Modern American Animation

In the current creative industry, there are 4 main types and style of animation you can learn to create. Expose yourself to these 4 genres of animation so you can better understand and appreciate animations in different form. 1. Flip book animation is a very primitive way that creates animation purely with pencil, eraser and a stack of drawing pads such as Post-it pads. This style can be very experimental and creative as you can draw anything you can think of. Pros: It is cheap and readily available at all stationery stores. You can make use of your existing drawing skill and you can start almost immediately. This method gets you to churn out the rough idea you have for animation very easily. Cons: You have to be prepared to erase and redraw when you make mistakes because you do not have an undo button for this style. Adding in details such as color and shading can take up a lot of time because details have to be added on each page of your animation. Industry: Seldom do creative house ...

This article describes the history of animation in the United States of America since the late 80's until the early twenty-first century. This period is often called the renaissance of American animation, during which many large American entertainment companies reform and reinvigorate its animation department after the decline suffered in the 60, 70 and 80. From 1988 to the present Disney's return In the mid 80's, the American animation industry fell into disgrace. Toy commercials masquerading as entertainment programs cartoons dominated the evening and the morning of Saturday, and the only experiment was carried out by independent developers. Even animated films were projected in theaters at times, but the glory of the old days was gone. Even the animation giant Disney, which had fought a corporate acquisition in the 80's, was considering abandoning the production of animated feature films. Both the enthusiastic audience, critics, and the animators were taken by surpri...