Todd Wahnish serves as Aarting’s Chief Creative Director. Todd began his career in traditional hand-drawn cel animation, creating many recognizable works for television. His animation has appeared on MTV, BET, FUSE, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Nickelodeon, PBS, TNT, TBS, the WB, Spike TV, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Saturday Night Live and in film festivals worldwide. In addition to having directed and animated over 100 commercial spots, his work has received numerous awards. A nomination for “Best Music Video of the Year” at the 2000 MTV Music Awards and the 2000 BET Music Awards was given for Toni Braxton's music video "Man Enough", which featured an intro that he animated and designed. His involvement in creating the music video “Thin Red Line” for the Grammy winning hip-hop group "The Roots" led to the very first nationwide broadcast quality animation created with Adobe Flash. This groundbreaking video, which originally aired on BET in mid 2000, opened the door for the next generation of animated television and film. Adobe Flash has since become the standard for animation creation throughout the world. Todd has produced his own toys through the Hong Kong urban vinyl movement, and has designed toys for bands including the animated rock group the “Gorillaz” and legendary punk band “The Misfits”.

 

Most recently, Christie's Auction House in New York included his packaging and toy work for the "Gary Baseman series" as part of their June 2008 American Pop Culture Auction.

 

Todd attended Douglas Anderson School of the Arts and holds a BFA in Painting from the Atlanta College of Art. Residencies include the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, NYSP. He lives and works in New York City.