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Australian Toon Studio Cartoonists Animators Caricaturists
Description
Lee Sheppard, Director of Toon Studio is a freelancer (since 1990) based in Sydney. His study included 2 years at Paddington Art School under tuition by Stephen Wesley Gorton majoring in Portraiture and Fine Arts. His study has also included classical advanced animation studies at Enmore Design Centre.
Lee is a firm believer in giving back to the community . He has taught art to children in private and public schools and has been a volunteer cartoonist to the Starlight Children’s Room (Westmead Hospital) and the Salvation Army’s Red Shield Appeal. His current interest is in supporting the Children's Medical Research Institue and the excellent groundbreaking work they have done over the years and continue to do so.
In 1996 he was nominated as a full member by Jim Russell to join the Australian Cartoonists' Association, the oldest association of its kind in the world. Lee has been on the committee for 5 years, of which he has played the role of Secretary and NSW State Vice President. He has organized two National Cartooning Conferences and assisted in the production of the National Cartoon Awards called the Stanleys. In 2003, he won Best Cartoon on the night at the Stanley Awards night in Ettalong.
