Pixar Shorts:
The Adventures of André and Wally B.

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Only simple shapes such as circles, cones and cylinders was possible during this time (1984) and Lasseter took his inspiration from early Mickey Mouse cartoons. The challenge he brought to the programmers was to create motion blur (for the wings in the Wally B. character) and the ability to bend shapes. This was the beginning of the give and take relationship that challenges both the artist and the technologist that constantly pushed computer animation forward.

There was also an argument over artistic license. The animation team didn't understand why Lasseter wanted some purple leaves on the trees - there are no purple leaves! So John took them to a San Francisco museum to look at some illustrations by Maxfield Parrish that showed how light can create unexpected colors in objects. Lighting has always been a huge deal in computer animation.

The Adventures of André and Wally B. was released with Toy Story.

The Plot of André and Wally B.

A little guy named André is sleeping in a forest when he wakes up to a big bumble bee named Wally B. who likes to pester him. André tricks Wally B. by making him look another direction and Andre makes his escape, running away down a path laughing all the way.

Wally B. gives chase and slams into André off screen. Wally B. returns on screen with a bent stinger and a smug attitude, but he gets bonked when André throws his hat at him. It's a cute little tale of revenge.