There are various 2D animation techniques. Traditionally, artists would draw characters and backgrounds by hand, scan them into a computer and then layer them to create the moving image.

Traditionally, 2D animation involved paper and transparent animation cells being photographed frame by frame by a film camera. Like all forms of animation this process is time intensive but it is ...

Narrator: This is 2D hand-drawn animation. [horns toot] And this is ... 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 ...

This introductory course will expose you to some of the basic 2D and 3D animation techniques and is designed for you to enjoy the process. When you're having fun practice comes naturally, and ...

Narrator: When the animation process for Netflix's "Klaus" began, it looked something like this. It eventually started looking like a pretty impressive 2D film. But then the animators went one ...