Making a movie completely inside a computer has its quirks. In any pixar movie, the colour palette is worked out before the animation begins. This planning takes the form of a “colour script”.

Pixar has released several images from the colour script of Toy Story 3, and they’re rather pretty. I wouldn’t mind seeing an entire animation in this impressionistic, sketchy handpainted style! Beautiful light and colour in these sketches.

Two images here, two here and two here (get a single blog, will you, pixar?).