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COOL CATS

I had a wonderful time on Friday at the grand opening party of Toby Bluth and Dave Kuhn's new character animation studio, CAAT Studios in North Hollywood. I wish them a lot of luck - they have incredible talent, fantastic ideas, an amazing studio and a great team of people on board.

While there I ran into another cool "cat", Cynthia Petrovic, the creator of RED TANGO, a product line based on her designs, and the webmaster of Tangoland.com. I've written about Petrovic before, she's an ex-Disney, ex-Klasky (and ex-other studios) animator, artist & hyphenate who decided to create her own business, based on her own ideas and art. And she's succeeding at it. Her website is a lot of fun and her products are neat. In an era when character animators are scrambling to find a position, Petrovic has used her head and found a nice niche for her ample talents.

Posted by at July 18, 2004 08:50 AM