SPP Online!!!

Well… This year has been eccentric so far! With the pandemic still going and every beloved convention canceled, it’s been a breath of fresh air to be able to attend one of our favorite ones online!!! Once more, SPP has left a mark on us! We love this convention! It’s been super well organized, the staff has been super kind and receptive (it’s awesome that they have translators), and we have been amazed to meet all these companies from Asia!!! Attending SPP allowed us to introduce ourselves to new companies and to learn about them so hopefully we can work together in the future!

The convention highlight for us has been the Biz-Matching program. It was very easy to enroll and use, and once we filled out our information, it was extremely useful to track the companies we might be interested in - and for them to track us! This shared information through SPP made for great conversation starters and facilitated a lot of our company research, as it’s sometimes hard to find the right websites due to the language barrier. Thankfully, SPP had it all organized and in English for us! Also, they adjusted the duration for a longer convention time, so it’s easier to schedule those meetings from overseas!

We’re looking forward to it again next year, hopefully in-person!

Thanks SPP!

CTNx-2019!!

Yess one more year at CTNx! And this year we came full of new things and excitement!!! To start, it’s the very first year we have done an Online Raffle through our Instagram!!! We wanted to celebrate on a special way our 3 years attending to CTN as a studio!! And what better way than to give a ticket to one of our followers that really wants to go there, so they can benefit from the convention as much as we always do!

It was hard to choose among all the submissions, but all worth it! We got to meet Eugene Paek , the lucky background designer that got to get not only our free ticket, but a studio visit and a private portfolio review! You go Eugene!!

But that was not it!!! We also got very lucky to be once more giging a hand at Raising the Bar, meeting all this incredible talent that we hope we can work with in the future!

And more!!! We got Super happy and excited to be able to give a Panel about “ Finding your audience by Tailoring your content”. We were super happy to see everybody engaged on the panel and to be able to answer all this questions!

The only thing we regret.. like always..is not having better pictures!! But oh well! It will always be… NEXT YEAR!!!!

We're Woofs at TAAFI!!

Great news everyone!!! Our wonderful We’re Woofs! team made it to the Finals at Taafi! And… we had an amazing time!!! It was super nice to see the fall season in Toronto, enjoy some delicious Canadian food and attend to very inspiring lectures at the Conference! Not to mention very successful meetings at their Meet and Greet and extremely friendly and helpful staff!! We definitely recommend Animation creators, storytellers or people with pitches, in general, to attend. Not only is super well organized but it’s full of resources and wonderful networking! Not to mention their Big Pitch competition, Where our Woofs! were finalists!!! Such a nervewracking and exhilarating experience! 100% worth it and looking forward to it next year!

Thanks Project Anime LA 2019!!!

It’s time to look back on one of the exciting new conferences we attended this year: Project Anime: Los Angeles!! A biannual conference between Tokyo and Los Angeles, this was the first year that Project Anime provided two different tracks: one for conventions, and one for the anime industry!!!

With speakers from all parts of the industry - producers, directors, toy designers, etc. - we learned a lot about the differences in animation development and production in Japan, the challenges of adapting Japanese properties for global audiences, the power of merchandise, and more! What was really special was how easy it was to talk with everyone, even before the networking reception. Between the many inspirational panels, we made new connections, new friends, and even snagged some sweet Yokai merch for our shrine!!

Here’s hoping to see you next year Project Anime!!!

Yokai Watch Shrine!

Comic Barcelona!

So excited about this 37 Comic Barcelona Festival! Not only because I love comics and it happens in my home city, but also because for the very first time ever I will be part of it! Super thrilled to be sharing some comic knowledge with the little ones at the Comic Kids section, but also to be part of the educational program with the “not so little anymore” future pool of artists! Here at Glow in the Dark, we are all about of giving back to the community, and what a better way for me than sharing some knowledge and tips in Barcelona!

Stay tuned for more news!

End of the year Highlights!

CTNX-18

Lucky and thankful as always for being part of CTNX! We had a very cool panel about Creative Collaboration and we are very happy and thankful for the turn around! So glad to see familiar faces and new ones as well!

(Sorry we didn’t got more/better pictures this time!!)

Disney’s Industry Open House Night ’18

We never get tired of this building or this people!!! It’s always so inspiring!!! And what better than mingling with other creative heads in town! Was definitely a memorable night!

London

Super short- but very inspiring! - trip to London for secret reasons!!! So we took a chance to get very soaked on the very heart of it!!!!

And well… now the year is ending.. so we can’t wait what’s next for us in 2019!!!!

TAC and OTTAWA International Animation Film Festival! 2018

After a crazy inspiring week we can say we are back in Burbank with a LOT of awesome stories to tell from the OIAF !!! The convention was a success for us!! Not only we had a chance to represent Pirateers! It the TAC semifinals (that was an awesome experience already!), but we also took full advantage of all the incredible inspiring and informational lectures, events and a very well organized Business Fast Track. We saw a lot of international movies, made tones of talented friends and discover the heart of a very lively city that lives up to their high Canadien friendly standards.

The event had a lot of very fun and successful networking events like the Toon Boom sponsored Boat Cruise, or the BBQ-Pumpkin-Carving event in the beautiful park sponsored by Cartoon Network. Not to forget the great Nickelodeon Breakfast and the lunch and parties networking events. We really look forward to come back next year and see all the new friends we meet! Also stay tuned for mischievous outcomes from this event!

And what kind of Creative Studio we would be if we didn’t took the chance to explore and get inspired by this beautiful city?? So we did!!! And we discover tones of wonderful bookstores, secret coffees, amazing beautiful fall colors and very impressive Modern-gothic Architecture!

Ottawa is a Must See City!!

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Congrats to our Pirateers Crew for entering on OIAF's Semi-Finals!!!!

We are soooo excited and soooo proud of our Pirateers Crew for hitting the semi-finals at the PITCH THIS! Competition at this year’s Ottawa International Animation Festival. We hope the the best luck for them the next week in Canada!!! That has been a truly team effort!!!

Seoul Promotional Plan... here we go!!!

We got extremely lucky to find ourselves in Korea at the time of the SPP!!! We were ins Asia for another reason (seeeecretssss!!!!) and luckily we stumbled upon that convention, the timing was just perfect! Was super easy to sign in, the staff was super nice and responsive! And we took fully advantage of their Business Meeting program. We filled up our schedule and we meet with great new companies and some familiar ones!

We also got the luck to hear very inspiring panels and to attend to some of the competitions finale. The whole convention was very English-friendly and the attendees were super duper nice.

Plus.. Korea… Is such a beautiful and inspiring country. We felt so lucky of being part of this Adventure!

MIA! Pitching at the finals!

We were really excited to be invited as part of the MIA Finals on "PITCH to the Industry". So Glow in the Dark traveled to Miami (FL) for that! Was an awesomely unique experience! We meet tonnes of great people and we can't wait to see what is next for Scream'Inn!!!!

Las Vegas Licensing Expo! May 2017

We have been so busy that we forgot to update about our Las Vegas Trip!!!! We got the chance to go on May 23-24 2017 to go to Las Vegas Licensing Expo! Was a wonderful opportunity for us to see the potential of licenses, meet with awesome production studios from around the world and to learn about this great industry that is behind the curtains of Entertainment. We also got to assist to the Nickelodeon Girls Lounge where we meet and learn from awesome women in the Licensing industry, super inspiring! We are so excited to see where all of this go, and for sure it was definitely a great experience that we will repeat next year!