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Saturday, April 9, 2011

Pixar's 25th gets fan art

Planet-Pulp is a new art gallery blog by Jayson Weidel for showcasing awesome fan art. Each month they have a different theme for artists, and this month's theme is Pixar, in honor of the studio's 25th anniversary.

After the jump you will find the ones I liked the best. Or, look at the whole collection here.

Aren't those great?! Too bad they aren't selling prints . . . Or maybe it's a good thing, 'cause I'd be flat broke if they were.

Keep checking Planet-Pulp for awesome, themed fan art. Next month's theme is Saturday Morning TV and the month of May is Star Wars!

Source: /Film

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

'WALL-E' and 'Up' Posters, stylized

Briefly: At the top of this post you will find two awesome Pixar posters I stumbled upon at Reelizer.com, by the talented artist Lópezgrafico.

Great stuff!!

Monday, September 6, 2010

My Pixar Pop Art

Here is a gallery of Pixar 'Pop Art' that I created using Photoshop. They are reminiscent of the works of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. I like 'em, and thought you might, too.

(Also, they make great desktop and iPhone wallpapers--click to embiggen!)

I hope you liked my gallery. More Pixar (and Disney) Pop Art coming soon...

Saturday, June 19, 2010

'Toy Story 3': a Box Office Record Breaker

Toy Story 3 earned a record-breaking $41 million yesterday at the box office, putting it ahead of Up and WALL-E (both earning under $25 million in their first days). This also gives the film a very good chance of beating The Incredibles' opening weekend box office of $70.5 million, Pixar's best to date.

The film is currently playing at over 4,000 theaters across North America.

Will Toy Story 3 be Pixar's biggest opening ever? You'd better believe it.

Source: AP

Monday, March 8, 2010

Pixar in The Wonderful World of Color

Above you will find a very interesting video about Pixar's contributions and involvement with the upcoming light and fountain show, The Wonderful World of Color, coming to Disney's California Adventure this summer. There are some very interesting interviews, as well as very cool clips from the testing done at the actual site of the show.

For some construction pictures of this show and all of Disneyland and DCA, look no further than MiceChat.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Unkrich's Pixar Stuff to Benefit Haiti

Lee Unkrich is helping out the people who are suffering in Haiti by auctioning off his great collection of Pixar things he has accumulated over the years. Each item is being auctioned separately, and they include crew jackets from numerous Pixar films, baseball hats, T-shirts, signed art, and even specially made Monsters, Inc. Jones Soda. I'd like to stress that these charity auctions are being created and handled personally by Lee Unkrich, director of Toy Story 3, and are not being organized by either Pixar or Disney. Also, it is important to note that 100% of the final sale price will go to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. There are some real treasures being put up for auction and I would encourage you to take a look at them. After all, it is for a great cause.

Check out The Pixar Blog for more information and a statement made by Lee.

Very cool.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Annie Awards Nominations Announced

Well, the Annie Awards are here once more. The biggest animation awards' nominations have been released. Pixar's Up has 9 nominations and Disney's The Princess and the Frog has eight. It's also worth mentioning that Partly Cloudy was not nominated, and that William Reeves (a founding member at Pixar) will be receiving the honorary Ub Iwerks award.

I hope we don't have a repeat of last year when WALL-E was shut out in favor of Kung Fu Panda; even paid-off judges couldn't call the gimmick-y Monsters vs. Aliens better than the masterpiece that was Up. Here is the complete nominations list (I have bolded which ones I'm pulling for to win):

Best Animated Feature

* Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs — Sony Pictures Animation
* Coraline — Laika
* Fantastic Mr. Fox — 20th Century Fox
* The Princess and the Frog — Walt Disney Animation Studios
* The Secret of Kells — Cartoon Saloon
* Up — Pixar Animation Studios

Best Animated Television Production

* Glenn Martin, DDS — Tornante, Cuppa Coffee Studios & Rogers Communications
* Merry Madagascar — DreamWorks Animation
* Prep and Landing — ABC Family/Walt Disney Animation Studios
* The Simpsons — Gracie Films

Best Animated Television Production for Children

* Mickey Mouse Clubhouse — Disney Television Animation
* SpongeBob SquarePants — Nickelodeon
* The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack — Cartoon Network Studios
* The Mighty B! — Nickelodeon/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper Kite Productions
* The Penguins of Madagascar — Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation

Animated Effects

* Scott Cegielski “Monsters vs. Aliens” — DreamWorks Animation
* Alexander Feigin “9” — 9 L.L.C.
* Eric Froemling “Up” — Pixar Animation Studios
* Tom Kluyskens “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” — Sony Pictures Animation
* James Mansfield “The Princess and the Frog” — Walt Disney Animation Studios

Character Animation in a Television Production

* Mark Donald “B.O.B.’s Big Break” — DreamWorks Animation
* Mark Mitchell “Prep and Landing” — Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Kevan Shorey “Merry Madagascar” — DreamWorks Animation
* Tony Smeed “Prep and Landing” — Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Phillip To “Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space” — DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Feature Production

* Andreas Deja “The Princess and the Frog” — Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Eric Goldberg “The Princess and the Frog” — Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Travis Knight “Coraline” — Laika
* Daniel Nguyen “Up” — Pixar Animation Studios
* Bruce Smith “The Princess and the Frog” — Walt Disney Animation Studios

Character Design in a Television Production

* Bryan Arnett “The Mighty B! – Catatonic” — Nickelodeon/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper Kite Productions
* Ben Balistreri “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends” — Cartoon Network Studios
* Craig Kellman “Merry Madagascar” — DreamWorks Animation
* Bill Schwab “Prep and Landing” — Walt Disney Animation Studios

Character Design in a Feature Production

* Daniel Lopez Munoz “Up” — Pixar Animation Studios
* Shane Prigmore “Coraline” — Laika
* Shannon Tindle “Coraline” — Laika

Directing in a Feature Production

* Wes Anderson “Fantastic Mr. Fox” — 20th Century Fox
* Pete Docter “Up” — Pixar Animation Studios
* Christopher Miller, Phil Lord “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” — Sony Pictures Animation
* Hayao Miyazaki “Ponyo” — Studio Ghibli
* Henry Selick “Coraline” — Laika

Music in a Television Production

* Michael Giacchino “Prep and Landing” — Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Kevin Kiner “Star Wars: The Clone Wars “Weapons Factory” — Lucasfilm Animation Ltd.
* Guy Moon “The Fairly OddParents: “Wishology-The Big Beginning” — Nickelodeon

Music in a Feature Production

* Bruno Coulais “Coraline” — Laika
* Michael Giacchino “Up” — Pixar Animation Studios
* Joe Hisaishi “Ponyo” — Studio Ghibli
* John Powell “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” — Blue Sky Studios

Writing in a Feature Production

* Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach – “Fantastic Mr. Fox” — 20th Century Fox
* Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy – “Up” — Pixar Animation Studios
* Timothy Hyde Harris and David Bowers – “Astro Boy” — Imagi Studios
* Christopher Miller and Phil Lord – “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” — Sony Pictures Animation

There are many other nominations at the website here. The awards are slated to take place on Saturday, February 6, 2009 at UCLA's Royce Hall in LA.

Source: The Disney Blog and The Pixar Blog

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Disney/Marvel Mash-ups

Worth1000 is a website centered around Photoshop. They have recently held a contest based on Disney's recent acquisition of superhero giant Marvel Entertainment. Here are the best of the incredibly creative and realistic Disney/Marvel mash-ups from Worth1000:

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Pixar's Box Office Goes 'Up' [UPDATED]

Not surprisingly, Up is doing wonderfully at the box office. It has already made $21.4 million at the Friday box office, making it Walt Disney Pictures' second best ever opening day for an animated feature (WALL-E still holds number one with just a few million more than Up).

Looking at this makes it almost guaranteed that Up will be the box office champ for this weekend, and may even beat WALL-E's $63.1 million opening weekend. Great! Go Up!

Stay up-to-date on Up's current box office numbers with the Box Office Mojo widget on the right.

Update: Over the weekend, Up easily beat every other movie in theaters, and also beat WALL-E with a cool $68.2 million. This puts Up in 3rd place when it comes to Pixar's opening weekend box offices; it is beat by The Incredibles ($70.4) and Finding Nemo ($70.2).

Way to go Up!!

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Pixar Wallpapers Galore [UPDATED]

I was looking for a good collection of Pixar wallpapers, but I couldn't seem to find a decent compilation of all of the great Pixar wallpapers out there. So, I made one. I compiled screenshots from movies, official wallpapers, and got more from various other sources. Some are gigantic, others are tiny; there are ones for any resolution screen or phone. So, for your downloading pleasure, here is a complete collection of Pixar Wallpapers. Update: I will constantly be updating this post with new and exciting wallpapers. They may seem like repeats but some are much larger, or cropped for better wallpapers. Also, some are customly made by me by combining Pixar's concept art. I will always repost it as I add new wallpapers so you don't need to keep finding this post. Enjoy! (Remember to click on the image first. Many have a huge resolution.)