To mark Ronald Searle's 91st birthday I rallied the artists of Pixar to each contribute a page in a special Pixar sketchbook.   We filled the whole book with over 70 birthday wishes and sketches.  Co-ordinating everyones' schedules proved tricky so we missed Ronald's birthday on March 3rd but he seemed delighted with the book when he finally received it.  This was his reaction:

". . . Federal Express were at the door at dawn this morning with a bulging box.When all it contained was revealed, I was totally overwhelmed with the generosity.  All those animation friends spending precious time to mark the clebration and such a wonderful shower of messages.  I really was very touched by the kindness. It was worth hanging on for 91 years to receive such a gem.

I shall treasure it.   THANK YOU EVERYBODY!

Ronald"

Everybody pulled out all the stops to honour a master cartoonist and inspiration to us all. I'll post a sketch a day for the next couple months- comments are welcome.

65. Mike Wu (Animator)

64. Alex Woo (Story Artist)

63. Dice Tsutsumi (Art Director)

Dice's sublime colour keys have illuminated Toy Story 3 and Monsters University-he is the co-founder of the Sketch Travel and Artists Aid Japan charity projects.

62. Jean-Claude Tran (Animator)

61. Derek Thompson (Story Artist)

Derek has storyboarded and designed monsters & creatures for years at ILM and currently Pixar.

60. Shion Takeuchi (Story Artist)

59. Rosie Sullivan (Story Artist)

58. Daniela Strijleva (Character Designer)

A 91 penguin iceberg cake from Dani!

57. Nate Stanton (Head of Story)

Kafkaesque birthday greetings from Nate Stanton, Head of Story on this summers' CARS 2

56. Terry Song (Animator)

Terry's ability to capture not only individual attitudes but the gesture of an entire crowd is staggering. This was drawn from life at a nearby Emeryville mall.

55. Pete Sohn (Director)

Does the bird on the left look familiar? Pete Sohn directed Pixar short 'Partly Cloudy'

54. Don Shank (vis dev artist)

Don denies any relation to this recurring Shank character with similar artistic flair!

53. Chris Sasaki (Character Designer)

A travelling imaginarium by Monsters University character designer Chris

52. Bobby Rubio (Story Artist)

51. Tony Rosenast (Story Artist)

50. Octavio Rodriguez (Story Artist)

49. Steve Purcell (Director)

48. Bill Presing (Story Artist)

47. Bob Peterson (Director)

46. Sanjay Patel (Animator)

45. Kevin O'Brien (Story Artist)

44. Matt Nolte (Character Designer)

43. Ricky Nierva (Production Designer)

42. Teddy Newton (Director & Day & Night)

41. Victor Navone (Animator)

40. Scott Morse (Story Artist)

39. Stan Moore (Story Artist)

38. Ted Mathot (Head of Story)

37. Kelsey Mann (Head of Story)

36. Albert Lozano (Character Designer)

35. Holger Leihe (Animator)

34. Brian Larsen (Head of Story)

33. Valerie LaPointe (Story Artist)

32. Shawn Krause (Animation Supervisor)

31. Robert Kondo (Sketch Artist)

30. Noah Kloceck (Art Director)

29. Jennifer Chang (Sketch Artist)

28. Dean Kelly (Story Artist)

27. Jason Katz (Head of Story)

26. Matt Jones (Story Artist)

25. Guilherme Jacinto (Animator)

24. Sam Hood (Story Artist)

23. John Hoffman (Story Artist)

22. Dan Holland (Sketch Artist)

21. Louis Gonzales (Story Artist)

20. Rob Gibbs (Head of Story)

19. Ralph Eggleston (Production Designer)

18. Pete Docter (Director)