2D Animation is not dead, Disney will keep the art form Alive
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- By drvenkman
In my opinion the only reason Disney will keep traditional 2D animation alive is because of John Lasseter. Had he not come in and took the position that he did Disney would have killed it for good. The first animated film to start the new traditional animation revolution is going to be ‘The Princess & the Frog‘. They actually showed some footage of this film up at the Disney WonderCon panel, but not much more than what we have seen in the teaser trailer that was released not too long ago.
The biggest reveal though came from Marlon West who was the guy that ran the panel and worked at Disney since ‘The Lion King’ as an effects animator. West said that Disney’s plan is to have a CGI animated film out every 18 months and a traditional hand-drawn animation film out every two and a half years. I think this is great news! If Disney picks the right projects and best stories I think we are going to have some great animated films to watch. As long as John Lasseter is in charge I don’t think we have anything to worry about. Fact of the matter is traditional animation is not dead.
I’m very glad that Disney will still be making 2D animation films, especially since a lot of the 3D stuff kind of well, sucks.
It’s so hard to find good, decent kids’ films and TV shows these days, so it’s nice at least to see the old-fashioned animation coming back to theaters! 2D was certainly good enough for Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid, etc! The classics. <3
Yes Yes Yes! I miss 2-D movies! They feel more human and personal, plus it reminds me of the rush I felt when I was a kid and saw them for the first time. Go Disney!
finallllllllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy….disney got some sense…3d was gettin so dumb..2d can bring the story and character to life..2d animation is an art which only the talented ppl can dooo..i love disney for bringin this beautiful art form back..it will be a good one..
while 2d animation is an art form, and I do agree, I would have to say that 3d animation requires the same sort of skill that 2d animation does. It's simply a new medium, but I wouldn't say that it is any easier or requires less skill than 2D animation, just slightly different ones. Even then, depending on which part of 3d animation you are in (modeling, rigging, animating, special effects, concept art…) you still need to know the basics from 2d. And 3d movies start out with storyboards and animatics built from 2d…
Anyone can animate. Only the truly talented can animate well, be it in 3d or 2d animation.
Yep, I agree.