Winter 2013-14 Workshops, Lectures, and Demos Photos.

DISNEY INTERACTIVE

Glendale, California

January 2014

ART ECHO ACADEMY

Los Angeles, California

January 2014

DE LA SALLE COLLEGE OF SAINT BENILDE

Manila, Philippines

November 2013

THE THREE AMIGOS at CTN EXPO

Burbank, California

November, 2013

The Three Amigos (l-r): Paul Lasaine-host, Armand Serrano, Marcos Mateu and Marcelo Vignali.

ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY

San Francisco, California

November 2013

Nicolas Villareal and Armand Serrano

Armand Serrano, Bing Serrano and Nicolas Villareal

RINGLING SCHOOL OF DESIGN

Sarasota, Florida

November 2013

Armand Serrano, Ron Zeitler and Jon Di Venti

All images ©Armand Serrano.

CTN Animation Expo

Don't forget today at the CTN animation eXpo, 3 AMIGOS plus 1!!! Marcelo Vignali, Marcos Mateu, and I will be on a panel talk hosted by another good friend Paul Lasaine!!! 2-3 pm at the tent. See you there!

Also I'll be at the Disney Animation booth 12-1:30 pm!

The 3 Amigos at CTN Expo 2013!

Im happy to announce that I'll be speaking and sharing the panel with two best buddies of mine, Marcos Mateu and Marcelo Vignali at the CTN Expo 2013 on November 16, Saturday, at 2 pm. The session is titled, "The 3 Amigos: A Collaborative Approach From The Artists Point Of View." Excited to share the floor with these guys to talk about collaboration, friendship, respect, teamwork, Surf's Up and of course, El Pacifico. Exciting time, too, to reconnect with old friends and colleagues, and just enjoy breathing in fresh flow of amazing creativity into our artistic veins. Don't hesitate to stop by and say hello.

SIGGRAPH Recap

(top) Demoing the new Wacom Cintiq. (above) With Jason Scheier from Dreamworks.

All photos ©Armand Serrano.

Random Photos...

(top to bottom) Stephen Silver and I at the record breaking airsoft game in US history with 2300 players at SC Village last week. On the same team with my airsoft buddy Butch Datuin. Jumping over the fence to visit friends over for lunch at Dreamworks. (l-r) Marcos Mateu, me, Christophe Lautrette and Simon Rodgers aka SimR.

First Look on BIG HERO 6!

Big Hero 6 Visual Development crew: (clockwise from left: Jim Martin, James Finch, Sarah Airiess, Scott Watanabe, Jin Kim, Mike Yamada, Shiyoon Kim, me, Paul Felix, Charlyn Giampa, Blair Bradley, and Helen Chen. Not in photo: Ryan Lang, Justin Cram, Lorelay Bove, Vicky Ying, and Jeff Turley).

Here's a first look footage at Disney's BIG HERO 6 (slated for November 2014), the film I'm presently working on. Enjoy!

Video ©Disney Animation Studios.

I Am Back in the Mouse House!

I am now officially back at the Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank! Last week was a bitter sweet moment when, after 9 good years and a total of 15 projects, I had to say goodbye to my Sony Animation family in Culver City. It was a privilege to work side by side with these amazing talents through those years. The caricature was done by my dear friend Marcelo Vignali.

Photos From Animahenasyon 2012

Visual development talk at Animahenasyon 2012, an animation convention held at De La Salle University of St. Benilde College of Arts and Design in Manila last November.

CTN 2012 Photos

Always a blast to catch up with these guys: (l-r) Mark McDonnell, Nicolas P. Villareal, Armand Serrano, and David Colman. Other friends I saw: Tony and Tom Bancroft, Robh Ruppel, Stephen Silver, Faye Hsu, John Nevarez, Jeff Ranjo, Armand Baltazar, Holly Miller, Craig Elliot, Bill Perkins, Chris Deboda, etc.

Manned the Sony fort on CTN day 1. (l-r) Boola Robello, me, Ken Maruyama, JC Cornwell

All images @Armand Serrano.

Disney Visit

With good friends I used to work with at the Disney Animation Studios during a recent visit before the holidays. So much memories I have with Disney after working on four feature films between 1997-2004. (l-r) Andy Harkness, Ruben Aquino, Bing Deogracias-Serrano, me, James Finch and Jim Finn.

Power Of Values Recap

(Top) Taken during the tonal design seminar at LAAFA. (Above) One of the many tonal designs I used at the seminar. 

All images ©Armand Serrano. 

Comic-Con 2011 Recap

A quick iPad painting demo at the Los Angeles Academy Of Figurative Art booth using Brushes app.

Animation peeps (clockwise from top left): Bill Perkins; the one and only Alex Nino; Good man Mark McDonnell; Stephen Silver, myself, my daughter Ella, David Colman, and Nicolas Villareal. Others artists I saw: Robh Ruppel, Stef Kardos, Pascal Campion, Tuna Bora, Chris Deboda, Dzu Nguyen, and my cousin Charlie Deogracias.