Justin Dike

Justin Dike is an artist, programmer, application developer and the founder of CartoonSmart.com, an education company specializing in high definition tutorials for Xcode, Cocos2d, HTML5, Adobe Flash, Adobe Illustrator, Toon Boom Animate, SketchBook Pro, and other software / frameworks. He received his BFA in Computer Art from the School of Visual Arts, with a focus on 2D & 3D animation. Justin worked for what eventually became a mid-sized animation studio in Manhattan, directing web shorts and longer length cartoons for broadcast. During that time, he led training sessions for new artists and animators to work with Flash in a fast-paced production environment. Teaching a roomful of people inspired him to found Cartoon Smart in 2004 to educate students worldwide. Cartoon Smart has been his professional home since then.