While Pixar Animation Studios was creating beloved feature-length films such as <em>Monsters Inc.</em>, <em>Ratatouille</em>, and <em>WALLE</em>, it was simultaneously testing animation and storytelling techniques in dozens of memorable short films. <em>Andre</em> and <em>Wally B</em> proved that computer animation was possible; <em>Tin Toy</em> laid the groundwork for what would become <em>Toy Story</em>; and <em>Mike's New Car</em> exposed Pixar's finely tuned funny bone. In <em>The Art of Pixar Short Films</em>, animation expert and short film devotee Amid Amidi shines a spotlight on these and many more memorable vignettes from the Pixar archive. Essays andinterviews illuminate more than 250 full-color pastels, pencil sketches, storyboards, and final rendered frames that were the foundation of Pixar's creative process.