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Disney Animator, Story Artist - Adobe, Drawing, Storyboards
Tony S.

4.9 (27 ratings)

73 hours tutoring

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I have worked as Disney Animator on Lilo and Stitch, Brother Bear, Mulan, Tarzan, The Emperor's New Groove, and character shorts including Goofy, Tigger, and Christopher Robbins.

In Addition, I was Art Director on Madden NFL and NCAA Football where I defined the look of each game, User Interface storytelling, and special features.

Since 2009 I am the owner/operator of Tony Santo Creative where I provide Storyboards and Illustrations to clients like the History Channel, WWE, Google,...

I have worked as Disney Animator on Lilo and Stitch, Brother Bear, Mulan, Tarzan, The Emperor's New Groove, and character shorts including Goofy, Tigger, and Christopher Robbins.

In Addition, I was Art Director on Madden NFL and NCAA Football where I defined the look of each game, User Interface storytelling, and special features.

Since 2009 I am the owner/operator of Tony Santo Creative where I provide Storyboards and Illustrations to clients like the History Channel, WWE, Google, Carnival Cruise Lines, Food Network, Subaru, Toyota, Macy's, and other brands.

Teaching is a passion of mine. I began teaching kids and over the years adapted to whatever style my students required. I am comfortable with all age groups - individual instruction and group settings. My experience includes College Level and Corporate Training courses in traditional and digital instruction. Since early 2021 I have been teaching Adobe Software like Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, InDesign, and Animate, as well as traditional art courses including character design, storyboarding, comics, and foundation classes in drawing, anatomy, and illustration.

I teach mostly online via Zoom, and in some instances - schedule-depending - can travel to my students. I am eager to help my next student realize the artist within. Please feel free to inquire about my classes.

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Education

Parsons School of Design
Illustration

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Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator

Offer step by step interactive lessons Specialize in different learning strategies Demystify Illustrator interface and tools Learn by doing, not memorizing See progress immediately, with excitement to learn more
Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop

Design of video game loading screens and user interface layouts for video game features. Digital painting, concept art, storyboards, and illustration in Photoshop. Promotional material design, working with layers, groups, filters, transparency layers, clipping paths, creation of custom Photoshop brushes, compatibility between Adobe software packages, color key creation, custom color watches, actions, alpha channels and more.
Animation

Animation

In this class, I teach Adobe Animate. If you like Flash-style animation, this is the program to learn. We learn the basics and fundamentals of animation as well as the fundamentals of the software. We'll get familiar with the strengths of Animate and learn to render movie files from our work. The renders may be used to composite an animation reel in the future. Depending on the students drawing experience and style, sessions will include character animation of any style. Ideally, this class is 12 sessions, 2 hours each, but can be customized if needed. Principles covered include: squash and stretch, drag, anticipation, motion arcs, follow through, extremes, keys, inbetweens, shape tweens, classic tweens, motion tweens, walk cycles, symbols and when to use them, parenting layers, assett warping, audio tracks and more. Film Credits: Brother Bear (Koda), Lilo & Stitch (Stitch), The Emperor’s New Groove (Pacha), Tarzan (Porter), Mulan (Misc.), The Little Match Girl Television & Theme Park Animation: Disney’s California Adventure Theme Park: The Little Mermaid Kiosk – Ursula (2001) Tokyo Disney: Winnie the Pooh’s Honey Hunt - Tigger & Christopher Robbins (1999) How to Haunt a House - Goofy – (2000) Teachers of all ages, grade school through college, and adults. Step-by-step art instruction with case studies to demonstrate. All classes get you working within the first ten minutes of the session. Classes are hands-on and designed for immediate, measurable results.
Drawing

Drawing

This online class works with various skill levels and is custom-made for each student. We cover the "Why" and the "How" of drawing. Students get a demo for each class, then work on that aspect of drawing to develop confidence, methodology, and reveal their identity as an artist. Each class starts with a short drawing exercise, followed by a demo online. Next, the student puts the demo into practice, followed by a teacher critique. All the basic building blocks of drawing will be addressed - however, this is not a class of formulas - only principles. How each artist achieves his or her results is what we are cultivating in the long run. I want each student to realize they have a talent unique to them, and we strive to reveal their identity as artists, not make perfect technical drawings. Illustration and classical art references will be discussed, studied, copied, and evaluated. We learn: Forms vs Shape - the basics of drawings Anatomy - using shapes and forms to make the structure, basic muscle and skeletal arrangements - male, and female form comparisons, heads, hands, feet, torso, etc. Portrait drawing Figure Drawing Swpth, composition, shadow and light Drapery studies and where to use them Each session is two hours, designed ideally as a 10 - 12 session class, or ongoing. As with all my online classes, students must have a camera and the ability to share their work.
Film

Film

I started working in After Effects when I worked as an art director on video games like Madden NFL. I learned the influence of After Effects and how I could make Pre Visualization Presentations, along with Motion Graphics, Cinematic reels, story reels, and Composite videos. Many of my videos have been published for Ad Agency clients, in video games, and as story reels for motion picture pitches. My After Effects lessons get you working in the first session, teaching simple and basic techniques that may be applied with longevity for many different effects and allowing students the ability to problem-solve their own design challenges creatively and successfully.
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Passionate, Patient, and Considerate

Within just a few lessons with Tony, I had developed far more confidence in how I draw. Tony has the perfect balance with teaching both formal techniques, and how to apply them in common sense ways. Any aspiring artists would be well served in reaching out to him as a tutor. Fully recommended!

Nick, 13 lessons with Tony

Great with my 11yo

My daughter loved her lesson and learned a lot of useful things. She was a bit frustrated and overwhelmed trying to use photoshop for the first time. Now she isn’t so hesitant to draw with it.

Rachel, 2 lessons with Tony

Supportive and Knowledgeable

For the longest time, I've been struggling with how I could become a professional artist. Tony is knowledgeable not only about art and animation but from experience gives practical guidance on how to make this passion a full-time career. If you're looking for someone to guide you on the path of becoming a professional artist/animator, this is a good place to start.

Mark, 1 lesson with Tony

Very experienced industry professional

After one session Tony has demonstrated an impressive amount of 2D drawing knowledge, a true industry professional. I look forward to improving my skills and doing more lessons with them.

Brandon, 5 lessons with Tony

Dedicated to the end!

Great communication before the project. He explored various options so I could choose what best matched my goals and then was ready to move forward right away. He was dedicated to making my project succeed and I was grateful!

Brenda, 1 lesson with Tony

Informative teacher

Tony gave me great tips that I could apply to a storyboard I was working on. He also provided insights on techniques and best practices to improve my storyboarding skills.

Yhareli, 7 lessons with Tony

Dedicated until the end

Great communication before the project. He explored various options so I could choose what best matched my goals and then was ready to move forward right away. He was dedicated to making my project succeed and I was grateful!

Brenda, 1 lesson with Tony

A teacher and a mentor

I came to Tony and asked him for a plan to make me a better artist. I study concept design and needed some private lessons. Tony is very patient, helping, give excellent advices and corrections. He is very experienced in the field of concept design so it helped me to learn from someone with experience and teaching skills that were beyond of my expectations... Other teachers just wanted to see my drawings and correct them but Tony came up with a plan that was very specific to my needs. Thank you Tony and we will continue working. I also hope to work with you in the future. You are an amazing teacher and mentor :)

Daniela, 2 lessons with Tony
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