is an independent character designer, animation artist and art director with 25 years of professional experience, a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and is renowned as a designer for animated entertainment.

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is a founding father of The Animation Academy and a character designer on the upcoming series "The Batman" for Warner Bros. TV Animation.

is a character designer on the upcoming series "The Batman" for Warner Bros. TV Animation.

is an Ace of The Animation Academy and a veteran of several independent projects produced at the school. He is currently a character designer at Warner Bros TV Animation.

is a veteran of the "Batman", "Superman" and "Batman Beyond" series as well as "X-Men Evolution" at Film Roman Studios.

is the lead conceptual artist at Threshold Entertainment. He also designs for Raptisoft and Popcap Games. To see Gary's work, visit www.garyclair.com.

is a sculptor and designer for Disney Entertainment Productions. He works on concepts for shows, parades, and attractions for Disneyland.

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is a veteran of European animation production, an experienced art director, layout supervisor, storyboard supervisor and a world traveler. He is currently employed as a background designer at Warner Brothers TV Animation.

is currently working at Disney Feature Animation. he is among their most prominent production designers.

is a 20year veteran of animation visual development, art direction, pre-production design and independent concept design and development. he is currently residing in Arizona where he is operating his own gallery.

is an experienced inbetweener formerly of Walt Disney Feature Animation. His credits include "Pocahontas", "Hunchback of Notre Dame", "Hercules", "Mulan" and "The Iron Giant".

Rich is an 20 year veteran of the industry and an animation illustrator whose staff experience includes Disney TV and Video, Warner Brothers TV, Hallmark Cards, NBC, ABC, Milton Bradley and Parker Brothers.

is a background designer for Sunbow Entertainment and has worked as a layout artist for Sony / Columbia TriStar, MGM, DIC, Saban and Sony Wonder.

is a fine artist trained as a background painter at Nickelodeon Studios. She went on to found the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art.