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Could You Create The Next Nemo, Buzz Or Woody?

April 18 2006

Ever seen 'Toy Story', 'The Incredibles' or 'Finding Nemo' and thought "I wish I could do that"? Well, now's your chance!

Cartoons and films like those are created by artists drawing pictures. To animate means 'to bring to life', so an animation is a moving, lifelike picture.

Screenshot from Science Museum's online animation interactive.

You can find out more and make your very own cartoon with The Science Museum's Create Your Own Animation online competition.

Don't worry if you haven't done any animation before. The Science Museum has done the 'science bit' for you with its animator tool. It will guide you step by step to making your own moving work of art!

The prize is very special indeed. The lucky winner gets a limited edition 'Toy Story', Buzz and Woody framed image from the film. (This'll make your mates very jealous!)

The deadline for entries is 10 June 2006.


So why are the nice people at the Museum trying to get you drawing? Well, it's all part of The Science Museum's amazing exhibition called Pixar: 20 Years of Animation.

The exhibition runs until 10 June 2006 and shows you the whole process of how to animate a film.

Here's part of a storyboard for Toy Story - a sketch by artist Joe Ranft.

Rough pencil sketch of Woody and Slinky from Toy Story.

Rough pencil sketch of Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story.

You'll be able to see for yourself where Buzz Lightyear and Woody really came from and how those superheroes, The Incredibles, were first imagined.

On display are rough sketches to finished films. There are hundreds of drawings of film characters - like this one of Buzz Lightyear by artist Bob Pauley - as well as models and digital paintings.

Here's how Sully from Monsters Inc got his fur! Artist Tia W. Kratter tried out lots of styles to see what would suit him best.

Six colour sketches of Sully from Monsters Inc, showing different fur patterns.

Collage of paper from magazines - a rough sketch for Edna Mode from The Incredibles.

Do you recognise this colourful lady? This is a collage done by an artist called Teddy Newton, trying out ideas for the character of Edna Mode from The Incredibles.

So, are you feeling animated? Get it?!

Good luck with the competition and don't forget to Keep in Touch with how you get on. We know we'll be moved by your original animations!

Rachel Hayward


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