Articulating the Appeal Sonoko Konishi, Michael Venturini May 2007 It's difficult. In our society, rodents are usual portrayed in a negative manner. To overcome this, every department on Ratatouille strove to create appeal. In this sketch we will focus on how this was achieved through articulation. Paper (PDF) Available as Pixar Technical Memo #07-12 | |
Art and Technology at Pixar, from Toy Story to Today Ryusuke Villemin, Christophe Hery, Sonoko Konishi, Takahito Tejima, David Yu November 2015 Technology has always played an important part in Pixar's movie making process, starting with Toy Story over 20 years ago. This course will take you on a journey through that technical evolution, focusing on how story drove our technical designs and how we utilized new technical advancements to tell more appealing stories. Finally ... more Paper (PDF) SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 Course Notes. | |
Art and Technology at Pixar (SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 Course) Ryusuke Villemin, Chia-Chi Hu, Sonoko Konishi, Hiroaki Narita, Magnus Wrenninge, David Yu December 2018 As described by this now famous quote "The art challenges technology, and the technology inspires art", technology has always played an important part in Pixar's movie making process. This course will show how we develop and utilize new technical advancements to tell more appealing stories, using real-world examples from our latest movie Incredibles ... more Paper (PDF) SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 Course |