Meet our Team.

Chris Buckley
Chris has worked for some of the finest studios in the world and his animation credits include: Pacific Rim, Escape from Planet Earth, Ninja Turtles, Alice Through the Looking Glass and STAR WARS - THE LAST JEDI.

Kelsey Wagner
For over twenty years Kelsey has worked as a character animator for some of the world’s greatest studios like Sony Pictures and Rainmaker Entertainment. His animation credits include Arthur Christmas, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs I and II and Hotel Transylvania.

Karl Bauer
For a decade Karl Bauer has been a top character modeler and rigging artist, as well as an exceptional modeling instructor. Karl has designed, modeled and rigged Rocket Sky's own series of Foundation to Feature quality character models. He currently works as a Lead Animator for DHX Media in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
JASON RYAN
Jason is a world-class animator and a master of both 3D and classical animation. Thanks for the tutorial on how to draw stick-people, an amazing video on thumbnailing and how it's done by a true master.
MIKE KOIZUMI
FELIX SPUTNIK

Saulo Satoshi Botome
Saulo is one of the finest artists to come out of Rocket Sky. Not only is he a highly skilled character animator, he's proven to be an extremely proficient technical artist. He's produced some of Rocket Sky's newest student tutorials for lighting and rendering and currently acts as the school's 'go-to' for lighting and rendering issues. Saulo currently works as a character animator for Animaking located in Brazil.
SPECIAL THANKS
Mike is an incredible artist and a truly gifted teacher. His drawing tutorials are amazing and we're so happy to have access to his techniques for drawing the human figure.
Felix Sputnik was born in Germany, moved to London in 1990, draws 24 frames every second of the day and keeps chickens and bees. He has worked for most major studios in London and some overseas and is the proud owner of a Moebius award, two Promax world class awards, a grand Prix from the Holland Animation festival and a BAA diploma and was once briefly up for a BAFTA. His tutorials are
spectacular and benefit our students immensely.
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