Belle. Jasmine. Ariel. What did they all have in common? Aside from a freakishly small waist, each of the Disney heroines also had giant, perfect eyes with expressions ranging from wide-eyed excitement, to narrow-eyed suspicion. Enough’s enough, said computer graphics experts at Disney Research Zurich and ETH Zurich. If they can figure out a way to enable people to “feel” 3D objects, and 3D-print...
‘How do you create water water feelings?’ Disney’s animators on moving to CGI for Moana
John Musker and Ron Clements are animation legends. Having trained at Disney in the 70s under the studio’s “Nine Old Men” supervising animators, the pair helped usher in a second golden age in the 90s, directing hits including Aladdin and The Little Mermaid. With the studio again buzzing off the success of Frozen and Zootopia, they’re back. Moana, out December 2, takes inspiration from the...