<h3>Where</h3><p>Online</p><h3>When</h3><p>March 24-26, 2022</p>

Toronto Animation Film Festival

<h3>Where</h3><p>Online</p><h3>When</h3><p>March 24-27, 2021</p>

<h3>Where</h3><p>Hot Docs Cinema | Toronto, Canada | 506 Bloor Street West</p><h3>When</h3><p>Monday April 25th</p>

<h3>Where</h3><p>Online</p><h3>When</h3><p>November 11-13, 2021</p>

Toronto Animation Industry Conference

<h3>Where</h3><p>Online</p><h3>When</h3><p>November 18-22, 2020<span class="ql-cursor">﻿</span></p>

<h3>Where</h3><p>Corus Quay, Toronto, Canada, 25 Dockside Dr.</p><h3>When</h3><p>Saturday to Sunday, November 2-3, 2019</p>

Toronto Animation / VFX Job Fair

TAAFI News

<p>Gary Ye is the Supervising Director for Devil May Care at Titmouse Inc. He's been a BG Designer, Compositor, and Storyboard Artist during his time in the animation industry, working on shows for Dreamworks TV, CBS, Titmouse Inc and Atomic Cartoons. He's also done work for a variety of smaller projects, including creating animated bumpers for Adult Swim, and most recently storyboards for the opening titles of "The Last Kids on Earth", and boards on the music video for "Robbed" (Manila Luzon ft. Latrice Royal). He spends his free time making short films, a few of which have somehow screened internationally at festivals like Annecy, SXSW and TAAFI.&nbsp;</p><p>As a human being, he's a trash man with trash tastes who's way too into internet horror.</p>

Gary Ye

<p>Fable Siegel is an animator and comic artist who lives with a flock of modern-day dinosaurs (parrots, chickens, and pigeons, oh my!). Native to New Hampshire, Fable's bold, moody artistic style was heavily influenced by the dark atmosphere of the cold northern woods. Their credits over a decade-plus career include board artist on <strong><em>Ben 10 (2016)</em></strong>, animator on <strong><em>Midnight Gospel</em></strong>, and animator on <strong><em>Hazbin Hotel</em></strong>. Bouncing between several studios before committing fully to indie animation in 2020, Fable landed the role of director for <strong><em>Lackadaisy: The Animated Short</em></strong>, based on the webcomic of the same name penned by Tracy Butler.</p><p>You can follow the project's development at <a href="https://www.littledaisycafe.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Little Daisy Cafe</a> and read Fable's New England-set zombie apocalypse series, <strong><em>Umbagog</em></strong>, <a href="http://www.umbagogcomic.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. Follow them on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/Fablepaint" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Fablepaint</a> for daily updates on everything mentioned, with frequent art streams featuring cast, crew and friends on <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/fable_paint" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitch</a>.</p>

Fable Siegel

<p>Grab a cold one! Grab a pencil! It's time for the after-party - join the festival crew for a live post-conference art session on our shiny new <a href="https://discord.gg/fkk2uEuwXe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Discord Server</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>New to Discord? It’s like an online chat room with different topics.&nbsp;</p><p>Still scared? Don’t worry we walk you through it in the <a href="https://taafi.com/industry/2020/faq" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FAQ</a> page. </p><p>Thursday's Drink n' Draw will be hosted by Joel Mackenzie and Spencer Moreland. These kids are flying in from Ottawa to skribble with you. </p><p><br></p>

Drink n' Draw - Thursday Edition

Freddy Carrasco

Joel & Spencer

TAAFI Discord Server

Collective Arts Brewing

<p>Freddy Carrasco is a visual artist based in Japan whose practice includes illustration, comics, character design, animation and music.</p>