How Flik Comes To Life From pen strokes to pixels to projectors: How a little critter evolved from concept to screen Wireframe Polygons Rendered   FLIK IS BORN... Once the team of story writers hatches the idea for a movie, artists create hundreds of detailed drawings of the characters, such as the star of A Bug's Life. Concept Polygons Rendered   ...IN WIREFRAME Solid surfaces are added to give animators a sense of what the characters look like. This is what animators manipulate on their screens to make the characters act their parts. Concept Wireframe Rendered   ...IN POLYGONS Solid surfaces are added to give animators a sense of what the characters look like. This is what animators manipulate on their screens to make the characters act their parts. Concept Wireframe Polygons     ...RENDERED After the animators are through, a program called a shader gives each character its color and texture in different lighting. Hešs ready for show time.   RELATED ITEMS COVER STORY: STEVE JOBS, MOVIE MOGUL COVER IMAGE: Steve Jobs, Movie Mogul TABLE: A Bug Farm's Life TABLE: Pixar's All-Star Team TABLE: Just How Big Will ``A Bug's Life'' Be? CHART: Thriller PHOTO: Pixar Animated Characters PHOTO: ``Tin Toy'' from Pixar GRAPHIC: How Flik Comes to Life PIXAR'S AMBASSADOR TO THE MAGIC KINGDOM ONLINE ORIGINAL: ANTZ VS. BUGS ONLINE ORIGINAL: A PLAY ON PIXAR? Return to top of story Return to main story

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