Johnny goes back to School!

Happy New Year Everybody! well it was a whirl wind christmas holiday, and was super busy as always seeing family and old freinds back in alberta. This year in particular was really cool. I got a surprise call from my former grade 7 teacher, Mr.Mastel, (who is now the principal), to come back to my junior high school, Sacred Heart, to talk as a special guest about animation. Initially I thought I was going to just talk to an art class, but i later found out that I was going to talk in front of the whole school! Yikes! I was really nervous at first, but eventually the kids got into it and all was well. After a short speech, we showed "Eyesore" my old and silly student film from Vancouver Film School, then a bit of Q&A. After that I got a chance to go from class-to-class to talk a bit about the animation industry and my experiences after Sacred Heart, and also to draw a really quick sketch for each class which was really fun! It was such a great time going back to my old school to and see all of my old teachers again, and to see how much Sacred Heart has evolved since I was there since they are putting a bit more emphasis on the arts. It's Great! I just want to say Thanks to Mr.Mastel and all the staff at Sacred Heart for having me back!