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My name is Art Fuentes. During the day I work a lousy desk job, but every chance that I get, I draw. This is my blog, Kartoon Biscuit where I post all of my meager attempts at animation and drawing. I've always loved cartoons and decided a long time ago that I wanted to have a hand in making them. Life being what it is, I had to put my animation dream on hold for a while as I became a proud father and attained a "regular" job to provide for my daughter.

I found out about the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive while searching for information on old comic strips. I never realized until then, that there was such a huge repository of great, great, animation art to be seen in one place. I began to volunteer at the archive on Saturdays in 2006 and was so happy and excited to meet Steve Worth. I remembered him from my favorite cartoon studio, Spumco. Steve is very generous and knowledgable about Animation history, and I was astounded at all of the material available at the Archive. It literally blew my mind.


My favorite Archive post is the The $100,000 Animation Drawing Course. It has really changed my drawing skills for the better. It was also through the Archive that I had the best day of my life, when I got to meet my animation hero, the great John K. He has really helped and inspired me to achieve my goal of being an animator. If it wasn't for Steve and the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive, I would have never met John and such great people as Eddie Fitgerald, Mike Fontanelli, Jim Smith, Vincent Waller, Marc Deckter, Kali Fontecchio, Katie Rice, and so many other people that I count among friends.

The Animation Archive has opened whole new artistic and inspirational possiblities for me and I'd like to thank Steve for sharing all of these treasures with us lowly, wannabe Cartoonists. Thank you Steve, from the bottom of my heart! -Art F.

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