Art of the Week - December 27 2014

Here's the latest from recent class assignments at The Animation Academy in Burbank. The week was shortened due to the Christmas break. 

Chris Collins

Amanda Gonzales

Autumn Galvin

Chanaelle Chabayed

Issa Suelto

Joel Valdez

Art of the Week - December 20 2014

More fun stuff from recently created at The Animation Academy in Burbank.

Philip Sha

Issa Suelto

Chris Collins

Alice Varbanov

Joel Valdez

Ashlyn Miyasaki

Student Comments

It's high time we update what current and recently enrolled students say about their experience here at The Animation Academy in Burbank. Here's a sample...
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"The Academy has helped me improve in my artistic ability dramatically. I've learned more here in my first 2 weeks than a whole semester in my college courses." - Dawn G

"The Academy has helped my art significantly. I enjoy every minute there and look forward to class every week. Artistically I would not be where I am now without the Academy's instruction." - Autumn G

"The Animation Academy put the 'fun' in fundamentals." - Issa S

"On the very first day at this school, my art changed drastically. With the fantastic help from teachers and influential guidance, I improved in my fundamentals and form. On top of my experience I have gained many friends. I love the atmosphere and people here." - Amanda G

"If you like art and want to listen to jazz for hours like a young Italian jellyfish then throw yourself to the Academy. I even spent my birthday in class." - Quintin C

"I really wanted to thank you for your instruction, and I wanted to let you know that because of the work you helped me with in class, I was able to use it to get into one of the only digital animation classes offered at my university." - Rachel N

"I drive 40 miles to Burbank to attend class each week and it's always worth it." - Mike Z

"The Animation Academy has helped me grow as an artist more than any other art program I've taken. I feel more confident with my art than I ever have before." - Madison S


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We're happy and fortunate to have attracted excellent individuals to our school over the years. Our students are exceptional talents and wonderful to create with.

Art of the Week - December 6 2014

Standout art created at The Animation Academy this week.


Autumn Galvin

Amanda Gonzales

Taylor Silverman

Zaneta Jinkins

Don Sheean

Joel Valdez

Devin Martin returns

We're very pleased to have with us once again the great Devin Martin. He's a former student of the Academy going back to our earliest days. Devin has become a very successful artist working on staff at Walt Disney Studios Product Development. He is currently enrolled in our Visual Development class where he's honing his skills even further. Here's a few recent samples of what Devin has created as part of his assignment. He's reworking some concept designs for The Wizard of Oz while practicing his gray scale rendering techniques. To see more of Devin Martin's excellent work follow this link to his blog.

Art of the Week - November 7 2014

Samples of some of the standout work created at The Animation Academy this week.


Dawn Glover

Joel Valdez

Devin Martin

Students of the week - Oct 24 2014

Why not put a spotlight on students who've created exceptional content during the week. Here's three students whose impressive class assignments warrant a share on the Academy's blog.

Autumn Galvin

Amanda Gonzales

Don Sheean

Sharing VisDev Lessons - Sketch to Color 2

As with my previous post this demo was created the same evening as the preceding composition. This time using a Cintiq and SketchBook Pro to illustrate a concept sketch in black line and rendering the image with gray scale tinting over color instead of the other way around. You can follow the process in reverse by scrolling down...

Sharing VisDev Lessons - Sketch to Color 1

I gave a demonstration earlier this week in the Visual Development class at my school. I used a Cintiq (a specialized monitor for direct digital drawing} and Sketchbook Pro to create the image below. Something promotional as well as educational as you can follow the reverse history of the composition by scrolling down below.