I learned something interesting from a couple of artist friends who were talking about getting work at Pixar. One of the key reasons that Pixar is so good is because they have a dedicated staff of story artists. They take story concepts and make concept art to explore all the possibilities of the original idea. I also hear from my friends that Pixar tends to look for artists with unique and interesting art styles.

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I learned something interesting from a couple of artist friends who were talking about getting work at Pixar. One of the key reasons that Pixar is so good is because they have a dedicated staff of story artists. They take story concepts and make concept art to explore all the possibilities of the original idea. I also hear from my friends that Pixar tends to look for artists with unique and interesting art styles.

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Regarding merchandising, I am completely disappointed. Every other Pixar film has shelves of product available, but the handful of items available for Wall-E makes for a very short list. Since I share the star of the films name, I was hoping for an offering the likes of Cars. And I’ll agree that Cars was Pixar’s weakest movie. Toy Story 2 almost was, but Lasseter rescued it in the eleventh hour and it almost cost him his marriage. Still, Cars has nearly ten feet of shelf space and Wall-E merchandise barely fills an end cap.

I’ll close with my brush with Pixar greatness. I was an arrogant high school senior sitting at my Amiga watching Lightwave render animation frames one, slow, painful row at a time. I sent a demo reel to Pixar (doesn’t everyone start with bouncing chrome balls and teapots?) and waited for the call. After a few weeks, I called Pixar and asked for a job, any job, the janitor and potty wand duty will be just fine, thank you. I was put through to Deirdre Warin who basically told me I needed a graphics art degree *and* a computer science degree to get a job at Pixar. I was crushed. Partly because I was struggling to pay my way just through community college. I hold no hard feelings, though. That’s how Pixar got to where they are – by hiring the best of the best. They are the Top Gun school of film making. Maybe my path will cross with Pixar’s in the future. One can always dream in RGB.

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Regarding merchandising, I am completely disappointed. Every other Pixar film has shelves of product available, but the handful of items available for Wall-E makes for a very short list. Since I share the star of the films name, I was hoping for an offering the likes of Cars. And I’ll agree that Cars was Pixar’s weakest movie. Toy Story 2 almost was, but Lasseter rescued it in the eleventh hour and it almost cost him his marriage. Still, Cars has nearly ten feet of shelf space and Wall-E merchandise barely fills an end cap.

I’ll close with my brush with Pixar greatness. I was an arrogant high school senior sitting at my Amiga watching Lightwave render animation frames one, slow, painful row at a time. I sent a demo reel to Pixar (doesn’t everyone start with bouncing chrome balls and teapots?) and waited for the call. After a few weeks, I called Pixar and asked for a job, any job, the janitor and potty wand duty will be just fine, thank you. I was put through to Deirdre Warin who basically told me I needed a graphics art degree *and* a computer science degree to get a job at Pixar. I was crushed. Partly because I was struggling to pay my way just through community college. I hold no hard feelings, though. That’s how Pixar got to where they are – by hiring the best of the best. They are the Top Gun school of film making. Maybe my path will cross with Pixar’s in the future. One can always dream in RGB.

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Glenn: I totally see what you’re saying about WALL-E and the human design, but some of the stuff on Earth, and in space, was just beautiful. Studio Ghibli is amazing; I’ve never seen anything from Miyazaki that was anything less than wonderful. From what I understand, Up, Pixar’s next, draws from that particular well.

Glenn: I totally see what you’re saying about WALL-E and the human design, but some of the stuff on Earth, and in space, was just beautiful. Studio Ghibli is amazing; I’ve never seen anything from Miyazaki that was anything less than wonderful. From what I understand, Up, Pixar’s next, draws from that particular well.