Pixar to open Vancouver studio

Walt Disney Studios, with whom Pixar merged in 2006, is scouting locations in the city, concentrating on the downtown area. It hopes to have the new studio up and running by this fall.

The studio will hire 75 to 100 people, most of them Canadians, and will make all of Pixar’s three-dimensional, computer-animated short films, which usually run three to five minutes. All Pixar theatrical features will continue to be made at its main studio in Emeryville, Calif., which employs almost 900.

via Pixar to open Vancouver studio.

WWWOOOOOOOOOOWWW

I wouldnt have believed it if I didnt see it with my own eyes!

This is incredible news! Pixar coming to VANCOUVER!

I’ve been meaning to post this up for a few weeks actually do its not really my “latest” wip but it is certainly the closest thing to finished that I have at the moment.

Rendered with renderman in Maya-2008

The rig came from Stop Staring by Jason Osipa, a really great book which I highly recommend.

The audio Hugo Weaving in the movie V for Vendetta.

Ok enough blogging for now gotta get back to work.

Nerd Corps Entertainment has filed suit against Danish licensing agent Kidz Entertainment surrounding payment of show delivery of STORM HAWKS, according to KIDSCREEN.

via AWN Headline News.

I’ve been to Nerd Corps and toured their facility they are a really fantastic TV animation company and I hope they get this matter settled quickly.

Its been far to long since I’ve written anything in this journal so for what its worth here it is.

The last term is staring me in the face and I’ve got to rise up and meet it head on. This will be the demo-reel section of my schooling, I’ve basically learned all that I can learn from the school and now must put it into practice and show what I can do. Its just a little bit scary when I stop and think about it, actually maybe scary isn’t the best word.

Exciting is probably more accurate.

This is absolutely fantastic, Teletoon is handing out large cash prizes to student animation work and I must admit the final contestants look amazing, much better than typical student work.