MyToons.com Invites Animators and Artists to Share Their Wares

CreativePro Staff

Are you looking for a place to showcase your artistic talent and hang out with others who share your creative interests? Then MyToons.com is the ideal online community for you! From the DRAW exhibit in Austin, Texas, MyToons Inc. announced today the launch of its new premier online animation community, MyToons.com, the ultimate destination for sharing, viewing, discussing and enjoying everything animated. Targeted toward seasoned professional animators, artists and fans alike, MyToons.com allows members to upload and share their artistic creations and animated favorites with the entire world, for free.
“Animation is a legendary art form that deserves to be celebrated in this modern digital world,” said Paul Ford, president and visionary of MyToons.com. “Our goal for MyToons.com is to provide a fun and interesting place where animators and artists world-wide can openly network with their peers as well as industry executives and fans, providing them with the opportunity to promote their work. We are confident that MyToons.com will realize our vision to become the world’s greatest online animation community.”
As a high-quality full-service animation community, MyToons.com offers members the key benefits of:

• Uploading, viewing and sharing their favorite animations and artwork. Have a Demo Reel? Start with that!
• Watching unique animated content of all styles from all over the world with the highest quality player on the Internet.
• Easy embedding of animations on personal blogs or other sites like MySpace.com – in three different sizes.
• Connecting with new friends, animators and artists world-wide in a creative community of people just like them.
• Creating a personalized MyToons.com home page with fully customizable templates.
• Joining and creating groups for discussion and collaboration…and much, much more.

“By aligning ourselves with professional animators, studios and up-and-coming animation talent, MyToons.com is able to provide an outlet to the artistic community that has never been available before,” said Rusty Mills, five-time Emmy award-winning animator and MyToons.com director of animation. “As a long-time animator myself, I’m extremely excited to be a part of such a forward move in the animation community and look forward to sharing everything that MyToons.com has to offer.”
About MyToons.com
Based in San Antonio, MyToons.com was established in 2006 as an online resource and entertainment destination for professional animators, industry executives, artists and fans. Founded by industry leaders Paul Ford, Dan Kraus and Stacey Ford, MyToons.com is currently aligning with content creators and well-known industry personalities to provide the highest quality and best variety of online content and services for MyToons.com.
MyToons.com Events at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas
MyToons.com will honor their launch with a celebration at Gallery Lombardi’s new location in Austin, Texas on Wednesday, March 14 beginning at 7 p.m. The event will feature live graffiti art, a large variety of music and performances from world renowned DJs.
MyToons.com is additionally sponsoring the internationally acclaimed traveling art exhibit DRAW from March 9 – 31, 2007 at Gallery Lombardi. Featuring works from over 150 world-class animation artists, influential musicians, graffiti artists, tattooists, pop artists, fashion designers, skaters and comic book legends, DRAW is a tribute to the often-underrated yet fundamental building-block of visual and graphic art – the drawing.
For additional information about MyToons.com, upcoming events or to become a MyToons.com member, please visit www.mytoons.com.