What's Up Muskoka		Muskoka Sun
	Tondakea screening featured in What's up Muskoka, August 2011		Tondakea screening featured in the Muskoka Sun! - July 2011

	Bracebridge Examiner		What's Up Muskoka
	Tondakea screening featured in the Bracebridge Examiner! - July 2011		Tondakea featured in What's Up Muskoka, January 2011

We are a small studio based in Bracebridge, Ontario (and conveniently on the 45th parallel!), and are the driving force behind the Tondakea series. We have carefully crafted and evolved our work over the past twelve months, in a never-ending cycle of learning, teaching, application, rinse and repeat. Our small animation studio has come out of the time and hard work spent at Six Degrees Muskoka, a unique seasonal art gallery based in downtown Bracebridge, and founded by Don and Jen Skinner. We have been able to use the success of our past two seasons - the summer months of 2009 and 2010 - to shed light on more active and interactive mediums of art in the Muskoka area. So who are we really?

	Big Bee - Don Skinner
	As the creative genius behind the Tondakea series, Don knew a locally produced animation -- based on two boys and their updated version of a magic carpet -- had the wings to take off! As an Architect and developer by day, the inspiration from renovating century old buildings came to life as backdrops and locations for this 'locally grown' series.

	Queen Bee - Jen Skinner
	Mom to Indigo and Jasper, head cheerleader and "Queen Bee" of the studio, Jen couldn't draw to save her life but she can visualize and vocalize what she wants in an episode and on line and fortunately, the rest of the team takes care of it! As the voice for Elizabeth, Mom, NASA Tour Guide and countdown-er, she has fun helping to bring characters to life.

	Art Bee - Kevan Murray		Tech Bee - Kyle Matthews
	Kevan is the artist behind everything you see on the show! She has worked with Pixels on the Parallel since 2009, only briefly stopping to complete her degree in Fine Arts at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. She also provides the voices for Jasper and Jasmine.		Kyle joined us in the summer of 2010, after spending some time at York University in the Fine Arts Film Studies department. He is tasked with the post-production and promotion of our flagship cartoon series, as well as assisting with animation courses at Pixels on the Parallel.

	Bee-thoven - Zander Sherman		Worker Bees - Anne & Emily Thaler
	Zander is a writer and self-taught multi-instrumentalist, always composing awesome music for Tondakea, as well as directing all of the voice acting. He teamed up with Pixels on the Parallel in the summer of 2010 to help bring our vision to life!		Both Anne and Emily have helped teach our animation courses the past two summers, with more than 300 students passing through our doors since 2009. They have provided much support to the Tondakea series with their witty writing and voice acting.

	Web Bee - Tim Lum
	Tim is the proud owner of his own creative design studio, Pixel Flex, and received a Diploma in Graphic Design Production and Certificate in Interactive Multimedia at Canadore College in 2003. Along with his web and graphic design, Tim helps out on a regular and necessary basis, voicing Indigo and providing technical support.