Yesterday I was surprised by getting a large envelope from Pixar, with a red, shiny, foil seal that has a monkey on it...guess who it was from? Lee Unkrich, the director of Toy Story 3! (The red monkey seal should have given it away for me, because I know Lee is a huge monkey fanatic!) He sent me an autographed Toy Story 3 photo and a personally typed letter which I thought was too cool! I completely understand him declining my request for a sketch, because if you didn't know, he is the only Pixar director to date that wasn't an animator first...he was something in the technical field, I forget at the moment. I think this is a huge success and it will be up on my wall in no time! (Click on the letter to make it bigger so you can read it!)
As if that wasn't enough to make my day, I also got an autographed photo from Brad Bird, who is the director of The Incredibles and Ratatouille! :)
Oh, and guess what? I start Animation Mentor in 12 days (on the 27th) and I am soo excited, I can hardly contain it inside me! Be sure to follow this blog by clicking the follow button on this page if you want to see the progress I make with my animation work, because once I start, I plan on sharing all my work each week on here! :)
