So I looked at Guillermo Del Toro and I said I want to be the Guillermo Del Toro of cartoons . I am obsessed with Mexican folklore and pop culture . I think the further you get away from your country , the more you romanticize it .
Get ready to think big and shop small . We have uh Mexican folklore , we have uh asian-american stories . Black history books .
This is a poster from our movie , The Book of Life . And then this is a poster of Maya and the three as a kid who really wanted to make cartoons , I couldn't look up to other Latino creators because there weren't any examples for me . So I looked at Guillermo Del Toro and I said I want to be the Guillermo Del Toro of cartoons .
I'm just grateful and the end game for me is not necessarily myself being on the platform but just making sure if I'm gonna leave a trace of anything that it's good food for people , even if I die and pass on like it's still gonna do a good thing in people and from street art to moving masterpieces . We're in the studio with L A based Emmy winning animator Jorge Gutierrez . When I first started , I was rejected a lot .
And then this is a poster of Maya and the three as a kid who really wanted to make cartoons , I couldn't look up to other Latino creators because there weren't any examples for me . So I looked at Guillermo Del Toro and I said I want to be the Guillermo Del Toro of cartoons . I am obsessed with Mexican folklore and pop culture .
