Foxy Lady...

Ok, so this is the very first drawing I want to show, I've drawn this foxy lady over CAL State Northridge University. The amazing Charles Zembillas is the main instructor in that class and we had an assignment, we had to draw a Character based on the human body.

I've been trying to draw the human body for years and it always came out wrong. The class over CSUN with Charles Zembillas really helped me to understand the anatomy of the human body. So that's the story behind this drawing. Hope you like it. I really tried my best.

Welcome!

Welcome everybody! My nickname is AnimationGirl. Welcome to my official art blog. Animation, Video Games, the Animation\Video Game industry and art in general have been my number 1 passion since I was a little girl. I live in the Burbank, CA area. I always wanted to learn animation and Character Design, I started my animation studies at The more than amazing Animation Academy of Burbank, CA in September of last year and I'm still taking classes over there. I improved after only few classes.

(CLICK HERE to visit THE ANIMATION ACADEMY)

I met a lot of artists through the Animation Academy so far, I met Charles Zembillas (Founder of The Animation Academy, designer of Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Jak and Daxter) Joe Person (Designer of Crash Bandicoot and War of the Worlds: Goliath) Paul Felix (Best known as the Art Director of Bolt, he worked on movies such as Mulan, Aladdin and so on) I met Paul at the Walt Disney Studios through the Animation Academy. Snakebite (A Photoshop painter at RedStar Studios) Jose Lopez, I met Jose over Cartoon Networks (He currently works as a lead Character Designer at Cartoon Networks)

Chance Raspberry (Layout Designer on The Simpsons)

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All these people are lead artists in the animation industry. I met all of them through The AMAZING Animation Academy in Burbank, CA, all of them were students at The Animation Academy, all of them were Charles Zembillas' students! I feel SO blessed for the having the opportunity to take classes at The Animation Academy with the best Character Designer in the whole world: Charles Zembillas! Charles is the main instructor and founder of The Animation Academy and he taught me everything I know, I still have a long way to go, but I know I'll do well because the best artist on this planet is teaching me. I truly appreciate all of you taking the time to explore my world and I sincerely hope you enjoy what you find enough to return again. I'll be adding to and updating this blog as frequently as I can with new and current artwork. So until then, God bless! AG

The Blizzard of 1978.

How ironic that Washington DC is receiving record snowfalls on the anniversary of The Great Blizzard of 1978. I am a survivor of the infamous storm that dumped over two feet of snow on the Boston area, causing road and school closures - snow fall at a rate of 4" an hour at one point. Being just a pre-teen at the time, I thought it was a lot of fun. There were, however, several deaths and many homes on the coast were lost or damaged beyond repair. I hope the storm which went through the Mid-Atlantic states today does not do the damage the Blizzard of '78 did to parts of Massachusetts.

Some facts about the storm:

It snowed from 10:20 am on February 2 to 6:20 Am February 7, 1978.

President Carter declared it a Federal disaster

It was the worst winter in 105 years

Record sbowfall in 24 hr period 27.1 inches

Winds were measured at 79 mph

Record school closings

I dug up some video my dad took of me and my two younger brothers "helping" my mother and father clear out the piles of snow. Check it out!





The Great Blizzard of 1978

Almost three years old.

The girls' birthday is only about two months from now so Sarah and I have started to talk about the big day - party at our house versus at a "party place", etc. And, as with many things in life,
I can be fairly emotional when it comes to milestones and other life events - just ask Sarah about my reaction to setting up Emily's bedroom on Sunday!

Anyhow...here's a look back at the girls from September 2007 - "they grow up so fast":