Our guest speaker for the April 30, 2005 meeting will be Justin Barrett of Reel FX Creative Studios. Justin will demonstrate character animation techniques. He is the author of “Animate a Face”, a 2-CD set of instructional videos. One copy of “Animate a Face” will be given away to a lucky attendee at the meeting! Check out Justin’s website: http://www.justinanimator.com/

About Justin

Justin grew up in Port Angeles, WA and “was always a freak for moving visuals as a kid.” He also developed an interest in acting and was inspired by Pixar’s “Toy Story” in 1995 to merge his interests in acting and animation. He started teaching himself 3D animation and then attended the Art Institute of Seattle, graduating in 2000 with a degree in Computer Animation. He was hired by Big Idea in 2001 and worked on such productions as “3-2-1 Penguins!”, “Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie”, “An Easter Carol” and others. At Digital Production Solutions he was the Animation Director for “Monster Monster Trucks: The Golden Rule Rules!” For Reel FX, he has worked on “GI Joe: Valor vs. Venom”, “Halloweentown High” (as Supervising Animator), “Action Man X-Missions: The Movie” (as Supervising Animator) and a “Robots” theatrical PSA.