2 Comments TIL that one of the big challenge faced by the animators of The little mermaid(1989) was making Ariel’s hair move properly in underwater. They solved this by modelling her hair based on astronaut Sally Ride’s hair in zero gravity conditions by whatilearned September 16, 2022, 4:29 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL the movie ‘My Neighbor Totoro’, which released in 1988, only had eight animators working on it for eight months. by whatilearned June 29, 2022, 5:21 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL Animation legend Tex Avery lost use of his left eye, after during some spitballing between animators, one took it further by using a wire paperclip which accidentally hit Avery’s eye, some believe this loss gave him a unique look at animation and his bizarre directorial style by whatilearned June 24, 2022, 6:39 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
5 Comments TIL of the first adult themed cartoon “Eveready Harton in Buried Treasure”. Exclusively screened at a party for animators, the short was created by 3 of the major animation studios of the day, but because no US film lab would touch it due to its risqué content, the film had to be developed in Cuba. by whatilearned May 12, 2022, 6:02 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL one group of former Disney animators created the designs for Tony the Tiger, Snap, Crackle and Pop, The Jolly Green Giant, and the mascot for the Baltimore Orioles by whatilearned May 1, 2022, 8:56 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL, animators who failed while working on other projects within Dreamworks, were often sent to work on Shrek. The reassignment was known as being “Shreked” and being sent to “the Gulag”. by whatilearned February 11, 2022, 11:55 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL Toy story 2 animators accidentally deleted the whole movie and would have taken one more year to recreate the movie but fortunately a pregnant employee working from home had the movie saved on her laptop. by whatilearned October 25, 2021, 6:16 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
18 Comments Why in the absolute fuck are animators able to make Pixar Quality porn of Overwatch? by QuestionGuy August 22, 2021, 10:39 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL Dreamworks used to punish their animators who failed at their work on Prince of Egypt, by sending them to work on Shrek. Appaerently the punishment even had a nickname – to be “Shreked.” by whatilearned July 4, 2021, 11:41 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments TIL that PART OF YOUR WORLD was almost cut from The Little Mermaid. During an early screening, the producer ordered to remove it, saying it was “too boring.” The animators begged him to give it a 2nd chance, as the scene was incomplete. So, they finished it up and showed it again, which did well. by whatilearned May 30, 2021, 12:27 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL, in Disney’s Mulan (1998), Mulan touches her hair a lot because the animators noticed that Mulan’s voice actress Ming-Na Wen, touched her hair a lot while recording. So, they added it to the character. by whatilearned May 16, 2021, 10:51 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
During the production of Up, it took Pixar animators a week to produce 4 seconds of footage! by Cool Facts Guy July 23, 2019, 12:03 am 0 Points Upvote Downvote
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