Friday, March 10, 2006
Random Anomalies, Pixar, & Rugrats!
I'm sure you would be interested to read this...
Two of your "kababayans" in the animation industry! Wow! Pixar... Rugrats... Lilo and Stitch! Visit their sites and see their wonderful werx...
Ronnie del Carmen is currently working for Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville. Prior to that he's worked at Dreamworks and Warner Bros. All in the capacity of story artist, story supervisor, character designer, illustrator and all around pest. There's documentation that shows he's been dabbling in comics over the years for DC and Dark Horse among others. He self-publishes his own comic book, Paper Biscuit.
He is maintained by his wife and kids and is not allowed too much peanut butter.
Visit his site at: http://www.ronniedelcarmen.com/
On to another amazing guy...
Ronnie's brother!
Born in the Philippines in 1967, Louie del Carmen grew up in the small seaside town of Cavite City a few miles south of Manila.
He is the youngest of three brothers who have found successful careers in animation. Ron, his oldest brother is currently part of the elite story crew at Pixar while Rick is a versatile and experienced storyboard artist who’s credited on countless shows.
Like his older brothers, Louie demonstrated signs of artistic ability at a young age. He also found himself fascinated with all forms of visual art especially comic books and movies which encouraged the already curious youngster to start emulating his heroes.
After graduating high school in 1983 at the age of 15, Louie attended the College of Architecture and Fine Arts at Santo Tomas University in Manila where he studied Commercial Art. In 1985 he transitioned to study computer science until migrating to the United States in the summer of 1989.
Having re-kindled his interest in art and inspired by the success of his brothers, Louie landed his first animation job in 1995 at Klasky-Csupo as a character designer on the second season of “Aaah! Real Monsters”. While at Klasky, he continued as a character and prop designer on “Rugrats”. Always eager to grow and challenge himself, and having realized the lasting impact a story artist has on shows, he transitioned to storyboarding in 1998.
For a year his burgeoning story work is featured on Rugrats and “Rocket Power” as well as other studio projects. Having worked with most of Klasky’s directors for several years, Louie knew inevitably that directing for series was a road he had to take and in 1999, he became one in a new crop of young directors. He quickly develops a casual but systematic management style that equally balanced all the aspects of production.
In a short amount of time, he proceeded to work on 13 episodes of Rocket Power and Rugrats culminating with the forty-four minute movie for “Rugrats: All Growed Up” celebrating the series’ 10th anniversary.
Eager to test his mettle against the rest of the industry, Louie left Klasky in the fall of 2000 for Nickelodeon Animation Studios to work on the sci-fi comedy “Invader Zim serving as the show’s storyboard supervisor. The show was groundbreaking and technically challenging combining 2D and 3D animation, which required a painstaking pre-production process. Having learned invaluable technical experience and eager to grow as an artist, Louie joined the storyboard crew at Disney Television Animation in 2002 to work on the second season of “Kim Possible” The transition to the more traditional Disney/Warner Brothers style of art helped breed classical and fundamental aspects to his personal art style.
Since then, Louie has continued to succeed and flourish in many levels and has garnered a reputation as a consummate professional with a tremendous artistic range. Since 2002 he has worked on a variety of styles from“Masters of the Universe” to “The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy”. From “Fosters Home of Imaginary Friends” to “Lilo & Stitch” to”Invader Zim” and all points in between. He has the uncanny ability to showcase his personal drawing style while maintaining the look of the specific show. His visual storytelling is fluid and well acted, uncluttered, entertaining and supported by strong layout and animation.
Louie is continually refining his craft and broadening his horizons. Along with expanding his abilities, he hopes to continue to share his art and insight to the world for many years to come. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two kids.
His site: http://www.louiedelcarmen.com/
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IAN Del CARMEN, 27, is a TV writer and Internet entrepreneur. He is the CEO of the first Filipino-owned and Philippines-based eBookstore on the worldwide web with a real-time payment facility, DIGIBOOK DOT PH. He owns DIGIBOOK PUBLISHING HOUSE and the network of web sites including www.digiBook.ph, www.eAklat.com, www.TripToQuiapo.com, www.GoogleAdsensePowerPack.com, www.PodcastingPowerPack.com, www.BloggingPowerPack.com, www.PublicDomainExtreme.com, and an up-coming webcasting network, www.YeheyTV.com.
Two of your "kababayans" in the animation industry! Wow! Pixar... Rugrats... Lilo and Stitch! Visit their sites and see their wonderful werx...
Ronnie del Carmen is currently working for Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville. Prior to that he's worked at Dreamworks and Warner Bros. All in the capacity of story artist, story supervisor, character designer, illustrator and all around pest. There's documentation that shows he's been dabbling in comics over the years for DC and Dark Horse among others. He self-publishes his own comic book, Paper Biscuit.
He is maintained by his wife and kids and is not allowed too much peanut butter.
Visit his site at: http://www.ronniedelcarmen.com/
On to another amazing guy...
Ronnie's brother!
Born in the Philippines in 1967, Louie del Carmen grew up in the small seaside town of Cavite City a few miles south of Manila.
He is the youngest of three brothers who have found successful careers in animation. Ron, his oldest brother is currently part of the elite story crew at Pixar while Rick is a versatile and experienced storyboard artist who’s credited on countless shows.
Like his older brothers, Louie demonstrated signs of artistic ability at a young age. He also found himself fascinated with all forms of visual art especially comic books and movies which encouraged the already curious youngster to start emulating his heroes.
After graduating high school in 1983 at the age of 15, Louie attended the College of Architecture and Fine Arts at Santo Tomas University in Manila where he studied Commercial Art. In 1985 he transitioned to study computer science until migrating to the United States in the summer of 1989.
Having re-kindled his interest in art and inspired by the success of his brothers, Louie landed his first animation job in 1995 at Klasky-Csupo as a character designer on the second season of “Aaah! Real Monsters”. While at Klasky, he continued as a character and prop designer on “Rugrats”. Always eager to grow and challenge himself, and having realized the lasting impact a story artist has on shows, he transitioned to storyboarding in 1998.
For a year his burgeoning story work is featured on Rugrats and “Rocket Power” as well as other studio projects. Having worked with most of Klasky’s directors for several years, Louie knew inevitably that directing for series was a road he had to take and in 1999, he became one in a new crop of young directors. He quickly develops a casual but systematic management style that equally balanced all the aspects of production.
In a short amount of time, he proceeded to work on 13 episodes of Rocket Power and Rugrats culminating with the forty-four minute movie for “Rugrats: All Growed Up” celebrating the series’ 10th anniversary.
Eager to test his mettle against the rest of the industry, Louie left Klasky in the fall of 2000 for Nickelodeon Animation Studios to work on the sci-fi comedy “Invader Zim serving as the show’s storyboard supervisor. The show was groundbreaking and technically challenging combining 2D and 3D animation, which required a painstaking pre-production process. Having learned invaluable technical experience and eager to grow as an artist, Louie joined the storyboard crew at Disney Television Animation in 2002 to work on the second season of “Kim Possible” The transition to the more traditional Disney/Warner Brothers style of art helped breed classical and fundamental aspects to his personal art style.
Since then, Louie has continued to succeed and flourish in many levels and has garnered a reputation as a consummate professional with a tremendous artistic range. Since 2002 he has worked on a variety of styles from“Masters of the Universe” to “The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy”. From “Fosters Home of Imaginary Friends” to “Lilo & Stitch” to”Invader Zim” and all points in between. He has the uncanny ability to showcase his personal drawing style while maintaining the look of the specific show. His visual storytelling is fluid and well acted, uncluttered, entertaining and supported by strong layout and animation.
Louie is continually refining his craft and broadening his horizons. Along with expanding his abilities, he hopes to continue to share his art and insight to the world for many years to come. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two kids.
His site: http://www.louiedelcarmen.com/
============================================
IAN Del CARMEN, 27, is a TV writer and Internet entrepreneur. He is the CEO of the first Filipino-owned and Philippines-based eBookstore on the worldwide web with a real-time payment facility, DIGIBOOK DOT PH. He owns DIGIBOOK PUBLISHING HOUSE and the network of web sites including www.digiBook.ph, www.eAklat.com, www.TripToQuiapo.com, www.GoogleAdsensePowerPack.com, www.PodcastingPowerPack.com, www.BloggingPowerPack.com, www.PublicDomainExtreme.com, and an up-coming webcasting network, www.YeheyTV.com.
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