Tannerama In reply to DivineROAR [2013-08-29 17:12:46 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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Tannerama In reply to will-Ruzicka [2013-04-13 17:45:15 +0000 UTC]

Of course man! How's things? You're working on Korra now?

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will-Ruzicka In reply to Tannerama [2013-04-18 21:56:35 +0000 UTC]

Pretty good. Lots of long hours working on Korra... trying not to let everyone down.

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Tannerama In reply to DmitriYu [2013-03-21 17:14:18 +0000 UTC]

No problemo. Love the work.

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Tannerama In reply to Pennance [2013-02-04 17:41:51 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome! I enjoy your work!

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Tannerama In reply to tnperkins [2012-12-10 23:44:48 +0000 UTC]

Mr. Perkins!! What's up friend?!

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Tannerama In reply to David-Dennis [2012-12-03 19:08:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! I actually work at Cartoon Network on Ben 10: Omniverse. And my story proves the adage "Luck is where preparation and opportunity meet". I have been drawing my whole life. I wanted to be a comic book artist for as long as I can remember. And so I had been studying visual storytelling and sequential art for years. I had a friend at Cartoon Network who told me that they were thinking about having a class on action storyboarding that would be taught by Matt Youngberg (who worked on Teen Titans and Transformers Animated and many other things) and he asked if I would be interested. I told him I absolutely would. I went to the class, got bit by the storyboarding bug and I decided that was what I wanted to do.

I still had lots to learn about storyboarding. So I asked around and looked around online to see if there were places that taught storyboarding. I found this place in Pasadena called "Concept Design Academy" and they had a class called "Cinematic Storyboarding" taught by Jay Oliva (who worked on Young Justice, Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, Dark Knight Returns). Which is where I developed about 85% of my portfolio. We had to do a storyboard assignment every week. It was great. And I was in the process of taking his advanced storyboarding class, when that same friend at Cartoon Network told me about how Ben 10: Omniverse was looking for some new blood in their storyboard artists and that they were going to hire a couple of "apprentice storyboard artists" and that I should find out if they'd give me a storyboard test. They did. And I was honored and humbled to hear that the great Dan Riba (who worked on Batman: The Animated Series, practically everything else in the world... but seriously, BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES) saw potential in my work and so they hired me as an apprentice to work under him. I started working and took to it like a duck to water. The work is so fulfilling for me. It's difficult, and challenging. But, I get so much satisfaction out of it. And so, after 13 or so episodes working on this show, they made me a full fledged storyboard artist.

So that's how I got this job.

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David-Dennis In reply to Tannerama [2012-12-04 00:20:38 +0000 UTC]

Wow, that's a great story. You actually got to meet Dan Riba and work with him!! I love that whole team, Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, Dwayne Mcduffie, Dan Riba, etc.

I'm a big big fan of Justice League and JLU. Thats great.

I see you're also doing GIF animations. Are you looking to be an animator as well? I know they don't really do 2D animation over here in the states but I think Titmouse does.

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Tannerama In reply to David-Dennis [2012-12-04 00:44:12 +0000 UTC]

Yeah Dwayne McDuffie's influence is definitely felt around here on Ben10. His wife is one of our story editors!

And Dan Riba, I mean what can I say. The guy is a legend and I am so honored to work under him and consider him a friend.

The motivation behind my dabbling in animation is mostly because I have heard that having it as a skill, will help improve my storyboards. And I want to continue improving. So, I'm trying it on. But, I have no illusions of becoming an animator. Just because that work is super scarce. Titmouse does do their own animation and that is awesome and I would be happy to work for them. But, right now, I'm just loving storyboarding on Ben 10.

What's your story?

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David-Dennis In reply to David-Dennis [2012-11-21 04:41:49 +0000 UTC]

I mean Cartoon Network.

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Tannerama In reply to chockoladien [2012-08-29 20:40:05 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Very kind of you.

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chockoladien In reply to Tannerama [2012-08-30 10:38:44 +0000 UTC]

you welcome!

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Tannerama In reply to nymzok [2012-08-29 20:40:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I like the emoticon party you threw in my honor.

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nymzok In reply to Tannerama [2012-08-30 07:25:19 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure!

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Tannerama In reply to ronsalas [2012-06-30 22:00:08 +0000 UTC]

Yeah man! Great work!

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Tannerama In reply to NinjaBits [2012-06-29 19:09:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man! Really appreciate it.

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Tannerama In reply to Brandon-Tarian [2012-06-04 19:02:12 +0000 UTC]

No problemo. Always on the watch for good reference!

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Tannerama In reply to jeffreylai [2012-05-02 18:45:54 +0000 UTC]

No problem whatsoever. Your animation is sick beyond belief.

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jeffreylai In reply to Tannerama [2012-05-03 08:37:14 +0000 UTC]

ah that's very kind of you to say!

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Tannerama In reply to tabby-like-a-cat [2012-04-20 05:45:22 +0000 UTC]

No problem whatsoever. Your work is ADORBZ.

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Tannerama In reply to jeandrawsstuff [2012-01-14 22:32:49 +0000 UTC]

Of course!

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Tannerama In reply to chriscopeland [2011-12-07 01:07:22 +0000 UTC]

WORD.

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Tannerama In reply to IF-LovE-WaS-BluE [2010-08-24 18:15:25 +0000 UTC]

HEY! Awesome! So glad you found me.

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IF-LovE-WaS-BluE In reply to Tannerama [2010-08-24 21:39:24 +0000 UTC]

Actually, Jacob led me here, so.. there's that~

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