"Toy Story": those interesting concept design drawings, the perfect combination of computer and animation

"Toy Story " series is an animated film series jointly produced and launched by Disney Company and Pixar Animation Studio .

In 1995, the first "Toy Story " (Toy Story) was born. This is the first full-length animation of a film made entirely on a computer, and it took four years to complete. Its birth is an important milestone for animation technology, image processing and the entire multimedia industry.

As an animated film that is both artistic and technical, "Toy Story" is perfect. The main producer of of "Toy Story " is the famous company Pixar . Regarding the establishment of Pixar , one more person must be mentioned- Steve Jobs (founder of Apple ).

Pixar 's predecessor, is actually the " Star Wars" director George Lucas 's computer animation department.In 1986, the computer animation department was acquired by Jobs at a price of US$10 million from and established Pixar Animation Studio.

After several years of rapid development, Pixar's stock was successfully listed. Jobs is also very valuable because of his ownership of Pixar. At that time, Apple's operations were in a dilemma, and Jobs was also invited to return to Apple, which had left, and set out to help Apple tide over the difficulties.

Until 2006, Disney acquired Pixar for $7.4 billion, and Pixar’s boss, Jobs, became Disney’s largest individual shareholder. Looking back at Jobs' original acquisition of US$10 million, it has also become a value investment with extremely lucrative returns.

"Toy Story" After the first animated movie, , was released, it broke the box office record of animated movies with a box office of 192 million US dollars, becoming the American box office champion of the year. Because of the good market feedback, Disney and Pixar successively launched the second, third, and fourth animated films of the "Toy Story" series, as well as a number of online short dramas, which have also received extremely high reviews.

Every audience has a precious childhood toy dream buried in the heart of each audience. The excellent storytelling and technicality of the "Toy Story" series also successfully let people see the expressive value of animation. This is also an important reason why the "Toy Story" series can persist for more than 20 years and continue to launch sequels.

Interesting toy concept design drawing

"Toy Story" series,As the name suggests, toys are the main character. In addition to the original toy characters, there are many classic toys on the American market. In order to make the film, Disney specifically obtained authorization from the ownership company of the toys in the film, so that these toys can collectively appear on the screen.

Before these toys appeared on the screen in their final form, the design team did many designs and discussions for them before they finally took shape. A large number of conceptual design drafts produced during the period are enough to see the "growth experience" of these interesting characters.

Hu Di

Hu Di, is the protagonist of a cowboy sheriff's string doll in the "Toy Story" series. He is one of the favorite toys of the human boy Andy (Andy) in the story, a spiritual symbol of dominance and unity.

Hu Di’s design inspiration is said to come from the stitched puppet toy of the producer’s childhood. In the first version of Pixar's design draft, Hu Di's image is not "young". The left side of the picture below is the image of his ventriloquist glove doll, and the right side is the cowboy doll shape.

The staff at Pixar set Hudi as a nuisance, but Disney was not satisfied with this version of the script. After several rounds of revisions, the story script was finally finalized.

And Hu Di's body size in the early days was much larger than other toys. Later, the designer reduced its scale, and gradually transformed its image into a kind cowboy sheriff. In the picture below we can see the main shape changes.

Cowboys certainly have to have a mount.Hu Di's mount is a toy pony called "Red Heart". "Red Heart" doesn't talk like other toys, but it works perfectly with Hu Di. Hu Di also rode the "Red Heart" to catch up with the airport transporter.

Buzz Lightyear

Buzz Lightyear, another toy protagonist in the "Toy Story" series. In the story, Buzz Lightyear has its own story background. He is set as a space hero, possesses advanced weapons such as spacesuits, laser guns, communicators, flying wings, etc. His mission is to defeat the evil toy villain-King Sok.

The early Buzz light years, called "Moonlight Buzz". Its shape is big and small, with a light bulb on its head and a cloak behind its back, with a slightly arrogant expression. As shown below.

After several revisions and discussions, finally the glass helmet features of "Moonlight Bath" were retained, and the appearance became more space-tech. It is said that the final purple and green spacesuit colors of Buzz Lightyear are the favorite colors of director John Lasseter and his wife. The following figure shows some of its main coloring and styling changes.

King Sok

Buzz Lightyear’s rival in his own background story- King Sok,It is an evil villain toy. It has a weapon "three-eye cannon" that can fire bullets continuously. Its villain style is also very distinctive, and it has an important role in " Toy Story 2 ".

toy soldier

The prototype of the toy soldier comes from the plastic toy soldier that became popular after World War II. Its classic green soldier with pedal shape has been completely preserved.

When making the animation effects of the toy soldiers, the animators also specially glued the shoes on the wooden boards to try to simulate their behavior.

spring dog

spring dog, an important supporting role in the "Toy Story" series. The head and tail are dogs, and the waist is composed of springs. In the animated story, the spring dog is a very trustworthy character.

Hug the Dragon Rex

Hug the Dragon (Rex) , one of the important supporting roles throughout 's "Toy Story" series. Modeling is a green dinosaur, its name comes from Tyrannosaurus Rex (Tyrannosaurus Rex). 's hug and hug dragon design is a process of transition from "terrible" to "cute".

Early design draft of the hug dragon

And in "Toy Story 3", a cute female triceratops named Trixie (Trixie) was added.

Mr. Dantou and Mrs. Dantou

Mr. Dantou and Mrs. Dantou were a well-known American classic toy at that time. The way to play this toy is that the facial features and other parts can be disassembled, reassembled and assembled. In the animation of Mr. Egghead, his facial features are often bumped into pieces.

Mr. Dantou also saved the three-eyed alien toy in the story. They treat Mr. Dantou as a parent. The early design of the three-eyed alien toy is also quite exaggerated. As shown below.

The early design of the three-eyed alien toy

Ham

Ham is a common piggy bank. In the early design draft of , the appearance of ham is actually very close to the real pig. In "Toy Story 3", it is also incarnate as "Evil Pork Chop Doctor" .

evil pork chop

hug bear

hug bear is always a pink bear abandoned by the owner of pan1span2s, and the owner of pan1span2s feels that the big pink bear is abandoned by the owner of pan_span2s. Turning from love to hatred, became the sinister villain in the work.

There are other roles, so I won’t introduce them here.

Others

The "Toy Story" series, which has won many Oscar awards, can be said to be a legend in the animation industry. has been built into a series full of fun and imagination, and each part has the rich character group portrait of and the story of with different meanings.

embodies the outlook on life with " toy view ", this is the unique spiritual experience that brings to the audience from the toy story series .

Pixar, as the producer, has already become one of the most influential companies in the history of animation. Although Pixar was eventually acquired by Disney, ending its glorious history as an independent company, Pixar's animation spirit has not disappeared.

Do you still remember your toy memories?

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