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Kal Athannassov (He/Him)

Character Artist
Kal Athannassov is a Animation Art Director and Character Designer living in Pasadena, California. Currently, he is a freelance artist working in animation and comics. Kal was the Character Design Supervisor at Titmouse Inc on the 2024 animated show Jentry Chau vs The Underworld,  for which he recieved an Annie nomination for his Character Design work at the 52nd Annie Awards. Previously, he has worked with Disney TV Animation, Sony Pictures Animation,  Netflix Animation, Marvel Studios, WB Animation, and others including Baobab Studios , where he won an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Character Design in Animation for Crow: The Legend in 2019, and for Baba Yaga in 2021. In 2016, Kal co-directed, and was the Art Director for the award-winning, animated short film, The Wishgranter. The film went on to win Best Animated Film at the 43rd Student Academy Awards®, the College Television Awards, Student BAFTA, National Board of Review, and many more. Kal loves movies, cute dogs, playing video games & spending time with his loved ones.

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Character Design – How to Push your Acting and Posing

Demo Area – HALL C | Kal Athannassov

In this LBX Demo and Presentation, Character Designer Kal Athannassov will go over how he pushes his character design’s acting and posing in order to create characters that feel specific and believable. This presentation is about puting the “character” in character design and ensuring the feel as expressive and alive as possible.

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