Written Work #1 by Klent Dean Español

Nelson “Rey” Bohol

klentespanol1206 — 2024-08-20 11:24:02 UTC

Pixar’s Nelson “Rey” Bohol, a Filipino animator, was part of Inside Out, Monsters University, Brave, WALL-E, Ratatouille, Cars, and Finding Nemo. He graduated Architecture at Manuel L. Quezon University and has joined Pixar in August 2000. who is known to have added bahay kubo in the aquarium scene in “Finding Nemo" which was one of the original animators who worked with Brad in the 2004 “The Incredibles” film. He has also worked as a set artist on “Inside Out” and “Monster University” among others. Born in Pangdan, Hinabangan, Samar, Nelson is a shy, quiet guy who prefers to draw than being interviewed. As the sets artist and designer in the film, Nelson described his responsibility as “to make sure that our sets are consistent with the film’s style or look, which in this case, is the mid-century era.” Nelson admitted that he was inspired to work in the animation industry because “I grew up watching cartoons.”

Armand Serrano

klentespanol1206 — 2024-08-20 11:36:51 UTC

He is a Filipino American visual development artist who is known for his works in animated feature film studios such as Walt Disney Animation Studios, Marvel Studios, Sony Pictures Animation, and Skydance Animation. He has been in the animation industry for more than three decades. Born and raised in the Philippines, Armand grew up in Quezon City and studied engineering at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering in 1989. He practiced as an apprentice engineer for a short time before joining the animation industry. He is currently working as a production designer and art director. He is also known as a lecturer in the field of animation and design and conducts workshops and demos internationally. He is one of the brains behind films such as Big Hero 6, Brother Bear, and Lilo and Stitch is Walt Disney’s visual development artist Armand Serrano. He worked at Sony and was part of Hotel Transylvania and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs films. He’s been working in the industry for almost three decades now. In May 1990, Armand started in animation as an inbetweener at Fil-Cartoons in Manila, a subsidiary studio of Hanna-Barbera Productions. After ten months as an inbetweener, in March 1991, he moved to layout department, and that was the start of his career. While working for Fil-Cartoons, he was involved in the productions of Captain Planet and the Planeteers, The Addams Family (1992–93), The Pirates of Dark Water, Tom & Jerry Kids and Young Robin Hood, among others. In 1994, Armand moved to the Philippine Animation Studio, an independent studio also in Manila producing TV series projects for Marvel Productions. He supervised layout for the overseas production of The Fantastic Four (1994–96), X-Men (1992–97), Biker Mice From Mars, and an animated music video for Prince. In the spring of 1996, Armand moved to the US to work for 7th Level, Inc., a multimedia company which develops games, in Glendale, California. That same year, he completed a Layout Visualization and Background Design course at Associates in Art in Sherman Oaks, California. After a few months, he made a major step by moving to feature animated films at Walt Disney Animation Studios in February 1997. He and his family were relocated to Orlando, Florida to work on their then-ongoing project Mulan (1998). After seven and a half years and four feature films, Armand decided to move back to the west coast after Disney announced that it is closing its doors to their Florida studio. Sony Pictures Animation took him in to start development on Surf's Up. Armand and his family were relocated back to Los Angeles in 2004. Armand is currently holding an art director post at Sony Pictures Animation.

Bobby Alcid Rubio

klentespanol1206 — 2024-08-20 11:37:26 UTC

He is one of the story artists at Pixar. His favorite scene in the movie that best illustrates his contribution he said was the Parr home “because I helped design the new Parr home. I also designed the DevTech building, the Incrediwagon and lots of the interiors.” His architecture background obviously helped in doing these sets. From Ilocos Norte and San Diego, California, Bobby joined Pixar in January 2007. A very gregarious and funny guy, Bobby graduated from CalArts with a Bachelor in Fine Arts, major in Animation degree. What inspired him to work in the animation industry are “the Japanese anime like ‘Robotech,’ ‘Speed Racer’ and ‘Star Blazers’ were very influential to me as an artist. They inspired me to draw and to dream about working in the animation industry!”