We couldn't animate very well, but we understood it.

我们画得不是很好但我们都了解它
And the first thing they did is they really challenged me

他们做的第一件事情是让我面对真正的挑战
with the idea of, "Let's try to do a little film with characters that are done with a computer."

他们想要用电脑做出一部有人物的短片
I was inspired looking at the limitations of what I had to work with,

看着有限的素材让我得到灵感
and then I went back and looked at the early Mickey Mouse.

我回头仔细研究早期的米老鼠
It's geometric shapes. How more geometric can you get than Mickey Mouse?

它只有几何形状还有什么比米老鼠更单纯的
So I just started drawing, and I created this little character.

于是我开始画创造出这个小角色
His name is "André ."

他叫安德列
John inspired the technical team to create new software

约翰激励技术团队研发出新的软件
that would enable him to animate

让他能够画出他在传统动画中
the squash and stretch movements he learned from traditional animation.

学到的压扁和拉长的动作
The results were new flexibility, motion blur

让画面更有弹性动作模糊性更高