Hey everyone, here is my first published portfolio, that I took with me to the November CTN trip. I learned quite a bit from the artists I met there. To be blunt, ultimately the portfolio was a mixed bag! There was a little bit of everything in this first one, since I was somewhat unsure about what should be included. They pointed out how specialized things are right now when it comes to character design, layouts, storyboards, and the like. Specifically, if I wanted a job as a character designer, the whole portfolio needed to be
only character design. It was a big turning point in my education, and the value of the experience quite outweighed the price of admission ($$ nearly two grand $$).
I was very happy then, to give copies of this first portfolio to some wonderful artists, including Tom and Tony Bancroft (who were on the other side of the partition from the Edinboro University desk at the CTN), Bill Waldman (a Warner Bros animation vet, and alum of Edinboro), Jalil Sadool (another alum who is working at Dreamworks Animation on
Dragons 2), and Brian Menz (yet another alum from Edinboro, who did animation for
Wreck It Ralph).
Please note the design at the edges of the "spiral bound sketchbook," It was designed for the physical book, but did not pay off, since most didn't notice it! I'm currently working on a new and improved portfolio, and will be releasing new pages as I go along! Stay tooned!
