In which I jump over a trash can.

We did a lot of reference footage, back in the day. Here, specifically, in the mid 1980s, we wanted some reference for Luxo, Jr. So, out to the parking lot and time to jump over a trash can. For those of you unfamiliar with the practices of animation, animators like to use reference images for animation. Many animation desks featured mirrors for capturing self-generated facial expressions. This particular sequence was literal 35mm film with a autowinder, probably taken by Craig Good or David DeFrancisco.

I had totally forgotten about the sequence (but not the drip, I really liked that sweater, The Gap). It showed up at about 8:00 in this 40th Anniversary PIXAR piece.

Those were some fun times, fun people, old friends, 80s hairstyles.