1. What is your name, where are you from, where do
you live now?
My name is Kenneth Walker. I am from New Orleans, Louisiana and currently reside in Cordova, Tennessee.
My name is Kenneth Walker. I am from New Orleans, Louisiana and currently reside in Cordova, Tennessee.
2. What medium(s) do you work with?
I work with Wacon stylus and tablet on the Apple Mac with Toon Boom Animate Pro and Adobe After Effects programs.
I work with Wacon stylus and tablet on the Apple Mac with Toon Boom Animate Pro and Adobe After Effects programs.
3. Tell us about your technique/creative
process.
I usually skim through my mind of what ideas have been done before. Taking bits and pieces from every idea, I usually fuse those together and see what I can come up with.
I usually skim through my mind of what ideas have been done before. Taking bits and pieces from every idea, I usually fuse those together and see what I can come up with.
4. What is your background (education, career,
etc.) and how does it contribute to your art?
I am a senior at Memphis College of Art and am currently looking for a career in the field of animation. I attended private (Catholic) schools through out elementary and high school.
I am a senior at Memphis College of Art and am currently looking for a career in the field of animation. I attended private (Catholic) schools through out elementary and high school.
5. How did you learn about this position?
6. Tell us about your larger body of work.
My final project tells of the misadventures of a little ghost who attempts to achieve his first scare
My final project tells of the misadventures of a little ghost who attempts to achieve his first scare
7. What are you currently working on?
I am currently working on completing my BFA project for my graduating year at Memphis College of Art.
I am currently working on completing my BFA project for my graduating year at Memphis College of Art.
8. How has your work changed over time?
Subject matter and scenery wise I think it’s more genuine and “realistic” as opposed to the more random and surrealistic style I used to have.
Subject matter and scenery wise I think it’s more genuine and “realistic” as opposed to the more random and surrealistic style I used to have.
9. Tell us about a seminal experience you’ve had
has an artist.
Winning 1st Place in a poster contest in 5th grade. The contest was held by a church to come up with a piece for a ‘Feed the Children’ food drive. My poster consisted of a blue genie flying over a landscape and giving fruit and vegetables to children.
Winning 1st Place in a poster contest in 5th grade. The contest was held by a church to come up with a piece for a ‘Feed the Children’ food drive. My poster consisted of a blue genie flying over a landscape and giving fruit and vegetables to children.
10. Who is your favorite artist?
Salvadore Dali
Salvadore Dali
11. If you could work with any artist (past or
present) who would it be?
For a painter I would work with Salvador Dali and for animation I would work with Ralph Bakshi
For a painter I would work with Salvador Dali and for animation I would work with Ralph Bakshi
12. What is your favorite artwork?
Destino, an animated collaboration between Walt Disney and Salvadore Dali in 1945.
Destino, an animated collaboration between Walt Disney and Salvadore Dali in 1945.
13. What inspires you?
It can be different things at different times. I don’t think I have one specific thing that inspires me all together.
It can be different things at different times. I don’t think I have one specific thing that inspires me all together.
