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TIL while making Luxo Jr, Pixar used Disney’s animation principles to show character emotions. They knew it had worked when, after the premiere, computer scientist Jim Blinn approached John Lasseter, and instead of asking about a technical detail, Blinn asked if the big lamp was the mom or the dad.

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