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  • Pixar: 25 Years of Animation

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    Many people don’t realize that we have almost as many artists
    at Pixar working in traditional media—hand drawing, painting,
    pastels, sculpture—as we do in digital media. Most of their
    work takes place during the development of a project, when
    we’re working out the story and the look of the film. The wealth
    of beautiful art created for each movie is rarely seen outside
    the studio, but the finished film we send around the world
    would never be possible without it.

    Computer animation is both an extraordinarily liberating and
    extraordinarily challenging medium. While it contains no
    limits except those that you choose for yourself, it also
    contains nothing, down to the smallest detail, that you do not
    create yourself. You get nothing for free.

    There are never any lucky accidents in the computer,
    only hard-won victories. So the development stage, the time
    before we build our digital world, is the time when we’re most
    free. We encourage our artists to explore as much as possible,
    to give their imaginations free rein. In turn, their art inspires our
    storytellers and filmmakers to new heights.

    In the early days of computer animation, people used to
    ask us if the computer made the film. Fortunately, we’ve
    come a long way since then; it’s been deeply gratifying
    to have our medium recognized for the art form that it is.
    In the years since the Museum of Modern Art in New York
    premiered Pixar: 20 Years of Animation, the show has
    traveled around the world. It’s been wonderful to bring this
    inside look at the studio to so many different countries and
    to see how warmly everyone has greeted the work
    of our amazing artists.

    To celebrate Pixar’s twenty-fifth anniversary, we’ve
    updated the show with art from the studio’s most recent
    films, along with brand-new selections from the archives. In
    these works you’ll see the creativity and skill that opens up
    our story worlds and gives form to the visions that drive our
    films. We’re incredibly proud of the studio’s many talented
    artists, and we’re thrilled to present their work in
    Pixar: 25 Years of Animation.

    JOHN LASSETER
    Chief Creative Officer, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios
    Principal Creative Advisor, Walt Disney Imagineering

    ED CATMULL
    President, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios

     

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