The Works: First Attempt at a CG Film

“The Works” was a pioneering 3-D computer animation project at the New York Institute of Technology in the early 80’s. It’s amazing to think that this was done well over a decade before Pixar hit the big screen with their animation. I also recall a bit later that there was also work done at the New York Institute of Technology on a sequal to the Beatles “Yellow Submarie” film that was suppose to be computer animated (but this didn’t happen as well).

Pictures from “The Works” Film Project

Here are some amazing stills from the project:

Bulldog Robot, designed by Bil Maher, modeled by Carter Burwell, 1981

Ant Jockey, Dick Lundin and Ned Greene, 1983

Ant and Ipso Facto (cover image for Byte magazine), Dick Lundin and Lance Williams, 1980