This month’s meeting will feature an Industry Giants’ alumnus Dan Kuenster and Short Guy member/A.I.D Lead Instructor, Stephen Steinbach. Our focus for this meeting will be character design and storyboarding. Dan will also discuss his career which includes Disney and Don Bluth Studios where he worked on The Secret of NIMH, The Land Before Time. Stephen will tell us about his early career which includes game animation for Sega and Nintendo as well as animation for Warner Bros. where he worked on Iron Giant which was directed by Incredibles director, Brad Bird.

Dan Kneunster concepted and storyboarded a small story about the Tooth Fairy, and they can be found in this file: AnimStory&CharDev.pdf (1.81 Mb)