ANT WARD

Where the hell has Ant been.

2009-06-20T19:04:00.001-07:00

I am really, really good at updating this little bloggy thing are'nt I? Well needless to say, life is busy and full of adventure. Still over at Nickelodeon, I was the Lead T.D on Penguins, which I hear is doing very well for itself. Since then I have moved on to other projects at nick, I'll post more soon (ish).

My dear friend Justin (March 8, 1981-March 18, 2008)

2008-03-27T20:00:00.000-07:00

I feel that I am ready to write a little about the events of the last week. Justin Wright, one of my closest friends past away on Tuesday the 18th. We met on the second day of Calarts.....

Eric Favela and I, were prowling the dormitory, looking to meet fellow freshmen animators. The goal was simple. Meet new people, get jazzed up about the upcoming school year, and get blind drunk. So, going door to door, we came to Mike and Justin's room. The room had Disney and Pixar stuff everywhere, we new we had struck gold. After a lot of persuading they both agreed to hang out with us, so we heading back to my dorm room to to chat and get drunk. The only problem was... neither of them drank.......at all. I simply could not understand the concept of grown men not drinking. Justin sat on a chair and played guitar, while Eric kept asking him if he wanted to do a shot. Gradually the evening became more and more uncomfortable, as we got drunker and drunker, while Justin and Mike just smiled and made small talk. It was not long before they ran for the hills. Justin later told me, as they left my dorm room he said to mike...

" Well one thing is for sure, we will not be hanging out with those guys." - Oh how wrong he was.

Justin ending up getting the workspace opposite ours for the freshman year. It was the start of a wonderful, once in a lifetime friendship.

Justin was not only talented, he was extremely kind hearted. Always eager to show others the beauty of life. Justin was constantly helping those in need. He was always eager to have a debate, and to challenge both himself and those around him. He was even my sponsor to stay in the US. He was the master of Halo, and had an obsessive passion for video games. He loved his Steinbeck. He loved God and Jesus. He loved his family more that words can describe. He loved his friends. He loved his work. He loved every second of life. He was a brother to me, and I firmly believe he made me a better person.

Thanks dude.

You will always be in my heart.

2006-06-22T23:19:00.000-07:00

My god... march was my last post. Okay things are going to change! I promise. Expect new work AT LEAST once a week. MUST BLOG MORE! Anyway busy looking for a job at the min, have a few leads, to follow up on which is always a good thing. We'll see.

a taste of my new film

2006-03-04T05:17:00.000-08:00

hey all, just a little still from this years calarts film, I'm going against the grain this time and doing all cg! scary!

2006-03-04T04:44:00.000-08:00

Film Time again over at calarts, this leaves me little or no time to keep this thing updated, but i'll try, Doug Sweetland from pixar gave a sweet lecture on acting this evening, one of the best I've been to.

welcome my little chumbs

2006-01-06T00:24:00.000-08:00

hey one and all, thought I'd jump on the moving train and see what fun there is to be had . I'm currently an animtation student over at calarts, here's a still from my last film.