Pixar's 24-Year Animation Evolution Captured in Video Essay
A video essay by American producer Ian Phillips traces Pixar's computer animation advancements from 1995's Toy Story to 2019. Each film tackled new challenges: Monsters, Inc. perfected fur and hair rendering, Ratatouille simulated wet fur, and Finding Dory reproduced a octopus's texture and movement. The essay highlights how surfaces like hair, water, metal, earth, and human skin are simulated with increasing realism, with research from each film applied to subsequent projects.
Key facts
- Video essay by Ian Phillips covers Pixar's animation progress from 1995 to 2019
- First Toy Story released in 1995
- Monsters, Inc. improved hair and fur rendering
- Ratatouille showed wet fur simulation
- Finding Dory tackled octopus texture and movement
- Each film's research benefits later movies
- Surfaces simulated include hair, water, metal, earth, human skin
- 24-year span of computer animation evolution
Entities
Artists
- Ian Phillips
Institutions
- Pixar