John Edgar Park
Introduction '''John Edgar Park''' is a technical director in computer animation, author, and host of Make: television.Park received a Bachelor of Arts in Drama from the University of Virginia in 1994, where he was a founding member of The New Dominions and sang in the Virginia Glee Club. He has worked as a computer graphics trainer at Sony Imageworks, and as a character technical director at Walt Disney Animation Studios and at DisneyToon Studios, where he currently works. At Disney, he has worked as a character rigger on ''Meet the Robinsons'' and ''Bolt''.Park's book, ''Understanding 3D Animation Using Maya'', was written based on his experience teaching Maya at Sony Imageworks during the production of ''Spider-Man 2'', ''The Polar Express'', ''The Matrix Reloaded'', and ''The Matrix Revolutions''.Park has been a contributor to Make (magazine) since September 2007 and to the Make blog since November 2008.In January 2009, Park became host of the public television series Make: television, where his segment, "Maker Workshop," demonstrates how to create and build such projects as a VCR powered cat feeder, Wii-powered personal flight recorder, portable trebuchet, and a shopping cart chair.Park has appeared on the television programs ''The Screen Savers'' and ''Attack of the Show!'' on the G4 network.Park currently works for Adafruit Industries. He hosts a weekly YouTube broadcast "John Park's Workshop".
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