Saturday, November 13, 2010

Ben Balistreri



Ben Balistreri is an amazing character designer and storyboard artist. He won an Emmy for his designs on "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends", one of my absolute favorite cartoons of all time. He's also been nominated 6 times(!) for Annie awards in storyboarding. His graphic novel Seaweed: A Cure for Mildew is a really fun read, and contains a great sketchbook and development section worth the price of the book on its own. I approached Ben at a convention to do a Beatles piece, and while he was too short on time to complete it at the con, Ben very nicely said he'd do a drawing if I sent the book to him afterwards. I never expected Ben to do a full color piece with all four Beatles! This piece is legendary!

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