Pages Tagged “Pixar”
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- Going Mirrorless: WonderCon 2019 Cosplay Photography
Last fall, I conceded that phones have caught up to casual cameras and I’d have to get a nicer one to get better image quality. Well, I finally bought a mirrorless camera. The kiddo found my old SLR, and we’ve split a few rolls of film (re)discovering how to shoot with it. Then he started […]
- Pixar, the Space Shuttle, and Kids’ Museum Memories
Went with the family to see Space Shuttle Endeavour and a Pixar-themed exhibit on computer animation at the California Science Center. The 6YO loved the Pixar exhibit, which broke down all the steps to creating a computer-animated movie into separate hands-on centers where you could do things like… Apply different textures and bump maps to […]
- Feeling a Bit Inside Out
I’m not sure how I feel about these Wikki Sticks creations….
- Pixar knows how to advertise with coffee.
Normally I don’t like glossy coffee sleeves because they don’t insulate very well, but I like the thought put into this one for Inside Out.
- Looking “Up”
SQUIRREL!
- Movies I’ve Watched Recently
Thoughts on some movies I’ve seen in the last ~2 months.
- Link: Retro Up Posters
Cool: Retro posters for Up by Paul Conrad (via The Beat).
- Disney/Pixar: More than CGI
It looks like the media is still viewing Disney’s acquisition of Pixar in terms of 3-D computer animation vs. 2-D hand animation. I still think they’re missing the point. Disney’s new golden age started with The Little Mermaid in 1989 and ran through The Lion King in 1994. Pixar’s unbroken string of hits started with […]
- Star Wars Prequels…Overdone CGI-fests? Nope!
Pixar has shown over and over again that you can make a CGI movie with heart. It’s time to stop blaming the Star Wars prequels’ problems on the effects.
- Backhanded compliment
Microsoft responds to Apple’s contention that portable video isn’t a big market: “Ask kids in the back of a car on a two-hour trip, ‘Hey, would you like to have your videos there?’ My kids would,” Gates said. “I guess Steve’s kids just listen to Bach and Mozart. But mine, they want to watch ‘Finding […]