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1) To Infinity and Beyond!: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios by Karen Paik
$47.25 (info from Amazon)
The holy grail of animation success. This is a great book written about the rise of the powerhouse animation studio, and what it took to get there.

2) The Cintiq 12wx
$999.99 (info from Wacom)
The newest, latest and greatest from WACOM. Basically an Intous tablet with an LCD screen that allows you the portability that the larger Cintiq models lack.
This bad boy is high ticket item, but well worth it @ $999

3) iStopMotion
$49.00 Starting (info from Boinx)
This cool app. allows you to preview your work without having to render the video. Giving you more time to create those awesome shorts.

4) Ratatouille DVD
$14.99 (info from Amazon)
Beautiful animation, great score from the kings of animation Disney and Pixar!

5) iPod Nano
$149 Starting (info from Apple)
Because there is nothing better (well I guess you could argue the iPod Touch or iPhone) in your pocket to show off all those cool movies you’ve made!

List compiled by Pete Simmons
Illustration by Jeaux Janovsky