Brian Roach:  

rips back to the sunny beaches and vast farm lands of Santa Cruz. I’ve been an artist for as long as I can remember. Drawing, doodling, painting and day dreaming have been obsessive habits of mine. However, I was very uncommitted to making a profession out of art until an afternoon in late September, 2002. I was painting a house in Colorado, daydreaming about foggy mornings and coastal winds when alas; my brush began speaking to me! It said, “Animate!” So I immediately threw down my brush (which I still feel bad about to this day, apparently brush’s have feelings too). I began a feverish search for online institutions, when I stumbled across the Academy of Art. I studied art at this fine institution until the fateful day that I was hired at AniMagic Inc., a quaint little studio located in the lovely downtown area of St. Louis, MO. After 4 years of CG bliss, I am lead animator and video editor, as well as a laid back, passionate employee who loves his work.".