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Animation
Cel animation, a hand-drawn traditional animation method, involves crafting each frame on transparent celluloid sheets (cels). This meticulous process includes inking, painting, layering, and photographing individual frames to create the final animated sequence, and it was widely used before the digital era.
3D animation
3D animation is like a virtual puppet show where the puppets are digital and the puppeteers are computer nerds.
Charcoal
A type of animation that imitates the visual look of charcoal drawings. This animation style uses dark and smudgy lines to create a textured and moody aesthetic.
Color Sketch
The color sketch animation technique is a type of animation that imitates the visual look of colored pencil or crayon drawings. This animation style uses bright and bold colors to create a playful and whimsical aesthetic.
Comic Art
A type of animation that is characterized by its resemblance to the visual style of comic books and graphic novels. This style of animation often features thick, bold lines, bright colors, and exaggerated character designs, which are typical of comic book illustrations.
Doodle
Doodle animations are a type of animation that features simple, hand-drawn sketches often over live-action footage to create whimsical animations.
Line Art
Line art animation is a type of animation that emphasizes the use of lines and outlines to create characters and objects. This animation style uses thick and bold lines to define the shape and form of characters, and often has a simple and minimalist aesthetic.
Live Action
In this technique, animations and live action interact with one-another seamlessly.
Oil Paint
Stop motion animation done in the style of an oil panting.
Pencil Sketch
The pencil sketch animation style is a type of animation that imitates the visual look of pencil drawings. This animation style uses thin, delicate lines to create a detailed and realistic aesthetic.
Rotoscope
An animation technique where animators trace over live-action film movement frame by frame, creating a more realistic and lifelike animation. Essentially, it involves capturing live-action footage and then tracing over each frame to create an animation.
Rubber Hose
Rubber hose animation was the first animation style that became standardized in the American animation field. The defining feature is a curving motion that most animated objects possess, resembling the motion and physical properties of a rubber hose.
Scribble
The scribble animation technique is a style of animation in which lines and shapes appear to be drawn onto the screen — often used to create a sense of energy, excitement, or chaos. The animation usually consists of quick, scribbly lines and shapes that move rapidly across the screen.
Vector
Water Color
The watercolor animation style is a type of animation that imitates the visual look of watercolor paintings. This animation style uses soft, translucent colors, and often has a dreamy and ethereal quality.