When animator Stefan Gruber was eight, they saw a dog run across a wall, not in real life, but in Jules Engel’s hand-drawn short “Accident,” projected during a Pioneer Square art walk. That was the ...

Studio Ghibli's hand-drawn animation requires unparalleled dedication from artists, resulting in vibrant visuals. Ghibli ...

Director Rob Marshall said the penguins in the sequel have "more personality." Director Rob Marshall loved the 1964 Mary Poppins and wanted to include hand-drawn animation mixed with live action in ...

Austria-based sales agent Square Eyes has released the English-language trailer for Isabel Herguera’s Sultana’s Dream, about to screen in the main competition at this year’s San Sebastián ...

A historian of the form has unearthed works by Bessie Mae Kelley that rank as the earliest-known hand-drawn animated films directed by a woman. Bessie Mae Kelley, an early animator and director.Credit ...

One of the things I’ve always wanted to do is animate a hand-drawn character. True hand-drawn animation is tricky and time-consuming to pull off but there are now a bunch of tools online to do the ...

The best animation styles offer powerfully effective ways to tell stories that captivate audiences, whether it's for non-fiction features and shorts, documentaries or corporate explainers. Different ...

Anime will always be synonymous with 2D animation, as it is an evolution of the manga comics published and sold in paperback form as well as the original stories from Japanese creators that embraced ...

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As the industry continues to embrace computer-generated work, some audiences struggle to accept the change. By Calum Marsh The filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, a founder of the animation house Studio Ghibli, ...

A drawing from a series featuring the character Colonel Heeza Liar, which ran from 1913-17 and 1922-24, that Kelley worked on. (Manitou Productions) With a trunk full of paper stock, charcoal, and a ...