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Allen Mezquida

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Allen Mezquida Director/Writer/Animator

 

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I traveled the world as a jazz saxophonist. I got to play with Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Gerry Mulligan amd Brad Mehldau among many others.

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Bonus material for the DVD release of Aladdin and Toy Story. A short of mine called “Man’s First Friend” aired on Nickelodeon.

 

How did you become interested in animation?
That’s like asking how did I Continue reading

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THE 18TH ANNUAL ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS

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https://vimeo.com/182118126

THE 18TH ANNUAL ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS

Featuring 16 new awesome animated shorts from 11 countries!

LAEMMLE PLAYHOUSE 7, PASADENA

SUNDANCE SUNSET, WEST HOLLYWOOD (mature only)

FRIDA CINEMA, SANTA ANA

Oct 21st ­ Oct. 27th

Two versions

Family Friendly - 12 shorts

MATURE AUDIENCES - 4 bonus shorts starting after 7:00PM

featuring

Stems – Ainslie Hendersen (Scotland)

     Shift – Cecilia Puglesi & Yijun Liu (U.S.)

     Pearl – Patrick Osborne (U.S.)

     Crin-crin – Iris Alexandre (Belgium)

     Mirror – Chris Ware, John Kuramoto, Ira Glass (U.S.)

     Last summer in the garden – bekky O¹Neil (Canada)

     Waiting for the New Year – Vladimir Leschiov (Latvia)

     Piper – Alan Barillaro (U.S.)

     Bøygen – Kristian Pedersen (Norway)

     Afternoon Class – Seoro Oh (Korea)

     About a Mother – Dina Velikovskaya (Russia)

     Exploozy – Joshua Gunn, Trevor Piecham, & John McGowan (U.S.)

     CORPUS – Marc Héricher (France)

     BLUE – Daniela Sherer (Israel)

     MANOMAN – Simon Cartwright (England)

     ALL THEIR SHADES – Chloé Alliez (Belgium)

 

The Animation Show of Shows, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit

www.animationshowofshows.org

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“Roamin” Sharon Coleman Kickstarter

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Oscar nominated Sharon Colman is working on her latest 2D animated short. It’s a satire about the American bison’s struggle to remain the spirit of freedom. You can get in on the ground floor by supporting her Kickstarter campaign which is now 70% funded. Let’s get her to 100% and put bison and 2D animation back on the map.

http://kck.st/2cY4tSs

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Sharon Colman

Email:  sharon@sharoncolman.com

Website: www.sharoncolman.com

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Wacom Introduces MobileStudio Pro Line

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NEW YORK –Wacom has introduced Wacom MobileStudio Pro, a new line of lightweight, powerful mobile computers with Wacom’s new pen technology.

MobileStudio Pro features the newly-designed Wacom Pro Pen 2, with 4x higher pen accuracy and pressure sensitivity than the company’s previous professional pen, enhanced resolution, leading-edge graphics, excellent color performance, 3D camera and other innovations.

Wacom has developed a family of 13.3-inch and 15.6-inch MobileStudio Pro computers to fit virtually every professional’s creative computer and budgetary needs (starting at $1,499). There are six configurations to choose from. Four 13.3-inch models combine maximum mobility with high performance and color accuracy and two 15.6-inch models deliver a larger work area, 4K resolution, high color performance as well as superior Nvidia Quadro graphics. Bundled with Windows 10, MobileStudio Pro has the power professional creatives need to run industry-standard applications such as Photoshop and Illustrator as well as demanding 3D creative software applications.

MobileStudio Pro 13: four models come with an IPS high-brightness panel, 2.5K (WQHD) resolution and 96% Adobe RGB. Customer options are defined by Solid State Drive (SSD) size – 64GB ($1499), 128GB ($1799), 256GB ($1999) and 512GB ($2499).

MobileStudio Pro 16: two models are fit with an IPS high-brightness panel, 4K (UHD) resolution and 94% Adobe RGB. There’s a 256GB ($2399) with NVIDIA Quadro M600M with 2GB VRAM and 512GB ($2999) with NVIDIA Quadro M1000M with 4GB VRAM.

The 3D camera is available on both models of the MobileStudio Pro 16 and on the 13 model’s 512GB version.

MobileStudio Pro is expected to be available online and at select retail locations in late November.

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FEATURES

Wacom Pro Pen 2

Natural feel with pinpoint accuracy

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Computing and graphics power

Run demanding creative 2D, 3D and CAD software – anywhere

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3D camera

Bring 3D object scanning into your creative work

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Stunning display

Life-like color and up to 4K resolution for a brilliant creative experience

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New Wacom Pro Pen 2:
natural and precise
Our new Wacom Pro Pen 2 will instantly become your favorite creative tool. It’s more sensitive, more accurate and more responsive than any pen we’ve ever made.
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4x more pressure sensitive*

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4x more accurate*
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Virtually no lag

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Natural tilt support
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No parallax

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No batteries or recharging
*Compared to Wacom Pro Pen

Ready for the biggest projects

Wacom MobileStudio Pro is designed for serious creative workloads. It’s a full-featured, Intel powered computer with the muscle you need to run professional creative 2D, 3D and CAD applications. Multi-layered, hi-res, CMYK Adobe® Photoshop® files? Seven million vertices in your PixologicTM ZBrush® file? Let Wacom MobileStudio Pro take on the challenge. Choose up to 16GB of RAM, an Intel® CoreTM i7 processor and NVIDIA graphics – with up to 512GB of storage.

3D ready

Wacom MobileStudio Pro is ready-made for 3D. It’s available with powerful Intel™ processors, memory and storage configurations. And Wacom MobileStudio Pro 16 even offers high-performance NVIDIA Quadro graphics. Plus, select models include built-in Intel™ Real Sense camera and scanning software – perfect for product designers, CAD engineers and 3D sculptors who want to capture real world objects to start their creative process.

You’ll see – and feel – the difference

Whatever you’re creating, you’ll see every pica, pixel or polygon in perfect detail. With a resolution of up to 4K and color accuracy to 96% of Adobe® RGB, the screen on your Wacom MobileStudio Pro will make your work look amazing. But while you work, it’ll feel amazing too. The new etched glass surface provides the perfect amount of resistance to recreate the familiar feel and control of pen on paper. So working on Wacom MobileStudio Pro feels totally natural, instantly.

Designed for the way you create

The choice is yours

With six configurations to choose from, there’s sure to be one that fits your unique creative needs. The Wacom MobileStudio Pro 13 blends mobility with high performance and lets you sketch, draw, edit, and create with ease. Wacom MobileStudio Pro 16 models offer a larger mobile creative workspace and higher graphics performance – perfect for 3D design and sculpting, illustration, photography, video, animation and complex photo retouching.

Wacom MobileStudio Pro 13

i5 64

• Intel® CoreTM i5
• 64GB
• 4GB
• Intel® IrisTM Graphics 550

Wacom MobileStudio Pro 13

i5 128

• Intel® CoreTM i5
• 128GB
• 8GB
• Intel® IrisTM Graphics 550

Made for sketching and illustration, graphic design and image editing.

Wacom MobileStudio Pro 16

i5 256

• Intel® CoreTM i5
• 256GB
• 8GB
• NVIDIA Quadro M600M graphics with 2GB GDDr5 VRAM
A larger space for drawing, detailed concept art, 3D sculpting and painting, 3D CAD, motion graphics and advanced image editing and retouching.

Wacom MobileStudio Pro 13

i7 256

• Intel® CoreTM i7
• 256GB
• 8GB
• Intel® IrisTM Graphics 550

A great choice for drawing, image editing and retouching, detailed concept art, graphic design and 2D animation.

Wacom MobileStudio Pro 13

i7 512

• Intel® CoreTM i7
• 512GB
• 16GB
• Intel® IrisTM Graphics 550

Intel® RealSenseTM 3D camera and scanning software

Built for drawing, detailed concept art, 3D sculpting and painting, motion graphics and advanced image editing and retouching.

Wacom MobileStudio Pro 16

i7 512

• Intel® CoreTM i7
• 512GB
• 16GB
• NVIDIA Quadro M1000M graphics with 4GB GDDDR5 VRAM

Intel® RealSenseTM 3D camera and scanning software

Maximum power for drawing, detailed concept art, 3D sculpting and painting, 3D CAD, motion graphics and advanced image editing and retouching.

Customize your Wacom MobileStudio Pro

However you like to work, there’s an accessory to make Wacom MobileStudio Pro suit you (each sold separately).

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Wacom Wireless Keyboard

Wacom wireless keyboard is the perfect partner to your MobileStudio Pro for creative and office work. The slim, compact Bluetooth® keyboard charges quickly through a USB cable.

Wacom Link

While Wacom MobileStudio Pro is a powerful computer in own right, you can also attach it to another Mac or PC with Wacom Link so that you can use it as a standard Cintiq.

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Mobile Stand

The new Mobile Stand holds the MobileStudio Pro at three different drawing angles, so you’ll always find a comfortable working position. When you’re ready to move on, it folds flat for easy transport.