Real life Luxo Jr. at Hollywood Studios !! ☆~

Luxo Jr. from Pixar's way oooooold short animation, and the movie Toy Story, and of course all the Pixar's opening sequence!!~

though the movements are a lil slow cos its an animatronic.. yet its cute!~ =D



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New Pixar Studios in Vancouver ☆~

This is breaking news: Pixar, it has just been announced, plans to open a 20,000-square-foot satellite studio this fall in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The studio is currently scouting locations in the city for the new facility.

The Vancouver studio will focus only on the production of Pixar's short films and other non-feature projects based for the most part on "legacy characters", such as the characters of Toy Story.

"The operation will be small in size and dedicated to producing short-form quality computer animation for theme parks, DVDs, television and theatrical exhibition... for several different divisions of The Walt Disney Company", Pixar president Ed Catmull tells The Hollywood Reporter. The studio plans to hire between 75 and 100 employees, mostly Canadian, for the job, according to general manger Jim Morris.

Amir Nasrabadi, current vice-president of operations and finance at Disney's direct-to-video sequel outfit DisneyToon Studios, has been picked to be the general manager of the Vancouver operation. Pixar animator Dylan Brown, supervising animator on Ratatouille and Finding Nemo, will be the local creative director.

Vancouver was chosen for several reasons, including its location and time zone (near to and same as Emeryville, respectively), the tax incentives provided by the Province of British Columbia, and other factors, such as the abundant talent located in the area.

Let me just say, this is huge. Huge. It's incredible to see Pixar expanding this way. And to Canada, eh! Now, if they would've only picked Toronto, I'd be preparing to camp out at the proposed location with a sign reading "WILL WORK FOR FOOD".


Taken from the PIXAR blog.
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WHEN WILL YOU COME TO MALAYSIA / SINGAPORE ???? T__T


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Ratatouille Progression Reel ☆~

Came across this interesting video of the progressions of Pixar's Ratatouille. Its a compilation of different stages of producing the feature film, including storyboard / 2d animatics, 3D previz/animation blocking, full animation, simulation, effects, lighting etc~

Enjoy!

http://movies.ign.com/dor/objects/834652/ratatouille/videos/rata_prog_reel_061307.html


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"UP" Theatrical Trailer ! ☆~

A new 'UP' trailer just came out few days ago I guess, and i LOVE IT !!

looks like it's going to be a great show~ cant wait for the movie to be released~

here's the said trailer :





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Planning Case Study: the Incredibles ☆~

The professional animators always mentioned about planning, planning, and planning a shot, before working on it. I didn't have this kind of habit when I do my animations before this, or I should say, I don't plan alot.

But lately I've been doing some exercise and had took more effort and time in the planning stage, especially drawing out the keys and jotting down the frames. Now I think I could understand what they are trying to share with us, bit by bit.

Below's a link to Carlos Baena's website, on his sharing on how he plans a shot in "The Incredibles". (thanks to Hooi Ling for the link) Enjoy!

http://www.carlosbaena.com/resource/resource_tips_planning.html



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'UP' new character posters!! ☆~

Ain't It Cool News (AICN), /Film, and ComingSoon.net have gotten exclusive first looks at these three fun new character posters for Up (click to enlarge) that will be used to advertise the film in bus stop shelters soon enough.

Now, the Dug one is really, really cool, mainly because it's the first time we've gotten a close-up view of those mysterious dog collars that allow the dogs to speak. (You have to read some "spoilers" to know more about this.)

- The Pixar blog.

The character renders srsly look soooooo nice T_T.. really cant wait to watch the full movie~


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