Interview
Tsahi Reznick
Partner at Argaman Creative
"As a kid I was very captivated with animatronics and I think that 3D attracted me because it eventually became an alternative to animatronics as a medium that allows artists to achieve endless possibilities in all genres of animation and cinema."

Interview
SHILO
Creative Production Company
"An important goal for each of us, in every project we take on, is getting people to think. With this piece, it is not just a provocation but a call to action."

Interview
Jorge Bacellar
Freelance CG Artist 
"There is something unique in all of us, life experience. I was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, a big city full of social and cultural contrasts.."

Interview
Alessandro Baldasseroni
Senior Character artist Blur Studio 
"It`s way easier now than ever before to build a portfolio of several pieces in a very short time, the problem is consistency."

2010 Concept Cars 
The Audi Avatar Concept is a futuristic 3-seat electric supercar inspired by the modern racing videogames and by the 1937 Auto Union Type C Streamline with an aerodynamic exterior with three glass canopies.

Interview
Kim Lorang 
Cloth and Hair Shot TD
"As an independent artist, I would say that Qualoth would be a good bet for someone who wanted to do cloth without the benefit of all the proprietary tools, and Autodesk's Ncloth is a good choice too."

A fellow artist's son is in dire need of medical care 
http://www.helpthehodges.com/
The 17-year-old son of former Disney story artist and Big Idea productions director Tim Hodge, was in a serious auto accident.

Museum of beauty 
Future is here
Konica Minolta has opened an excellent online Museum of Beauty that allows its visitors to better understand the Louvre’s famous sculpture of Venus de Milo.

Interview
Patty Yuan 
Product Designer
At Hugo Boss, I worked within a group of six to propose a collection concept for the HUGO brand under its Creative Director Eyan Allen.

Nissan V2G wins LA's 2009 Design Challenge 
The Nissan V2G has been announced as the winner of the Los Angeles Auto Show's 2009 Design Challenge. The V2G (Vehicle to Grid) Concept was chosen for its holistic approach in answering the future's design questions raised by the theme "Youthmobile 2030".

Interview
Mark Benard 
Owner for Lost Boys Learning
"What I love about students is that they don't have any preconceived notions about what's possible and what isn't."

Interview
Zoran Krstic 
Director Open Studio 
"We have Pepsi Kan, a character that is transformed from a Pepsi can, and has lived for years now, in many different situations and commercials. Also, we definitely rely more on people and their creativity, than on the technique."

Interview
Neil Blevins 
Technical Director 
Like I'll be on a hike in the mountains, and see a tree stump that's an odd shape. And then as I keep walking I find my mind is constantly going back to that tree stump, and reorganizing it into some sort of creature robot or alien city

Interview
Mark McDonnell 
Digital Painter/Designer at The Walt Disney Company 
I decided right then and there to put a more instructional book out that would directly explain how to design and capture the essence of life through the knowledge of gesture drawing.

Interview
Onno van Braam 
3D Freelancer 
All of the tutorials I create, are made so that other people can experience the joy and pleasure I had when I was working on these personal projects.

Interview
Aldric Chang - MediaFreaks
Independent production company 
Whatever I do - it must always make business sense. If I am producing a cartoon animated series, writing a song, or producing a virtual world, I will not do it for mere satisfaction.

Passion Pictures
Independent production company 
Passion Pictures is probably best known for its ground breaking animation for the hit band Gorillaz and has produced 8 music videos, culminating in live performances at the MTV Europe Awards and with Madonna at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in 2006.

Interview
Cojocaru Nicolae
3D animation 
I started working in 3D by mistake. I got stuck home alone for one weekend without internet, with a copy of Maya 6. After installing it and running through the first tutorials, it kinda stuck on me.

Interview
Voloshin Dmitri - Simpals
3D animation company
The initial goal of our studio was very difficult – to survive at any cost. And now we have a different goal – to be the best in the world of animated cartoons.

Alioscopy
3D without the 3D glasses...it's about time!
Alioscopy offers one of the most forward-looking ways to view 3D content without glasses. Production artists and technical directors (TDs) can extend their advertising and visualization business with autostereoscopic 3D content for play-back on Alioscopy LCD displays.

Interview
Henry Pashkov
3D freelancer
I mainly work in the field of engineer design, the unusual sci-fi direction. I think it's safe to say in this area of design everything is unusual.

Tyson Ibele
Animator
I don't have any super big dreams other than to keep pumping out films because that's what I love to do. Although, it's been fun living around the world (I've lived in 3 countries in the past five years)

Planet 51
as in area 51?
See what 60 million dollars, 200HP workstations, 50,000GB of storage space and 1,500 render cores can do. The film is scheduled for release on November 20, 2009.

Interview
Eduardo Guasque
3D Architectural Designer
"The biggest project I have worked on is the Yas island project, where the new Abu Dhabi Formula 1 race track is now."

Interview
Andrei Brovcenco
Creative Director Framebreed
"Everyday we're given new challenges, but it’s our job and pleasure to solve them."

Where the wild things are
Well...it's been a long road to the big screen for this one...4 years long. Here are some fun facts for you to chew on. 

Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3 releases on June 18, 2010 in United States.For those of you who don't know this by now, Toy Story 3 is an upcoming 2010 computer-animated 3-D film being produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.