Fedora Fellow on Opening Night

(ink and charcoal on paper, 2012)

(graphite and watercolor on paper, 2012)

Rest in Peace, Tissa

Tissa David (1921-2012) 

(photograph courtesy of Ray Favata)

Tissa was my dearest mentor, constant inspiration, and true friend. I am deeply grateful for her extraordinary generosity of spirit over the years.  She was among the greatest animation artists in the history of the medium, and she was eager to share her gifts with others. Tissa encouraged us to work, indeed to live, from the inside out–from the heart.

We are thankful for your long presence among us, Tissa, and we will miss you terribly. God bless your soul. May you now rest in Peace.

"Her Animating Spirit," written by John Canemaker for the Wall Street Journal: Please click here.

Minnie's Bow-Tique Storyboard

Storyboard done digitally in Toonboom/Storyboard Pro, 2011, under the direction of Robert Ramirez.

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