Before Wall-E there was Wally B

This clip comes from a short called Andre and Wall B. Would you believe it if I told you this animated short was created by the future Pixar?... in 1984!... Surprisingly enough it's true. And just to give some perspective, this was the type of computer necessary at the time to create this animated short. Having grown up in the 90s, I can attest with somewhat certainty, these images are pretty much a decade ahead of their time.

About 24 years ago a Lucas Films Graphics Projects team embarked on a groundbreaking CG animation project that essentially set the ground work for most of the animated movies we see today. Lucas Films Graphics Prjoect later went on to develop on its own right and changed its name to Pixar... and the rest is history...Indeed, my conclusion after having also seen Wall-E last weekend, Pixar not only created the post 2-D animating industry, but they set the standard. Check out more on the origins of Pixar here, and for those of you like me who can't get enough visual stimulation, check out the massively large/vivid HQ shots of Pixars newest animated hit.