User:BancyTOON1994

Biography
Michael Aaron Igafo-Te'o is an American Samoan-Caucasian Animation hobbyist, has autism & was born on September 9th, 1994   On his 5th Birthday in September 9th, 1999, Bancy, a 12 inch 1980s Mickey Mouse plush figure, was born along with Bancy's triplet brothers, Wally & Streaky. On 2005 he was "touched by the animation icon with care" so that he'll work on a paperless animated short film called "I Like Mice" which runs for almost 28 days because of the 30-day trial of an older version of Toon Boom Studio and on Summer 2012, it was finally released on his Vimeo page using a Windows Vista PC. Earlier in August 2009, Michael & his sister & mother were contracted by The Disney Channel to do a "straight to television mini-short film" called, "The Time I... Realized My Brother was Different" and it premiered on The Disney Channel in November 2009 during an episode of "Wizards of Waverly Place". But when Walt Disney World Resort's EPCOT replaced "Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure" with "Phineas & Ferb: Agent P's World Showcase Adventure", a dream for Michael in the future, someday, to "work for Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, California" came to an end, and another one began: Like former Disney Animator, Phil Nibbelink, Michael opened his own production house in his studio basement pad at his home in Jackson, Michigan called "The Michael Igafo-Te'o Film Studio" (not to be confused with "Pannonia Film Studio" in Hungary) and started "Friends and Cast Members of The Michael Igafo-Te'o Filmstudio", "BancyTOON University (on facebook)" then "BancyTOON University v2" on his own facebook page. Ever Since September 9th, 2007, The Same Day Percy, The Mousie Trio's Little Brother was born, He started collecting Traditional Animation equipment like Cel Paint from Cartoon Colour Co., Inc. called "Cel-Vinyl" colors (which was coined as "Vinyl-Acrylic paint" by professional animators), lots of pencils (plus Col-Erase Pencils for "drop-out" pencils), paintbrushes, a drafting ink pen with matching opaque waterproof ink (for trace & paint), permanent markers, sheets of pre-punched Animation Paper, Acetate Cels, A Pencil Sharpener, a MacBook laptop computer, a rostrum copy stand with 2 peg bars, a CD Copy of DigiCel Flipbook and 2-ounce plastic jars (with hinged lids) called "Poly-Cons" to store Cel paint into them. Ever Since Summer 2011 as of Today, Michael is working VERY HARD on a 12-minute short film titled "Mike & Michelle's Perfect Date" featuring some of his characters, Bancy McMouser (an anthropomorphic neon green-furred cartoon mouse who is actually Mickey Mouse combined with Jaq from Walt Disney's Cinderella), Plushie & Fat Rat (a.k.a. Clarence) along with Mike Patterson (his version of Phineas & Ferb's Jeremy Johnson) and Michelle Finkle (a combination of Gadget Boy's Heather and Phineas & Ferb's Candace Flynn) using Traditional animation.

Filmography

 * "I Like Mice" (2006) (producer, director, animator, digital ink & paint & titles)
 * "The Time I... Realized My Brother was Different" (2009) (television actor, sketch artist and illustrator on "My Brother has Autism" - uncredited)

Books on Michael Igafo-Te'o

 * "My Brother Has Autism" (2005-2010) (Illustrator)
 * "There's More to Me than My ADHD" (2009-2011) (Illustrator) - NOTE: This Book has been also published in Norway
 * "A Very Plushie Christmas" (2011) (Writer and Illustrator) - 2nd NOTE: Michael's First Book published by his animation studio's book publishing company, dubbed Bancy Press Company Inc.
 * "Mike, Michelle and The Perfect Valentine's Ever" (2012) (Writer and Illustrator)
 * "The Plushies visit The Drive-In Theater (2012) (Writer and Illustrator)
 * "The Plushies go to The Beach (2012) (Writer and Illustrator) - 3rd NOTE: First Bancy PRESS Book to be commissioned by Jackson County I.S.D.'s Kit Young Center
 * "Small Mouse" (2012) (Writer & Illustrator) - 4th NOTE: Bancy PRESS Company's First (and Only) 24-Page "Paper-TOON" Book, also, The 4th Bancy PRESS Book to be produced at Jackson High School before another 24-Page Book, featuring The Plushies, is planned to be produced at Kit Young Center's animation college, BancyTOON University
 * "Bancy and the Pizza Party" (2013) (Writer and Illustrator) - 5th NOTE: Final Bancy PRESS "Easy-Reader" Book to be produced at Jackson High School before new ones were produced at Kit Young Center's animation college, BancyTOON University

Textbooks on Michael's Animation Hobby

 * "How to Animate Bancy & Pals" (Late January 2013) (Writer, Illustrator, Paintbox Artist and Research Enthusiast) - NOTE: Prototype Textbook of The Next one from Bancy PRESS
 * "BancyTOON University: A Handy Guide on Animation" (Late February 2013) (Writer, Illustrator, Paintbox Artist and Research Enthusiast) - 2nd NOTE: The Extended Final Draft of the previous textbook, also, this textbook is Available for PDF Download on IgafoTeoDotCom - http://www.igafoteo.com/MIguidetoanimation3-13.pdf
 * "Living Large with Bancy: Tales from The Studio Basement Pad" (May 2013) (Writer and Research Enthusiast)

Links

 * Michael's YouTube page - http://www.youtube.com/user/AnimationAmongUs2
 * Michael's independent website - http://igafoteo.com/bancy
 * Michael's Vimeo Page (Modified) - https://vimeo.com/user15385628
 * Link where Michael's Mom, Jackie buys his own lack of Traditional Animation Equipment - http://www.cartooncolor.com/

Category:Autism in arts Category:American animators Category:American people of Samoan descent Category:Hobbyists Category:Television actors Category:Michigan-related lists Category:Disney-related lists Category:Animation people Category:American cartoonists Category:Stop motion animators