Lucas Martell shows how he made Pigeon Impossible, an animated short. You can see the making of on YouTube, the blog, or the web site. The videos on YouTube are great, and show just how much work even a short feature takes.

Tags: Movies, Animation, Pigeons

From the Computer History Museum comes 101 minutes with some of the pioneers of computer graphics: Brad Bird, Writer/Director, The Incredibles, Pixar Animation Studios, Ed Catmull, Co-Founder and President, Pixar Animation Studios, Alvy Ray Smith, Co-Founder of four centers of computer graphics excellence (Altamira, Pixar, Lucasfilm, New York Tech) and a Microsoft Fellow, Andrew Stanton, Writer/ Director, Finding Nemo, Pixar Animation Studios , and Michael Rubin, Moderator, Author of Droidmaker: George Lucas and the Digital Revolution.

Catmull and Smith were two of the pioneers of computer graphics algorithms and hardware, inventing many of the fundamental techniques that are at the root of everything done today. Lots of discussion about computer animation as a medium, not an end in itself, and the importance of story over technology.

Tags: CGI, Graphics, History, Pixar, Movies, Interesting Stuff, Animation, Anti-Aliasing

Thirty-two Purple and Brown shorts in about 16 minutes. If the style reminds you of Aardman Studios, that's because it is Aardman Studios.

Tags: Fun, Video, Animation, Interesting Stuff