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New Images from THE AVENGERS [Updated With High Resolution]Pixar Character Designer Jay Shuster Talks CARS 2
by Tommy Cook Posted:October 29th, 2011 at 7:12 pm
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Last week I was invited up to Pixar Studios in Emeryville , CA to interview the animation team behind Cars 2. Upon leaving the confines of the studio, one journalist said to another: “You know that Jay Shuster – he’s a cartoon character in and of himself”. With long sideburns and a trademark grey cap, Shuster is an (ahem) animated conversationalist. He may be the only person I’ve met who gesticulates more often than I do. It’s really not much of a stretch to picture Shuster in cartoon form. More importantly though, Shuster is one of the main character-designers for Pixar – specializing in (as I would learn) robotic and environmental designs. He’s the guy responsible for Wall-E and Lightening McQueen – which makes him just about the most talented cartoon-character-come-to-life I’ve yet encountered.
In the first of five interviews conducted in conjunction with the Blu-ray/DVD release of Cars 2 (which gets released Tuesday), Shuster discusses when he first comes into the animation/development process, characters that didn’t make the final cut of Cars 2 and the very first thing he ever designed as a boy. For the full interview, hit the jump.
Jay Shuster Interview Index
- When does Shuster come into the animation/development process?
- What is the process for designing a Cars character?
- What is it about robotics that interests him?
- Shuster discusses cut characters from Cars 2 that he designed.
- How did Cars 2 change from its inception to final cut?
- What is Shuster’s favorite character that he designed for the film?
- What is Shuster’s background with cars?
- What was the first thing Shuster designed?
- What is Shuster designing now for Pixar?
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I find it amazing that a screenwriter can write something in a week in his PJ’s and get paid a million dollars for it while their are countess people such as artists and animators that work on that same film for years and would never see that type of money in 2 lifetimes.
The Writer is king
Wish they had spent as much time designing a good story as they did on designing good-looking visuals.
He must feel proud having worked on what is considered the most uninspired Pixar film yet.
you should really look up his filmography before you go and make horribly insensitive comments like that. star wars 1 and 2, cars, wall-e, toy story 3. he’s done more than simply one film, and he’s contributed massive amounts of experience and knowledge to the cars franchise because of his background in so many different disciplines. he’s an incredilby talented artist, and i don’t think cars 2 is uninspired. it wasn’t their best, but surely wasn’t uninspired. the opening sequence is one of their best. again please don’t makes comments that completely minimize the hard work of one individual.
Is that you Jay shuster?
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Personally, i thought cars 2 was great! better than the first one and plenty of fun and action too. My nephews also liked it more. Many people regard UP as their best, but for me, though it was beautiful to start with, i found the last third was mostly uninspired.
Cars 2 wasn’t that bad. I found it very entertaining. It was an homage to the spy movies of the 50′s.
Cars 2 wasn’t written for young kids, but for grown-ups kids like me. ^^