Kawaii Toy Story cake

Toy Story cake by Chocolate Moose. It's like Jerrod Murayama's illustration come to life:



Speaking of, Jerrod posted a cute fairy tale-themed image for an upcoming show at Bear and Bird.

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Pixar art jam

Presto by Jayson Weidel, Tin Toy by Jerrod Maruyama, Dash by Ridd Sorenson - - some of the art crated for this Pixar art jam.

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Paul Pape's house from Up engagement ring boxes now on sale

Paul Pape is auctioning off 10 ring boxes shaped like Carl Fredricksen's house from Up. 40% of the sales will go to the Power of 10 fundraiser for Give Kids The World. You can place your bid at eBay

Wall-E on AMC's Hoarders

Wall-E by Kevin Tong. A nice companion piece to the Pixar Warriors art I posted yesterday. Kevin posted a big sale announcement this morning.

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Russell from Up earns his jousting badge

Russell and Kevin by Chad King. This is the companion piece to the Pixar-inspired pieces I posted earlier.

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Buzz Lightyear as a demon, Wall-E as a killing machine

Buzz Lightyear by Carlos Villagra.



Wall-E by Jorge Lacera.

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Wall-E and Eve cake

Wall-E and Eve cake by Charm City Cakes. They're having a contest right now, by the way.

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Toy Story-themed engagement box

Toy Story-themed engagement box by Michal Miszta.

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Costumes based on Pixar's Up

Kris Butiong and his girlfriend Thanh Phamdo dressed as Russell and the house from Pixar's Up. It was made from balsa wood, foam core, and foam sheets. 60+ hours were spent on the house. You can see more photos here and here. Thanh also transformed a mere dog into a fearsome tarantula:



While I'm highlighting cool stuff from 5&A Dime's blog, the store will be the place to be for Dia de Los Muertos on November 2:

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos with 5&ADIME x Flying Panther Tuesday evening 11/2/10. Our friend Rob, owner of Flying Panther tattoo, worked with us in producing an exclusive tee that features his signature talent and will be available for purchase that evening. We all look forward to seeing you at the shop Tuesday night to celebrate Day of the Dead with 5&A Dime...p.s. There will be free beer and food too!

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Jessie (from Toy Story) pin-up

Jessie pin-up by Jason Chalker, who has lots of great prints on sale here.

Relatedly, I highly recommend this long interview with Toy Story 3 director, Lee Unkrich, and screenwriter, Michael Arndt. It really demonstrates that great stories come from a lot of hard work and a knack for spotting and remembering interesting anecdotes. For example, they spent hours upon hours studying prison movies and garbage dumps. And the early plot point, when the toys get thrown away? Lee explains:

Years ago, my wife Laura and I were moving from one apartment to another and packing everything up. And about a month after we moved to our new place, Laura asked me if I'd seen her beloved stuffed animals, her childhood stuffed animals.

And I said: What box were they in? And she said, well, they weren't in a box. They were in a garbage bag. And my blood instantly ran ice cold because I realized exactly what had happened: I had thrown all of her stuffed animals away in the dumpster behind our building.

So I feel terrible to this day that that happened, but I do hope that by immortalizing that moment in the movie, that they somehow have been immortalized themselves.

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Teddy Newton's Day and Night

Teddy Newton's Day and Night, the short film that played in front of Toy Story 3, has been turned into a hardcover book. If you haven't seen the short, this video shows a small part of the film, as well as some of the pitch:



This film shows talks about the creation of the book and shows several interior pages:



And here's a totally unrelated project by Teddy Newton and Bert Klein. In Boy's Night Out, which was created for a Playboy animation contest, a too young boy visits a strip club:



Day and Night is 32% off at Amazon.