Ottawa 2011 – I Feel So Old
By Dan Sarto
The Animator’s Picnic is inspired event programming – stop all proceedings, go to a park, eat, drink, see and be seen. Find old friends, meet new friends. On this unseasonably beautiful Autumn day, as I gaze out on the crowd of young animators, the future of our industry, I can’t help but think…I feel so old. Nothing like a large gathering of energetic young hipsters, free from the burdens of metabolic decline and hearing loss, to remind you just what a sorry-ass geez you are. The crowd gets younger, the walk to the Bytowne Cinema gets longer and no amount of Advil or Scotch can change that. Sometimes I wonder, if I start talking to a young female animation student, am I perceived as someone who has something useful to say, or just a perve? Can one be both?
Check out a selection of pictures from this year’s picnic and pumpkin carving contest…