2D animation is rapidly becoming a required skill set for filmmakers and artists. Many diverse industries—such as business, the entertainment industry, and the legal and medical industries—look to 2D ...

Traditionally, 2D animation involved paper and transparent ... a consistent look throughout the piece. In this technique, animators use computers and specialised software to create 3D locations ...

It eventually started looking like a pretty impressive 2D film. But then the animators went one step further to create a film that looked like this. Suddenly the characters looked three-dimensional.

This is a rare blockbuster animated project from a major studio done entirely in 2D. Because the animators had a severely limited timeframe in which to work, however, the methods used weren’t ...

It’s not every day an animated movie emerges from Pakistan — and if it’s feature length, 2D hand-drawn animation, that’s virtually unheard of coming from this region of South Asia. For Usman Riaz, ...

This is when a variety of techniques are used to make an otherwise flat 2D film feel 3D, with depth, but also with a unique hand-drawn style. Animators might use illustration tricks like shading ...