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12.21.2007

The Luxo 2007 Holiday Gift Guide

If you haven't bought any Disney•Pixar related items for those special folks on your holiday list, here's some popular items you can order from Amazon.com and support this blog. Be sure to head over to our fellow animation blog sites and support them as well!

The Amazon.com Gift Certifcate is also a good way to let your friends and family choose their own Disney•Pixar holiday gift!




MOVIES (REGION 1):





BOOKS:



MUSIC:



VIDEO GAMES:



OTHER:



Happy Holidays from myself, Ken, our friends and families, and surely, all the folks at Disney•Pixar!!

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12.20.2007

The Art of WALL•E

Our good friend Thorsten sent along this image for the upcoming book: The Art of WALL•E:

Book cover for The Art of Wall•E

Details:

160 pp
250 color illustrations
Hardcover
$40
April 17th, 2008

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6.21.2007

Win The Art of Ratatouille at FPS Magazine

Book cover for The Art of Ratatouille.

The fine folks at Frames Per Second Magazine are giving away not one, but two (!) copies of The Art of Ratatouille so be sure to head over there and enter to win. The contest closes June 29.

If you're unsuccessful in winning, you can support Luxo by ordering the book below.

Thanks to Tamu for the heads up and good luck to all!

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5.16.2007

The Story of Pixar Animation Studios!

A book we're all very much looking forward to:


To Infinity and Beyond! The Story of Pixar Animation Studios book cover.

You can pre-order the book at the link below.

Thanks to Thorsten for the heads up!

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Featured

The Pixar Story. Dick Shoup, Alex Schure, George Lucas, Steve Jobs, and Disney.

My Visit to Pixar. Seeing the magic first hand.

Disney buys Pixar. Details from a historic day in animation.

The Roots of Pixar. Business school case study that details the history and creation of the studio.

Pencil Test. A 1998 Apple animated short created on the Mac created by a team that included John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton.

The Pixar tag on Flickr generates all sorts of action. From studio tours, toy collections, and more.

Chad's interview about the roots of animated film, digital filmmaking, and Pixar's success.

Q&A video on the "Human Story of Computer Animation". Pixar's Ed Catmull, Brad Bird, Andrew Stanton and Alvy Ray Smith.

A little known fact? Pixar nearly sold to... Microsoft?



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