Your Advisors

Robert Waterworth has been in the media industry for the last 16 years during which he has worked as an art director, visual effects artist. He has been involved in the making of several feature films such as Outlander (Spin), Eye of the Storm (Paramount) & The Santa Claus 2(Disney); television series such as Matrix (CTV), the Doodle Bops (CBC/Disney), Haven & Brain Song (USA Network), World War 3 (Fox), Prince Charming (Hallmark), Babylon 5 Sci fi, Anonymous Rex (Alliance Atlantis), The War Next Door documentaries such as Science of Death & Blasters ( Discovery) & Games such as Dungeons and Dragons - The scourge(Warner Bros). He has taught at the Ryerson Polytechnic University and the Toronto Film School.

Keka N. has been in the digital arts industry for the last twelve years during which she has freelanced as a fashion illustrator, graphic artist, web designer, and animator in multiple geographies. She graduated from the Toronto Film School. She is widely traveled and has a wide life experience from the several roles she has played. She has worked as a matte artist, 3 D painter, modeler, animator, graphic artist in several projects. She is the co-founder of Thinnox.

Mike Hitchcox has been painting BGs for animation for over 20 years. He is experienced in concept development, production art in both traditional and CG . He was the BG supervisor for Nelvana for over 8 years & has been instructing BG painting at Sheridan for the BAA program for the past 4 years. Mike is completing a second season of BGs for Studio B for Class of Titans. Mike also helped develop Beetlejuice, Gargoyles, Magic School Bus. He is an OCA graduate.

Maryann Kovalski loves telling stories with words and pictures. She is a professional Author Illustrator. Some of her books include: Jingle Bells, (A First Flight Level Two Reader) Fitzhenry and Whiteside1998, Omar On Ice, (The Picture book) Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1999.Maryann has performed hundreds of readings for children in schools across Canada & USA.

Roger E Pedersen has been designing, producing and programming games since the industry's infancy, as early as 1983, for such companies as CBS Software, Gametek, Hi-Tech Expressions, Merit Software, Arcade Giant Merit Industries, Villa Crespo Software, Acclaim Entertainment, Hypnotix and American Alpha. His cumulative title sales have surpassed 10 million copies. He is also an Adjunct Professor at NY University in Game Design.