The Creative Talent Network

05/27/2026

CTN Saturdays – We're Drawing✨
Every Saturday, our community comes together.
🎨 SketchFEVER + Sketch & Share
🌸 THEME: Rococco
🧍‍♀️ MODEL: Daniella Traub (Posing 11:00am – 1:00pm)
🗣 ART SHARE: 1:00pm – 4:00pm
📅 May 30th | 11:00am – 4:00pm

Not a Club CTN Member yet? Join FREE here https://app.joinit.com/o/clubctn

Bring your sketchbook, your curiosity, and your voice. Stay for the art, the conversation, and the joy of creating side by side.

💛 Pay-What-You-Can — because access matters, and community comes first.
🎟 Tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/ctn-saturdays
🌐 More info: https://ctn-events.com/community
📍 CTN Studio | — The Animation Capital of the World

05/09/2026

Last Saturday, we explored how four Disney artists each approached drawing a tree from a completely unique point of view — then applied that same way of thinking as we studied and drew pine cones together. It was a reminder that there is never just one way to see, think, or create.This Saturday, the focus shifts to our work — our passions, our creative voice, and where you want to go as an artist. The options are unlimited.

Whether you are just beginning, rediscovering your creativity, or building toward your indie or work for hire future career, CTN Saturdays is about supporting artists at every stage of the journey.
Come play with ideas and discover more about yourself and your craft while sharing, connecting, and experiencing new things together as visual storytellers. How can this improve your portfolio -- come find out and leave your mark on our Drawing Wall. We got this !!!

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/ctn-saturdays

04/23/2026

Be Our Guest with Pizza

This Saturday, April 25th, we’re back with our 4th Saturday of every month Coffee Talk featuring both veteran and rising voices in the industry—an honest, energizing conversation about moving forward, even when the path isn’t clear.

They’ll dive into:
• Trusting your timing
• Taking the next step
• Creating your own opportunities
• Why “just doing it” matters

Bring something that reflects where you are. Your sketchbook or portfolio,—or simply bring yourself and hang out and work with free wifi, food and bev and parking.

A pizza lunch will be shared.
Saturday April 25th
Doors Open 11:00am - 4:00pm
Coffee Talk 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Webpage: https://ctn-events.com/community
Special Guest Linda Bel https://ctn-events.com/ctn-guest
CTN Studio, 847 Hollywood Way, Burbank CA

Tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/ctn-saturdays
“No Artist Left Behind” tickets are now available—pay what you can, starting at just $1. This keeps our events accessible to every artist, at every stage.

In honor of Linda's role of animating the spoons in the 'Be Our Guest' sequence in Beauty and the Beast, a limited special 'Signed Spoon' will go to the first 10 artists that register and walk through the door.

03/15/2026

Hello CTN Community,

📚 March is Next-Level Learning Month!

Growth never stops, and this month, we're investing in your continued development as an artist as part of our Road to CTNX Monthly Giveaway Series.

Whether you're leveling up your fundamentals, exploring new techniques, or diving deeper into character design, March is all about fueling your creative education all the way to CTNX26.

✨ Important Information:
🗓 Giveaway Date: Last Thursday of March
🎟 Who Can Enter: All Club CTN Members
👥 Not a member yet? Invite a friend (or join today!) for a chance to win:
https://app.joinit.com/o/clubctn

🎁 March Prizes:
• (1) One-Year Subscription to Vilppu Academy Online Library of Lectures & Demonstrations
• (1) One-Year Subscription to Character Design Quarterly by 3DTotal
• (1) 4-Day Basic Ticket to CTNX26

Please visit https://ctn-events.com/ctn-giveaway for more details.

A special thank you to Vilppu Academy and 3DTotal for supporting our creative community!

Let's keep learning, keep growing, and keep building toward an incredible CTNX26 together.

"Focusing so much on technique can eliminate the valuable thought process." ~Award Winning Production Designer, Mike Giaimo

See you on the road,
The CTN Team

02/25/2026

It is almost time for Scholarship Season …

Applications for the new round, 2026 CTN Foundation Scholarship Awards will be opening soon. Built on a mission unlike any other, these scholarships connect history and legacy with newcomers and the future — artists learning from artists — to help keep the talent, craft, and art form of visual storytelling strong.

We have a deep respect for the effort that has gone before and combine it with the excitement for what is yet to come. With Full, Partial, and Honorable Mention scholarships, hundreds of awardees have advanced their lives and careers as visual storytellers through the support of the CTN community. For a full list of awardees from 2025: https://ctnfoundation.org/award-recipients-2025

Explore the brochure below and join Club CTN at https://app.joinit.com/o/clubctn to receive the information first.

Thank you for helping us keep our promise of 'No Artist Left Behind" https://ctnfoundation.org/active-programs

If you like what we do, donations are accepted: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/ctn-foundation-programs

Check out this Presentation designed by Creative Talent Network.

12/23/2025

At this time of year, it is a joy to pause and thank the many people in our life. From all of us, to all of you, we appreciate you, we see you and we wish you the best this holiday season wrapped in an understanding that 2026 is the year, the one that is going to be the greatest year of your life. It's time!!

“My final two cents worth of advice is to develop an all-consuming curiosity for things both exotic and ordinary. Read, observe, analyze, and become involved with a variety of interests. Study, practice, delve, probe, investigate, and above all, be flexible. Keep an open mind. The world is changing fast. Don't get caught in the corner of the ring."
- Ward Kimball Legendary Animator Walt Disney Studios

WOW - Be open to the magic .... sometimes things are not always as they appear. We got this….Cheers!!