Guest Speakers

The Shrunkenheadman club often brings in guest speakers to teach the students of our club about the entertainment industry. These special guests bring in new insights, information, and knowledge to supplement the training provided by SJSU’s great Animation/Illustration faculty. Beyond regular studio visits from giants like Walt Disney Animation Studios, Blizzard, Sony Pictures Animation, Blue Sky Animation, and others, the club also receives regular educational lectures from current and former industry professionals. Previous guests include industry greats like Steve Hicker, Stephen Silver, James Baxter, and Floyd Norman.

Winter Figure Drawing

Winter Figure Drawing event is an annual multi-day drawing/ learning marathon with a focus on drawing from life where we invite industry professionals to teach the Animation/ Illustration students about their experiences in the industry, approach to figure drawing, how to take an idea from life into their own style, or the subject of their specialization as a professional artist. Some of our past guests for Winter Figure Drawing include:

• Anthony Holden (Freelance Storyboard Artist, Character Designer)

• John Nevarez (Former Story Artist at Pixar)

• Matthew Luhn (Former Story Artist at Pixar)

• Megan Ferguson (Animation Director on Netflix’s Hilda)

• Armand Serrano (Visual Development Artist at Marvel Studios)

• Steven Ahn (Director on Voltron: Legendary Defenders and Storyboard Artist on Avatar: Legend of Korra)