Name: Sketch & Sculpt: Cosplay figure drawing Workshop
Start: 2026-02-21T12:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-02-21T15:00:00-07:00
Location: Grand Canyon University

Greetings, Phoenix artist & community! Join us for a special event on Feb 21st for our 2nd Meetup this year! Woohoo!!!!! We are back in-person at GCU campus. Come and join us, for our first Cosplay figure drawing Workshop of the year.

Guest Speaker : Leo Beltran🙌🎉

**Presenter**
**Ricardo Jimenez**

[https://www.phxanimationexpo.com/](https://www.phxanimationexpo.com/)

Richie Jimenez

Phoenix AZ Animation Meetup

Phoenix Animation Meetup

CGU provides this platform to meet at their campus.

GCU Grand Canyon University

Technology

Animation

Motion Graphics

Computer Graphics

Animation & Visual Effects

3D Animation

2D Animation

CG Animation

Video & Computer Animation

Zvon Mitchell

Stephanie

Charles D

Anthony_mejia

Chris Rodriguez

Cody Bythrow

Ben McMahon

Ricardo Jimenez is the founder and creative director of RJ Animation and Online school "RJ Animation Workshops" designed for kids 6-12 grade. He has worked in the animation industry for 15+ years. Jimenez is an instructor at Grand Canyon University teaching in the Art Design/Animation programs since 2013. He worked on the 4K/IMAX TV series [“Space Unraveling the Cosmos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpN8U7PXL-8)” featured on the Discovery Channel and Netflix. He has been an [exhibitor at Phoenix Fan Fusion ](https://www.instagram.com/p/CeIel8kup8f/)& Game-On Expo previously and other local events like GameOn Expo. Jimenez is also the founder of the Phoenix AZ Animation Meetup. A networking platform that brings local professional artists as presenters to talk about their work and how they collaborate with others. Curranty Ricardo has been working closely on creating the first Animation Expo in Arizona, [The Phoenix Animation Expo](https://www.phxanimationexpo.com/).

Ricardo Jimenez