Mexico's Truck Trend

Food trucks have been very poular here in California but Mexico City has taken the "truck" trend to another level, with the A47 Library Truck. Productora was commissioned with the task to create a…

Disney Inspired Home.

Check out this Disney inspired home by theme park designer Robert F. McDonnell and his family, the "La Canada Flintridge Graystone Manor" has been listed for $1.5999 million. McDonnell was the senior…

Poka Dot Tents at the Olympics…

We had shown you a few of the great design for the London 2012 Olympics but one of our favorites is the polka dot tents, designed by Magma Architecture, a design firm based out of London and Berlin.…

Yayoi Kusama for Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton unveiled window installations at its flagship Manhattan store on Fifth Avenue, paying tribute to three of  Yayoi Kusama’s signature motifs: “Beginning of the Universe,” “Eternal…

Academy of Art Students work on “Beasts”

A message from Dr. Elisa Stephens: Dear Academy of Art University Community, Please join me in congratulating Executive Director of Animation & Visual Effects, Chris Armstrong and the faculty at…

The Lima Residence

Check out the Lima Residence, seated on the Upper Las Virgenes Canyon (in Calabazas California, located in the hills in the southwestern San Fernando Valley) it was designed and built by Abramson…

Inspiration: Master animator Sylvain Chomet

In this excerpt from the BBC series "The Secret of Drawing" (2006) director Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets of Belleville  and  L'Illusionniste ) demonstrates his approach to drawing for animation.  The…

Inspiration: Master Animator Joanna Quinn

Master Animators at work. It's always interesting and educational to see how an animator approaches animating their scenes. First up, the amazing Joanna Quinn . More Joanna Quinn on YouTube :…

Shop talk: Traditional animation and Cintiq tablets

  An article in animator Steve Moore's online animation magazine FLIP! has a survey of animator's who are using Cintiq tablets for their professional and personal animation work. With so many…