{"id":3843,"date":"2012-06-26T04:20:14","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T12:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/?p=3843"},"modified":"2026-02-17T14:36:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T14:36:58","slug":"pixar-brave-wireframes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/26\/pixar-brave-wireframes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixar Brave Wireframes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ever wondered how dense those Pixar meshes are? I have!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are in luck, Pixar just released some video footage where we can see the wireframe mesh of both Queen Elinor and King Fergus!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Except the helmet, hair and moustache the mesh is pretty dense. I wonder whether they add one more pass of smoothing at render time though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those are probably not the low poly meshes anyway but we can already notice an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210119000358\/http:\/\/blenderartists.org\/forum\/showthread.php?93651-Poles-and-Loops\">E pole<\/a>&nbsp;on the cheeks. This could possibly means Pixar doesn\u2019t use Nurbs surfaces anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click to zoom in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e02ce119228&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e02ce119228\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"623\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/King-Fergus1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5582\" srcset=\"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/King-Fergus1.jpg 688w, http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/King-Fergus1-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e02ce1197c7&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e02ce1197c7\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1064\" height=\"623\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Queen-Elinor.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5583\" srcset=\"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Queen-Elinor.jpg 1064w, http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Queen-Elinor-300x176.jpg 300w, http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Queen-Elinor-1024x600.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Queen-Elinor-768x450.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1064px) 100vw, 1064px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And here is the Behind the Scenes video with, 2 minutes into it,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210119000358\/http:\/\/www.animationcollaborative.com\/\">Animation Collaborative<\/a>\u2018s Michal Makarewicz. (a great school to attend if you are in the San Francisco area or crazy enough to relocate for three month \ud83d\ude09 )<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Tuw1_JCNBVs\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Tuw1_JCNBVs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>via <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keithribbons.com\/\">Keith Ribbons<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related posts:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/14\/3d-modeling-portfolio\/\">3d modeling portfolio<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/28\/low-polygon-modeling\/\">Low polygon modeling<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/29\/brave-concept-art-and-teaser\/\">Brave concept art and teaser<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wondered how dense those Pixar meshes are? I have! You are in luck, Pixar just released some video footage where we can see the wireframe mesh of both Queen Elinor and King Fergus! Except the helmet, hair and moustache the mesh is pretty dense. I wonder whether they add one more pass of smoothing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,21],"tags":[270,497,587,813],"class_list":["post-3843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-modeling","tag-edge-loops","tag-modeling","tag-polygons","tag-wireframes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3843"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5794,"href":"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3843\/revisions\/5794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}