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Designing Toy Story

Ever since a young Bob Pauley first laid eyes on Pixar’s groundbreaking 1986 short film Luxo Jr. his mind has been made up. “I said, ‘I have to work for those folks’,” he tells 3D World. “You could tell, even way back then, the trajectory of where they were going. In such simple things as a ball and two lamps you felt for those characters.”

After some initial setbacks, Pauley landed his dream job in the art department of Pixar Animation Studios, just in time to work on , the film that would change filmmaking forever. was the furthest thing from his mind. With a small team and a host of limitations, Pauley and his fellow filmmakers remained laser focused on getting the job done.

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