Twenty-two year old Keith Fukumoto had already decided by the age of 12 that nothing was going to stop him becoming an animator. Today he is realizing his dream as a “Flash Animator” at Fatkat Animation Studio in Miramichi, New Brunswick.
Keith joined Fatkat early September 2006 right after graduating from Max the Mutt Animation School in downtown Toronto this past summer. He believes his drawing skills and background in classical animation training obtained at Max the Mutt was what landed him his dream job and he couldn’t be more thrilled. “Right now I am working on a flash animation tv show…animating everything - like special fx, character animation, camera movements. They allow us to be creative with all of it…it’s loads of fun,” he explains enthusiastically. “The job as a whole is a cool experience…one of the employees brings in their dog. The dog adds to the great atmosphere by bringing down stress levels. The people I get to work with every day have become close friends and when the team finishes an episode and we watch the end result…I can’t describe how rewarding that is,” he adds.
Keith had lived in hectic Toronto his whole life and felt he was ready for a change so when the opportunity at Fatkat in Miramichi became available he jumped at the chance to move to New Brunswick. So far his experiences have been great and he also finds it funny that dogs and cats seem to keep popping into his life. “Something that I find funny,” he says…”is that I graduated from Max the Mutt Animation School and now am working for Fatkat Animation Studios! Talk about kats and dogs!”
For Fatkat Animation Studio go to http://www.fatkatanimation.com/
