In school, we are taught how to render lights as realistically as possible. In Part 7 of this mini series, visual development artist, Victoria Ying, explains why vis dev lighting is more like cinematography than realistic lighting and talks about how...

Former Disney visual development artist, Victoria Ying, is impressed by artists who approach color intuitively. Victoria, however, is more experimental and technical when it comes to color. In Part 6 of this mini series, she tells Bobby a bit about her...

Devon Cady-Lee is a passionate dancer and freelance artist. Odd combination? In this interview, Devon talks to Bobby about how one love contributes to the other, his artistic journey, and his advice for serial studio artists who want to also go...

If a room is a reflection of its occupant, then set dressing is an opportunity for a vis dev artist to contribute visually to a character's story. In Part 5 of this mini-series, visual development artist, Victoria Ying, talks about this and gives Bobby...

When Bobby first heard Djamila Knopf's story, he was dumbfounded. Djamila is an independent artist, but you can't really even call her a freelancer because she has no clients! She makes her living doing her own work every day. How? Let her tell you in...

In Part 4 of this mini-series, visual development artist, Victoria Ying, talks about learning the principles of space by using photography to study perspective and to draw in different lenses for a variety of effects.VICTORIA YINGSchoolism Class:...

Alex Neonakis moved to LA and was jobless for over a year. But then as a shot in the dark, she applied to Naughty Dog and got in. In this interview, she talks about good timing, asking for what you want, and how her process is different from other...

When visual development artist, Victoria Ying, first got to Disney, she learned that the character design techniques she was taught in art school were too limited. In Part 3 of this mini-series, Victoria explains how CASTING great characters is...

First, storyboard artist, Sharon Bridgeman, was chastised by nuns. Then she was laughed at by a guidance counsellor. She wanted to help her mom out with bills, but her mom didn't want Sharon doing a regular job. Instead, Sharon went to animation school...

Lots of people want to be character designers or environment artists; to a lot of students and artists starting out, prop design is an afterthought. But then you think, what is the golden idol from Indiana Jones, or the Iron Throne, or a lightsaber? All...