It was Pixar's first animation after Ed Catmull and John Lasseter left ILM's computer division. On the cinematic level, it demonstrates a simple and entertaining story, including effectively expressive individual characters. The articulation of "limbs" is carefully coordinated, and power cords trail believably behind the moving lamps. The lights and the color surfaces of all the objects are calculated, each using a RenderMan surface shader, not surface textures. On the technical level, the film demonstrates the use of shadow maps to simulate the shifting light and shadow given by the animated lamps. When this short premiered at SIGGRAPH, as soon as the audience first saw the ball come in and the lamp move, they applauded throughout the whole short.John Lasseter has said that while the parent lamp is a father, he is based on his mother.is the only original Pixar short not shown as a book on Andy's bookshelf in Toy Story. serves as Pixar's mascot and the ball serves as one of Pixar's top found easter eggs. Luxo Jr., the small lamp, was actually inspired by one of Pixar's employee's kid.is the first computer-animated short film to be nominated for an Academy award. looks at the camera before bowing his head in embarrassment.
(who found the new ball) bounces by him, happy again, and this time really excited. Then a giant beach ball rolls past Luxo, Sr., and Luxo, Jr. feels bad for Luxo, Jr., but is glad the kid has settled down. seems sad, now that his ball is deflated forever, and there was nothing he could do about it. nudges the ball, which flops onto its side. Unfortunately, he bounces around too hard, causing the ball to deflate. tries balancing himself on top of the ball, like a circus elephant.
The two lamps play with this ball, which is Luxo Jr.'s favorite toy. A happy and excited smaller desk lamp named Luxo, Jr. The ball returns to him again, but this time, it rolls past him. eyes the ball curiously, and nudges it away with his shade, but the ball returns to him. The short takes place in a dark room, where we see a large illuminated desk lamp named Luxo, Sr., who sees a small yellow ball with a blue stripe and a red star on the front rolling up to him.