Gallery: Google Channels Pixar to Change Storytelling as We Know It
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Animators at work on *Windy Day*, a new experiment in storytelling from Google and Motorola Mobility that crossbreeds computer animation with virtual reality. From left to right: Jais Bredsted, Ryan Hayford, supervising animator Doug Sweetland (seated), Ricardo Jost Resende, Daniel Caylor, and supervising animator Mark Oftedal. *Photo: Google/Karen Dufilho*
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Sketches of the *Windy Day* characters on the window at Advanced Technology And Products, or ATAP, the research and development division of Motorola. *Photo: Google/Karen Dufilho*
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Using a Moto X phone, Motorola director of engineering Rachid El Guerrab watches *Windy Day* with director Jan Pinkava, an Oscar-winner and one of the many Pixar alums who worked on the project. *Photo: Google/Karen Dufilho*
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An early concept drawing for *Windy Day* by Japanese illustrator Tadahiro Uesugi, the Annie Award-winning production designer of *Coraline*.
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A painted version of the Tadahiro sketch.
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A character sketch from animation director and character designer Mark Oftedal, a former Pixar animator and one of the world's first CG animators.
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