Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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In part 2 of our conversation with Michael Frederickson, Principal Technical Artist at Pixar Animation Studios (Coco, Inside Out, Up, Luca, Cars 2) and Walkabout Mini Golf superfan, he and senior art director Don Carson continue climbing the tree and mantle in Holiday Hideaway.

In this episode, they talk about riffing in environmental design, intent documents, staying playful as a world builder, designing for the emotion of awe, the multi-dimensional magic of collaboration, Walkabout's 7-8 week cadence, "The Pixar Classic", The Lego Movie, the color brown at Disneyland's Splash Mountain, and Meow Wolf's Numina.

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