ABOUT

'A Place to Grow', based on the famous children books series by Stephanie Bloom, was indeed one 'rough little piece' of pencil animation that I have truly enjoyed doing. I had the opportunity to lay hands in this project, while working as an Animation Director at Radical Axis Animation Studio (Atlanta, GA - USA). Of course, we had other important projects in-house by that time... anyway, one day Radical's CEO and owner, Scott Fry, came in and told me that Ms. Stephanie Bloom was really interested in this project, and that she really wanted to see her stuff animated. He himself was really enthusiastic about it, and gave us all his support. That is how -and with a crazy turnaround and schedule (let me tell you that)- I began working on the first inspirational drawings, storyboards, and character re-designs. Later on, I animated and directed this 'piece', with just a small bunch of people. As said before, we truly enjoyed it, and I really hope you like it, too!

Best!

Mariano