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THE MEL MILTON SCHOLARSHIP AWARD PROGRAM 2025
Description and Overview
The CTN Foundation is proud to introduce the Mel Milton Scholarship Award, celebrating the spirit of hard work, passion, and artistic growth that defines Mel Milton’s incredible career. Known for his expressive character designs, dynamic storytelling, and relentless creative spirit, Mel has inspired countless artists to push their craft, stay curious, and never stop drawing.
This scholarship is designed to empower the next generation of illustrators, character designers, and visual storytellers, providing them with the resources, mentorship, and support needed to level up their skills and make their mark on the industry.
"Keep on keepin on!" ~Mel Milton
Application Closes March 29th, 11:59PM Pacific
PATRONS
Full Scholarship Awards
Partial Scholarship Awards
Partial Scholarship Awards
- 5-10 Personal one-on-one Zoom Critiques.
- The number of one-on-one sessions is subject to change based on Pro's schedule.
- Study program over the course of 5 months
- Multiple resources in a Treasure Chest of supplies TBA
- Complimentary 4-day Premiere ticket to CTNX25
- Exclusive Group In-Person Meetup at CTNX25
- Award Ceremony at CTNX25
- Award is non-refundable and non-transferable.
- More awards may be added.
Partial Scholarship Awards
Partial Scholarship Awards
Partial Scholarship Awards
- One online Zoom Group Session.
- Complimentary 4-day Basic ticket to CTNX25
- One Exclusive Group In-Person Meetup at CTNX25
- Award Ceremony at CTNX25
- Award is non-refundable and non-transferable.
- Each group session is approximately 1 hour.
- Sessions are scheduled and organized through the CTN Foundation.
- More awards may be added.
Honorable Mentions
Partial Scholarship Awards
Honorable Mentions
- Complimentary 1-day Walk Around ticket to CTNX25
- Exclusive Group In-Person Meetup at CTNX25
- Award Ceremony at CTNX25
- More awards may be added.
MEET YOUR MENTOR MEL MILTON
Mel Milton is a former character animator with Disney Interactive turned freelance illustrator who resides in Utah with his wife and daughter. He has been in the creative industry for over 25 years with clients like Sony, Nickelodeon and NBC Universal to name a few.
Mel has been quite influenced with comic art and most of his youth was spent trying to draw like a comic artist. Although he went a different route than comics, he spent a lot of his free time creating fan art of his favorite comic characters. He's done a few independent comic cover variants , but his first variant cover was for the Clone Wars by IDW. He has also done a cover for The Batman Adventures Continue Issue 5 and looks forward to creating more covers in the near future.
