Walt Disney Animation might have gotten its start in the world of 2D animation, but for more than a decade now, it's transitioned almost exclusively to 3D animation. It’s a move that made sense at the ...

As the nominees for the animated feature Oscar were unveiled this year, one thing was clear: 2D and 2D-influenced animated films are dominating awards season. Among this year’s nominees, “The Boy and ...

In Proceedings of the SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Conference Papers, a research team affiliated with UNIST reports a new AI technology ...

The fan-favorite Warner Brothers anamorphic animated characters finally made their way to the big screen with The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie. As someone who grew up as a kid before ...

With “Wish,” Disney Animation celebrates its 100th anniversary by merging the 2D legacy of watercolor background paintings (dating back to “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”) with cutting-edge CG. The ...

For the latest article in our series with Reallusion, animator Christopher Meyer-White discusses the finer points of animating a series pilot using Cartoon Animator 5. Meyer-White has worked in Home ...

Directors Dan Abraham and Trent Correy rounded up 543 characters in their anniversary hybrid short, where 2D takes center stage. The short premieres October 15 during ABC’s “The Wonderful World of ...

An in-depth look at the techniques, workflows, and software that brought Netflix's Arcane to life. Based on the popular MOBA (Multiplayer online battle arena) game League of Legends, Netflix's Arcane ...

Ufotable digs into the technical and artistic magic that propelled the film's generational battle between Tanjiro and Akaza.

Born with Autism (formerly classified as Asperger syndrome), Tyler B. Searle has been obsessed with storytelling since he was old enough to speak. He gravitated towards fairy tales, mythology, the ...

In the build up to this season of Doctor Who, this episode was the most heavily marketed and it's easy to see why. With our main villain being a 2D animated character coming into the real world, there ...