Ryan Khatam

Ryan Khatam (born 1982) is an American animator and storyboard artist. He has worked on Metalocalypse and MTV's Good Vibes. He was also a storyboard artist for two 2014 episodes of Breadwinners. He worked as an animator on the Gecko & Sticky segment of Shredderman Rules[1] and on Baton (バトン, directed by Ryuhei Kitamura). Khatam also worked as an animator on Black Panther and TripTank. In 2013 he worked on the Kickstarter-funded feature film Dick Figures: The Movie. In November 2014 he launched his own Kickstarter for Johnny Rocketfingers 3.[2]

History

Khatam began animating at the age of 14. His first animation was very crude, using a basic stick figure. He studied animation at Rancho Bernardo High School, Palomar College, Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, and The Animation Academy. His first freelance job was to animate deaths for Gorilla 2: The Return, the sequel to Gorillas. He was then contacted by Conspiracy Games to create a sequel to his own Johnny Rocketfingers. As of November 2014, this sequel, Johnny Rocketfingers 2, has been viewed more than 4.5 million times.[3]

gollark: It's not actually going to be *used* for anything outside of a hypothetical genetic-algorithms reactor optimizer.
gollark: Tin coolers probably not because I can't be bothered.
gollark: Moderators are on the todo list.
gollark: If you ignore fiddly stuff like actually being tested, having any UI, handling moderator blocks, handling cell efficiencies above 100% and tin coolers (evil things), my simulator might work.
gollark: Ah, cool.

References
  1. "Ryan Khatam - Filmography - Movies & TV". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  2. "Johnny Rocketfingers 3: Hand-Drawn Point & Click Adventure! by Ryan Khatam". Kickstarter. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  3. "Johnny Rocketfingers 2". Newgrounds. 1 May 2006. Retrieved 26 November 2014.


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