William Fiesterman is an award winning animator and digital artist who
has worked in the electronic game industry since 1992. In the 1980's he
was an animator and director at Will Vinton Studios, a stop motion
production company, where he animated such projects as the California
Raisins TV commercials, Claymation TV specials, and special effects for films such as Disney's "Return to Oz". William animated segments of music videos for artists such as John
Fogerty and Michael Jackson. He also was a primary animator on the first
clay animated feature length film, "The Adventures of Mark Twain by
Huckleberry Finn". "The Great Cognito", a short film that William
co-animated with Barry Bruce was nominated for an Academy Award in 1983
for best short animated film. Since 2010, William has segued into a new
career as a fine artist and portraiturist. William has a commercial
website, a daily sketch blog, a facebook page with daily sketch
postings, and his own channel on Youtube.com with over 270 time lapsed
movies of him creating paintings in photoshop with a digital tablet.
many of William Fiesterman's oils, acrylics, and watercolors are
currently in private collections.
