Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The short centers on a hardworking and open-hearted ball of yarn who takes a job at a fast-paced, male-centric company, aptly ...

Kristen Lester's Siggraph award winner 'Purl' was inspired by her experience of being a female in animation. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor Siggraph, the annual confab dedicated to computer graphics, ...

“Purl,” the first film out of Pixar’s SparkShorts program, is about a ball of yarn trying to keep a job. But it’s also so much more. The short follows the bright pink ball of yarn named Purl as she ...

A new short film from Pixar’s SparkShorts program should be the new workplace sensitivity training video for certain startups and corporations. Purl follows a plucky ball of yarn on her first day at a ...

Pixar's new animation program SparkShorts has released its first short film, a powerful story about the difficulty of fitting into a workplace of human males. "Purl" might be about a pink ball of yarn ...

The SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival announced the award winners in its three competitive categories, as well as the lineup of 24 short films, breakdowns, scientific visualizations, advertisements ...