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Toronto Animation Industry Conference

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Where: Toronto Reference Library & Online

When: November 2-4, 2023

Previous Events:

Toronto Animation / VFX Job Fair

Legend of Vox Machina

Fri, Nov 11th

4:45PM - 5:45PM

Online: Crowdcast

Join us with Art Director and Lead Character Designer of the hit Netflix series Vox Machina as they regale their stories of the show and answer your questions LIVE.

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Arthur Loftis, Art Director, Titmouse

Arthur Loftis is an art director at Titmouse Los Angeles, currently working on the record-breaking Kickstarter success, The Legend of Vox Machina. As a Critical Role fan, aka “critter,” he works closely with the creative executives to forge an animated adaptation which honors the source material and introduces new viewers to the story. Leading a team of 2D and 3D artists who bring fresh ideas to the world of fantasy action-adventure cartoons, the group’s passion for Dungeons and Dragons brings them together on the weekend. Arthur’s previous credits include: Voltron: Legendary Defender, Motorcity and Son of Zorn.

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Phil Bourassa, Lead Character Designer, Titmouse

Phil Bourassa is an Emmy award-winning artist with over 20 years of experience as a character designer and art director in the animation industry. He is best known for his work at Warner Bros. Animation where he created the look of the DC superheroes for multiple projects during a decade long run. Phil is currently the lead character designer on The Legend of Vox Machina, produced by Titmouse and now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Previous credits include: Young Justice, Batman: Bad Blood, and Justice League.

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Quinn Doherty, Shorts Lead, TAAFI

A graduate of Centennial College’s Children’s Media Program, Quinn has spent many years volunteering at TAAFI and has joined as official STAAFI in 2021. He has a great love of animation and in particular the writing and production side of the industry while also keeping his visual arts skills strong. When he isn’t assisting the social media or organizing community game nights you can find him pondering life’s great questions or watching silly internet videos, y’know one of the two.

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