RAY FARRINGTON STORYBOARD ARTIST BIO Farrington grew up in Skaneateles, NY where he was influenced by the beauty of the Finger Lakes and the surrounding country side. His first exposure to art was from seeing the landscape paintings of John Barrow in the Skaneatles Library at a very young age. While in first grade, his elementary principal noticed his talent for drawing and suggested to his parents that he be enrolled in the nearby Auburn Museum of Art's Saturday classes for children. He attended these classes for about 4 years. After high school, he briefly attended the Art Institute of Pittsburg and soon after discovered that he enjoyed figure drawing, painting and art history. Ray also became involved in the Vietnam anti-war movement, eventually doing campaign work for Gene McCarthy's 1968 presidential bid. But despite this, he was soon drafted me into the army and served in Vietnam in a combat helicopter aviation group for one seemingly endless year. After leaving the army, he went on to complete his undergraduate degree at S.U. where he studied under Jerome Witkin and Gary Trento and received a Ford Foundation Grant for painting. After graduation, Farrington worked as a free lance artist until he was offered a job as a staff artist with the Syracuse Newspapers, where he worked for over 14 years. After completing his Master's degree, he left the newspaper and taught art for over 12 years in area local schools. Farrington holds a B.F.A. in Studio Arts in Painting from the Syracuse University as well as a M.S. in art education from the same school. Farrington created the drawn version the Old Doc Turtle character based on direction from Richard Faith, the creator of the concept. In addition to the storyboard, Farrington is creating the drawings for the book version of ODT. TODD HOBIN music Wrote the theme song, ‘FOREVER’ for Old Doc Turtle, and will be contributing additional music to each episode. Hobin Studios made its humble beginning in a little barn in Clay, NY in 1973. A few mics, a couple of reel to reel tape recorders and some wall to wall, floor to ceiling carpeting was all that was needed to start recording. But it's fair to say that the germination may have been way back in 1955 when Todd received his first tape recorder from a favorite uncle. Fast forward a half century and Hobin Studios has become one of the premiere studios in the Northeast, garnering Production Excellence Awards for its work and laying down a long and storied track record of productions for an impressive list of clients. The studios are now run by the next generation of Hobins. Brett Hobin is the boss, guiding the company through its current expansion and growth in the digital era. And Corey Hobin is Chief Engineer. Todd is still very much in the picture, but focuses most of his attention on his music, his art, his teaching and his grandson. The barn in Clay was replaced in 1987 by Studio B. A state of the art building (another barn, but this one built from the ground up) housing a state of the art LEDE designed control room and the finest gear money could by back then. Some of the original gear still remains, but with this latest upgrade, not to many tape recorders can be found. Only some coveted analog pieces and some vintage gear. Studio A was retired early in the decade to make way for Studio C on Westcott St. in Syracuse, NY. The home of Full Cast Audio. Studio D is Todd's personal use project studio. Check out his music website at: http://www.toddhobin.com/ |
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