Luxo Jr. 1986

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGxoui3IFS0&feature=fvwrel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVCL7j5veuM&feature=related (reconking)

Luxo Jr is a small animation that was produece after the seconde animation that john laccetar had made of Adventure of Andre and Wally B.As the animation of Juxo is a brand of a task light lamp that inspired John Lassestar on his desk to make story,design,model and animate of his idea of Juxo Jr (small lamp).That become the first successful 3-D animation using realistic object and lighting.

As the animation shows Luxo Jr (small lamp) interacting with the bigger lamp by playing together with the small inflated rubber ball. As the Juxo jr (small Lamp) is chasing the ball and trying to balancing from top of the ball,as the inflating ball gose down.As soon later Juxo jr wonders to find bigger size inflating ball by playing around with it, at the end.

From that year The Graphic Group became known as Pixar.Using the animation of Luxo Jr (small Lamp) later used as an element icon logo for Pixar. That later established the industry, as later generation of time become known for its 3-D animation.


http://virtualunderworld.net/arianeb/animated.htm

The Adventures of André and Wally B

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Taq9LFbcvxE

The Adventures of André and Wally B is first short animated 1.52 minutes film that was created by Pixar before known as The Graphic Gruop from 1984 from 100% animated short film. That was directed by Alvy Ray Smith,as from produced animation and character design by John Lasseter.

As the Animation is based around the character named André which is mentioned from the title of the film.Where film starts off in the forest When Andre starts waking up as the sun rises as suddenly the Bee name Wally B distract Andre by trying to chase him. As he eventually catches up until the bee stings him off the screen.Which later Wally B re-appears with a bent stinger,by later getting hit by Andre by tossing his hat from last laugh.

40 Year Old 3D Computer Graphics (Pixar, 1972)

http://vimeo.com/16292363?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&

In 1972 Ed Catmull (founder of Pixar) and his colleagues created the world's first 3D rendered movie, an animated version of Ed's left hand. This is the film that they produced. It includes some "making of" footage (around 1:30) and some other early experiments. Read more at nerdplusart.com/?p=1106.

Research Portfolio

My Research Portfolio is based on the development of Pixar studio animation. How Pixar become well known for worldwide of 3-D animation ,from the maker of Toys Story to Cars 2.
Which I later became inspired by the company from its Visual 3-D movie from my long time childhood favorite film of Toys story.

As the company Pixar is an American computer animation film studio where based in originally Eneryville Caliofnia. Where Pixar was founded as The Graphic Group where it became one third of the computer Division of Lucasfilm that was founded by George Lucas. From the Graphics groups which launched in 1979 with hiring Dr.Ed Catmull who is a computer scientist that contributed to many important developments in computer graphic along side with Alvy Ray
Smith.
Pixar's studio in Emeryville:
As the future development of 2-D cel animation became easier combining with technology from computer base. As began working in sequence by producing film for Lucasfilm company. By the time John Lasseter was known to make his first short 3-D film called The Adventures of André and Wally B.(1984) That later became ground breaking , helped spark the company idea to make computer animation. Naming the idea called Pixar, as the time Steve job was involve by purchasing to pay the company $5 million after shorty leaving company with Apple in 1986.

Since later years Job often consider selling Pixar to various company since the company was loosing money by being threatened out of business.By time Pixar later became partner with Walt Disney feature Animation as the studio corporates partner from all time history. By time Disney asked Pixar to make a 3-D film from over 80 minutes of time as the company didn't plan the whole idea of time rate of frame and production quality. Since going ahead with the action of budget $30 million from the company first film, which later made a worldwide success over $361,958,736.

As over the years Pixar and Disney company became partner together to produce many 3-D film from Bugs life,Toys Story 2,Monstar Inc,Finding Nemo, The Incredible ,Cars , Ratatouille,WALL
E,UP,Toys Story 2 and Cars 2.

Steve Job:

By the time during January 24 2006 Disney had agreed to buy Pixar for approximately $7.4 billion in an all-stock deal. Follwing the Pixar shareholder approval from Steve Job approval since holding the position as Pixar's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer was removed later
took place on Disney board of directors.
As later on Disney was known for making most of the 3-D movie that Pixar produced from the studio distributed by Disney's name.




Wekipeida:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixar

In 1920's the time when Walt finished making his Alice Comedies after four year, as his company started to develop by pushing the visual bounds as well with studio finances.He later decided to move onto all cartoon serise in 1927 where he created a character named Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.Within a year since he made 26 Oswald cartoon but need additional money by borrowing from George Winkler for the second time under Disney's name by taking over the studio without Disney.


As Walt had to came up with the idea of a new character with his chief animator Ub Iwerks before Iweks received the letter from Disney.

Since Dinsey designed an idea of a mouse by attempting to use a name Mortimer,but the time his wife Lily came up with the idea the name Mickey.And so the star was later born.As Iwerk animated two Mickey Mouse cartoon which were used from his first idea inspired by Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.By later replacing Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. When Walt decided that his studio should make the first sound cartoon. Which the studio poured all the resource into the third making of the mickey mouse cartoon. That later Mickey Mouse became a sensation hit around the world.Which helped the financial success from the basis of the Disney's empire.As it remain to be mickey that became the studio icon logo.

George Winkler: Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie (1928) was the first cartoon animation that produced a soundtrack of music from sound effect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwZ0yxcbcq0

Disney

In the 1940's many film was released by Walt Disney company from Pinocchio to The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr.Toad .As over the years many film was produced till the present,which Disney became the largest media conglomerate in the world.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Disney_theatrical_feature_films

1900's Animation

Later on during the 1900's animation started to develop using praxinoscope from Charles-Émile Reynaud invention.

As the first animated work was filmed from a standard picture of J.Stuart Blackton work called Humorous Phases of Funny faces (1906).Where it featured a cartoonist drawing faces on the chalkboard, as faces started to come back to life. Which actually was used a black pen that was hand drawn on a white paper that later printed on a film-negative to look like a white chalk.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGh6maN4l2I

By the time during 1914 a American cartoonist called Winsor McCay released the early character animation called Gertie the Dinosaur,as animation lasted longer less then 10 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY40DHs9vc4


As animation started to become longer from a moving imagery, by the first animation called El Apostol (1917) made by Quirino Cristiani from Argentina. From the only animation that had used cut out instead of cel animation. Where Walt Disney's film of Snow white and the seven Dwarfs (1937) is often considered animation to feature first full-length cel animated motion picture in history,as well to become feature film in America.