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Verne Andru - Bio
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Verne grew up during the dawn of the television era where the wacky worlds of Beatlemania and Bugs Bunny collided with his all too impressionable psyche. Driven to dabble in music and art, it wasn't until he met the crew from Captain Canuck Comics at a high school 'career day' that he found his calling. Pouncing on the opportunity, he dropped by their studio to pester them with his latest drawings until they had no choice but to relent and hire him!
His extensive animation experience started just as humbly when he was hired to paint animation cel's on 'Blowhard', a National Film Board animated short. This was followed by assignments for Hanna Barbera where he worked his way up to the position of animator. All the while he continued working in comics, illustrating stories for Phantacea, doing ink and colour on Captain Canuck and cover art for Charleton Comics Group, to name a few. While working at Nelvana on their animated feature 'Rock and Rule', he became intrigued with the opportunities computers held for fantasy creators. Once that project wrapped he attended Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology where he graduated with honours as a Computer Systems Specialist. He later added Television Operation And Production to his academic credentials. | ||||||
Given the state of technology in the 80's, it would take another decade for it to catch up to Verne's vision. He spent that time teaching computer sciences as well as doing creative, design and advertising assignments in Toronto and Vancouver. He was the creative mind behind a number of high-tech success stories including 'Simply Accounting', a brand that remains the best-selling small business accounting software to this day.
Verne has always been on the leading edge. He transitioned from traditional typesetting and pre-press into desktop publishing as the technologies were still being developed. He pioneered the use of digital paint [Photoshop] for location and character colour styling on animated series work as well as the use of Flash for broadcast animation. Today, Verne continues to produce a range of content for print, web and broadcast, including the highly successful Kid's Club commercial spots for Swedish furniture retailer, IKEA. And if this wasn't enough to keep him busy, his music has been honoured with a rave review from Guitar Player magazine.
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