Ryan Khatam
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Ryan Khatam (born 1982) is an American animator and storyboard artist. He has worked on Metalocalypse and MTV's Good Vibes. He was also a storyboard artist for two 2014 episodes of Breadwinners. He worked as an animator on the Gecko & Sticky segment of Shredderman Rules[1] and on (バトン, directed by Ryuhei Kitamura). Khatam also worked as an animator on Black Panther and TripTank. In 2013 he worked on the Kickstarter-funded feature film Dick Figures: The Movie. In November 2014 he launched his own Kickstarter for Johnny Rocketfingers 3.[2]
History[]
Khatam began animating at the age of 14. His first animation was very crude, using a basic stick figure. He studied animation at Rancho Bernardo High School, Palomar College, , and . His first freelance job was to animate deaths for Gorilla 2: The Return, the sequel to Gorillas. He was then contacted by Conspiracy Games to create a sequel to his own Johnny Rocketfingers. As of November 2014, this sequel, Johnny Rocketfingers 2, has been viewed more than 4.5 million times.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Ryan Khatam - Filmography - Movies & TV". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ^ "Johnny Rocketfingers 3: Hand-Drawn Point & Click Adventure! by Ryan Khatam". Kickstarter. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ^ "Johnny Rocketfingers 2". Newgrounds. 1 May 2006. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
External links[]
- Cracked Animations
- Ryan Khatam's first blog and second blog at Blogger
- Ryan Khatam at IMDb
- 1984 births
- American animators
- American storyboard artists
- Living people
- American animator stubs