Foski
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noun. A kid who is a stinky because she doesn't feel like taking a shower. Term of endearment. Encompasses all aspects of a shy kid with chaotic energy in her safe place.
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I like to believe that everyone is creative in some way. We all have different ways of being creative whether it be in hobbies, in our work, in visual arts, sciences, literature, etc. Everyone has ideas and ways to execute them. We just don’t all make it our career to be creative. Working in animation, a lot of my creative energy went towards work. It can be really fun but it also has the chance of leaving you creatively spent for your own endeavours. While I’ve been looking for work, the drive to be creative is still there. I still want to draw things and I have been! For myself and for others. It has been nice to use my art for good. Art for good. Your personal art can be for whoever you want it to be, benefiting you and people you care about. I was happy to lend some of my skills to dance, once again. (If you haven’t been keeping up, my daughter’s dance life has taken over and I ain’t mad about it.) The studio owner at Exceleration Studios, lovingly known to all of us as Mrs. Laurie, asked me to make a few special pieces for her this year. I was able to help her pay tribute to a dancer who made a big impact in many people’s lives, but especially at Exceleration. You can read more about Robert Wells and dance fund in his honor here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/robert-wells-dance-fund And you can see Exceleration’s tribute to him here: https://www.facebook.com/ExcelerationStudiosInc/posts/pfbid0Q7NhuKjcTdfQBaWUgPcS1JuJBEkk6GeWBbax6PT5PRUtEpio1m5smBBLweyvF4ABl (and on their instagram!) Now that you are back after learning more about him, here is the special piece I made in tribute to Robert. I busted out the old watercolors to make it special for Mrs. Laurie!   The dancers this year continued the circus tradition, so I was also recruited to create posters with each kid in their role. You can see those below. (BONUS points if you can spot my daughter XD)           My process is pretty loose and since this is a blog, let’s show you all what those look like too. Here are all the initial sketches before cleaning and applying color.                    It was nice to use my art for good, for people I care about.
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I figured sharing some pitch content might be a cool thing to do so here we go. I first started pitching while working at Nickelodeon. Back then they offered classes to help enrich everyone working there and give us opportunities to learn new things. There was a development 101 class that peaked my interest. I attended, took notes, and developed and pitched my first pitch. It immediately felt like this was something I was meant to do. I had actually been clued into development before, except I was so uninformed that I had no idea that this is what they were talking about. Another story from the way back when… I was fresh out of college and attending CTN to network and hopefully find work like we all did in the early 2010’s. I had applied to meet with recruiters at Nickelodeon. To my surprise, I was selected to meet for a portfolio review with their development team. I had absolutely no idea what that meant but I figured any meeting is a good one. I met with Phil Rynda (which I have another embarrassing story to tell sometimes about how I have met him a couple times…) I talked to him only about looking for storyboarding work. I had a one track mind and didn’t see anything else as an option. I remember he made some nice comments about comics I had made and he told me that was why he wanted to meet: because he thought I could be a good candidate to pitch shows. I looked at him like a deer in headlights. I wish I could go back in time and tell past me to get it together. He noticed I had no idea what pitching and development was, so he proceeded to bring out a sample pitch document and give me his usual presentation of what they look for in a pitch saying, “Well this is what I usually go over with people who are interested in development but I don’t know if you are interested.” The document was a paper packet of a sample pitch they had created featuring Square and Triangle. I still have the paper somewhere. I figured I’d keep it because someone important gave it to me. But it really didn’t click in my mind what that whole meeting was about until I took the pitching class at Nickelodeon. I have been lucky to have continued pitching for a few years during the content boom. Every pitch was nerve wracking but also exciting. Meeting new people and sharing with everyone my ideas and more importantly the why behind everything I make. I’m constantly inspired by everyday life and family and I pour all of my experiences into the stories I create. This pitch presentation I’m going to share is one I created while taking a writing class with Patricia Valetto. I came up with the original concept, bible and script. This is the exact presentation I used to pitch this Adult 2d animated comedy. There are no words because I spoke them all on the pitch! I wanted to stay interactive with the team I was pitching to and not be stuck reading slides. This pitch is called “Dinkle Grove” If it looks interesting and you’d like to hear the full pitch, let me know! Also I’ve blocked out a few things that are best reserved for a pitch. I want to end this with some sort of creative, funny riff… but I got nothing. Enjoy the images. |
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