Here are some pictures of Bob Boyle's visit to Oneida Schools. Bob is the Emmy award winning creator of Nick Jr.'s Wow Wow Wubbzy. He also created a show for Disney Channel called Yin Yang Yo! He was art director and producer of the Fairly Oddparents and art director of Danny Phantom. He wrote and illustrated the book "Hugo and the Really Really Really Long String". Bob talked to our students about his childhood and how he got into animation. Bob is so accessible. The teachers commented on how personable he is. I can tell you he put up with a lot of my fanboy chatter. He flew all the way from L. A., got here at about 1 am, and worked with us the whole school day and beyond. He talked to nearly 800 students today! And he shared with us lots of insight about working in cartoons and illustrations. He has a fantastic personal story about how he came to work in those industries and I am sure he inspired lots of our kids. If I'm having a bad day, I go to a school and draw for kids. They cheer for your drawing like you hit the winning 3 pointer in the big game. -- Bob Boyle All in all Bob Rocks!! Thanks for taking the time to share with us!! You can check out Bob's work at www.bobboyleart.com and you can buy his book here http://www.amazon.com/Hugo-Really-Long-String-Picture/dp/0375834230/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368843903&sr=8-1&keywords=Hugo+and+the+really+really+really+long+string
This week's topic was Tribute. I have been working on Caricature and the book I am reading on it said for beginners like me that we have about 500 bad caricatures in us and we have to get them out by practicing. So I practiced using an old Entertainment Weekly and just tried to draw some celebs. So here are the best of the worst.
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