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I headed up to Asifa East’s SVA Sporn Animation Presentation last nite with FoF Avi Tuchman. It was a certifiably cool event, Michael Sporn gave some very insightful thoughts and words, and dropped some genuine kernels of wisdom, on his many years running his Animation Studio. It was very inspiring knowing that there is still an animation studio out there, with such great and talented, true artists working for him, producing such humanistic, feeling work amidst a sea of cookiecutter, massmarketed, commericialized cartoons.
My friend, Matt Clinton, a fellow Calarts Alum has been working for Sporn Animation since he graduated from Calarts, so it was quite a treat to bump into him at the event. Not to mention the bonus of seeing Matt’s new animation at the tail end of the evening.
Matt is very talented, and Sporn is very lucky to have him. I am looking forward to catching up with him and interviewing him at some point in the near future.
It was a great evening, and I think I caught a few glimpses of that greatness.
Check out the Sporn Animation SPlog as well!
Special Thanks goes out to David Levy for putting on such a wonderful event (Buy his Book!) and also to Jerry Beck for giving people like me the heads up to go to these things.
And yes, Bill Plympton was also in attendance, his phone did go off, and I was too nervous to draw him… well.
You have to give me credit for trying.
Oh well, there’s always next time, eh?

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