucked away, creating their own films based on their own visions and what they would like to see. Independent Animator Nobuhiro Aihara in a very familiar mess of creativity I thought it would be nice to do a post and share some of the blogs and stuff that I am aware of that follow the production of some of these independent films. SOmetimes if you are working on one of these yourself it is nice to see others' progress- if you're not and want to it is nice to be able to see other people doing it. If you know of any others that I can include feel free to message me with links: The Dam Keeper is a film that is in the works that is created by Dice TsuTsumi and Robert Kondo. "Dice Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo are both Art Directors at Pixar who have worked on Academy Award winning films such as Toy Story 3, Ratatouille, and the upcoming Pixar film, Monsters University.  " (from their Facebook Page) The Dam ...

Catch Me If You Can Color Still Here is a website to get lost in- It is called  Art of the Title  and it has concept art, storyboards, and production information about movie title sequences. Catch Me If You Can Stamps  Here I have a still from the all-animation sequence for Catch Me If You Can (2002) as well as a production photo. There are tons of sequences on this site,  I have barely skimmed the surface!