So yes... I read Slashdot. It gets fed into my Google homepage so I usually scan the headlines for interesting articles. Well today "Wall-E Supervising Animator Tells His Story" caught my eye. It led to an
interesting interview with Pixar veteran, former
Spline Doctor, LEGO
aficionado, and
directing animator on WALL-E - Angus MacLane. Back when I began going through the "
Pixar classes" at the Academy of Art, Angus was co-teaching the Level 3 (and final) course in the series and struck me as an intimidating figure. Sometimes he'd barge into the lower level classes and throw in a blitzkritique (hey, I just coined that term!) or just hassle the other teachers. Anyway, there's some great stuff toward the middle part of the interview.
![Angus MacLane's LEGO WALL-E](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-H9vh2CltiUNH72eEfYCifnkVZEItVCe-qcieFy9rwo7EVDb8PhnRI5CMp-Q1LZUU4FRa1b7TZJfQNpRfoXa9SNuB829VTq8J4lz8j883elnSyLeoUg5VoCPfLX6yMZTbDlDq/s400/lego_walle.jpg)
In other boredom, the latest
JibJab video is surprisingly well-animated. It just shows to go ya that the principles of animation transcend any preference for medium.