Shannon Muir’s Take on the Animation World

If you’re in the San Fernando Valley area on May 17th, Van Eaton Galleries (a major place for finding animation cels and animation art) and the Creative Talent Network are teaming up to present their 2nd Annual Animation Book Look.  Lots of authors will be there with all kinds of books on animation, including myself for GARDNER’S GUIDE TO WRITING AND PRODUCING ANIMATION.  Also, since Kevin Paul Shaw Broden did all the illustrations inside the book, he’ll be there with me to sign books and some of his original art will be available for sale.

 Find out about everyone that’s coming here:

http://www.animationbooklook.com/index.html

This past weekend, I got the chance to be part of the team covering the Visual Effects Society ninth annual festival. I went on Sunday. You can check out the results of our detailed, informative article here at the AWN, Inc. publication VFXWORLD:
http://www.vfxworld.com/?atype=articles&id=3318

(Free registration is required, FYI)

I particularly enjoyed my brief interviews with Edlund and Ralston. I’ve interviewed people before in email interviews and one-on-ones I’ve set up on my own but never in a convention setting. Lots of challenges in doing that way, and competing with these busy people for their time. But it was worth it.