More about Mark’s work

Mark Simon worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years and has been a professional artist for over 25 years. His background includes live action and animation production, print, writing and teaching.

Mark currently own three companies located in Orlando, Florida, home of Disney World, one of his clients. Sell Your TV Concept Now, Inc. (www.SellYourTvConceptNow.com) helps people to sell their TV ideas by showing them how to develop, package and pitch concepts the way Hollywood wants to see them.

Animatics & Storyboards, Inc., (www.Storyboards-East.com) is a company which provides storyboards, illustrations, cartoons and comic book illustration to the entertainment and print industries. They are now the largest storyboard supplier in the Southern United States having provided support on over 2,500 productions, ranging from feature films to television series, live action, animation, commercials, industrials, books, magazines, newspapers and more.

His other company is A&S Animation, Inc., (www.FunnyToons.tv) an animation consultation, development and production house. They specialize in character animation. A&S Animation, Inc. has produced animated shorts which have won over 70 international awards and is the Grand Prize winner in Nickelodeon’s first-ever Nicktoons Film Festival.

Mark is also the author of ten entertainment industry texts. His text Storyboards: Motion In Art, a text used around the world to train storyboard artists and the recent Facial Expressions, is the best-selling photo reference guide for artists.

Producing Independent 2D Character Animation showcases every step of production of an independent hand-drawn animation.

He also has 3 editions of his hugely popular Facial Expressions books (www.Expressions-Books.com), a series of photo reference books of over 100 models and over 8,000 photos.

His book Your Resume Sucks was written specifically for the creative arts, redefines what works in resumes by busting over 40 resume myths. This is not your dad’s resume book.

Each month readers may also see Mr. Simon’s articles in Animation Magazine and on Animation World Network (www.AWN.com).

Prior to producing animation, Mark was an art director in live action film and TV in Los Angeles, CA and Orlando, FL. While in Los Angeles, He designed many feature films, music videos and commercials. He then became the second art director at the new Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando, FL in 1989.

He has also done Second Unit directing for Nickelodeon and on Steven Spielberg’s seaQuest DSV as well as working as a Special Effects Supervisor for NBC and Fox networks.

Mark currently lectures around the world at major conferences, conventions and schools.