Industry Giants - 2006

This is the 5th year for Industry Giants - brought to you by A Bunch of Short Guys, and hosted at Collin County Community College.  For the first time the Guild was a proud sponsor of this event.  Industry Giants brings together talented artists in a variety of  multimedia-related areas from all over the country to show their work, speak about what they do and how they do it, and to give advice for those wanting to get into the industry.  An all-day master-class Acting for Animators, given by Ed Hooks, was held on Friday, June 9, 2006. Saturday, June 10, each of the other speakers made a presentation.  A round-table discussion was held at the end of the day, which included all of the speakers, moderated by Rita Street.

This year's speakers were (in this order):
Ed Hooks - Acting For Animators Masterclass
Christian Lorenz Scheurer - Conceptual Art Director
Loni Peristere – Creative Director, Zoic Studios
T. Dan Hofstedt – Animation Supervisor, Sony Pictures Imageworks
Scott Peterson - Digital Anvil/Microsoft Game Studio
John Davis - DNA Productions - The Ant Bully! 
Rita Street - Producer, Radar Cartoons (moderator)

The speakers clockwise from left: John Davis, Dan Hofstedt, Ed Hooks, Scott Peterson, Christian Scheurer, Rita Street, Loni Peristere

The Guild crew: J Schuh, Bao Luu, Matt Brinker, Dana Weitz, Ian Johnson, Dave Krein

Dave Krein - casual in the Green Room

Meg Fullwood and Chris Vognar

An after party at the pub provided another chance to visit with the speakers and mingle with A Bunch of Short Guys, sponsors like Digital Tutors, and of course the Guild.

Christian and Laura Scheurer

Tom Ottinger and Ed Hooks

Loni Peristere and Dan Hofstedt

Digital Tutors staff

More Digital Tutors staff

Unknown, Kimberly Dates, Scott Peterson

unknown, Rita Street, J Schuh

This was a fun and informative event, giving insight into the creative minds that work on a variety of projects that we love and respect. If you missed, keep it on your radar for next year around this same time.

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