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Are you a trained or self-taught animator?

I am studying at Animation Mentor. Traditionally trained at San Jose State University.

Where are you located or based?

Bay Area

Do you have an online portfolio or link to your work?

http://saulruiz.blogspot.com/

What's your favorite animation (tv show, short, feature film)?

Looney Tunes!

What or who influenced you to started animating?

Disney's Three Lonesome Ghosts

Do you work in the industry or create animation as a hobby?

I want to work in the industry. Hopefully soon. I am mainly trying to improve my animation skill so i can work at the feature level.

Tell us a bit about the software and hardware used in your creative work.

I use maya to animate 3d rigs. I also use flipbook to animate some block in animation. I love 2d animation and i sometimes use paper and pencil to block my shots in which i then shoot and export them out to a quicktime file.

Where has your work been showcased on television, internet, film festivals, mobile etc?

Some of the festival work has been in several festivals and on the internet.

Any projects we can look forward to seeing from you in the near future?

I am working on a short film which will be completed in 6 months.

Can you recommend an animation film or animation book that every animator should see/read?

Eric Goldbergs Animation book is great. But i really love reading Walt Stanchfeilds book.