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!

We've Moved Offices!

Creative Mastermind Katia and Writer Lydia hard at work!

That’s right, we’ve officially moved ourselves to an office on Olive Avenue in Downtown Burbank!

After lots of back-and-forth hauling, IKEA scavenging, and working up a sweat putting desks together (phew!), we’re finally settled in! We can’t wait to make new memories here, especially more projects with our awesome collaborators! Here’s to a new chapter at Glow in the Dark.

Check out some photos of our new place below!

Our dining area and coffee station!

Henry and his little friends enjoying the view!

Jabba watching over the Library!

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!

Diferente!

Here Linkedin Article.

Really excited to share the news that Katia Grifols (our mastermind at the studio) is part of this amazing rooster of Spanish Artists united for a wonderful cause: the creation of  Diferente, a co-illustrated comic written by ILEsucero and sponsored by Dibujos Por Sonrisas.  The project it’s been crafted in a disinterested way, since the benefits of this comic will be used in the campaigns that the organization Dibujos Por Sonrisas carries out to dignify the lives of refugees.

Diferente will be presented during the next Comic Barcelona 2019, and besides acquiring it right there, you will soon have it in all the bookstores.

Diferente tells the story of Jana, a young woman whom one day discovers that the world around her changes in appearance at every moment. To visualize these changes in the reality of Jana, each page of  Diferente  - sometimes even each vignette - is drawn by a different artist. A   narrative tour de force that moves between fantasy and thriller showcasing the journey of self-discovery and self-improvement.

We really hope the best for such a wonderful project!!!

And keep going!!! Semi-Finalist now!!!

We are super excited to celebrate that we are officially on the Semi-Final for ATX with Split Earth!!! Sooo Proud of our Team!!!!!

Wooohooo Split Earth!!!

Congratsssss!!!!

Small Victories must be celebrated!!!! So here we are to congratulate Alberto Corral our Stupendous collaborator and our awesome Team for the great work on Split Earth!! We are very proud to announce we are in Round 02 for consideration at the Pitch festival in ATX!! Sooo… yay!!!!!

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!!!!

Time to say goodbye!

Mandatory crew pic at the always awesome to visit Dreamworks Lot!!

Once again that sad time to say goodbye to our awesome intern Leslie Hernandez! We will miss you!

And if you are thinking on applying to our internship program… check what our past interns have to say!!

Meanwhile Henry, our designated office skeleton, will take that chair till we have a new intern!

Woodbury Animation Panel!

Once more we were very happy to be part of a great industry panel at the Woodbury University, courtesy of their wonderful Animation Club!

Along with Annushka Almendros (APM at WB/ GITD Co-creator), Benson Shum (Disney Animator/Children Book Artist), Melissa Maryn (Toy Designer at Moose), Ryan Hansen (Story board at Dreamworks TV), Heather Gregersen (Story Revisionist at Dreamworks TV), Maureen Macomber (Studio Manager at GITD) and Katia Grifols (Mastermind at GITD) we spent our evening talking about our personal career paths and answering questions of young artists that want to make it into the industry! Was a very refreshing and fun night!

Thank you Woodbury kids for having us!

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!!!

Volunteering in Vietnam!

Because Art and Stories are around the world there is nothing more inspiring to go find them!

Glow in the Dark was part of an Art initiative program promoted by the Right Hands. The volunteering promoted the Arts as a tool for Little orphan kids to not only use Art as a healing therapy but also as a possible future career for them. To learn a profession that will hopefully help their way out of poverty.

Obviously with a great story like this we had to participate! We create content for kids at the studio, hopefully to give them awesome childhood memories. What a better chance for us to give those memories.. like literally! It was a very inspiring experience, extremely heartwarming and… we got the chance to teach this little future talents a bit of photoshop!

The Right Hands provided them with Digital tablets, digital art programs, and art material for the kids so they can learn with good tools. We also participate in a lot of very inspiring activities like Museum Trips, Arts and Crafts day and even self modeling life drawing!

We will miss this girls a lot and the awesome group of Volunteers! We were soo charmed by Hanoi (Vietnam).

Thanks Right Hands for this awesome experience!

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!