15 Animation Innovations from the Last 30 Years of Pop Culture History

As we hit Toy Story’s 30th anniversary, we thought about how far animation has come. No disrespect to the O.G., but after a ...
Cartoon Brew

‘A New History of Animation’ Could Become The Definitive Textbook History of The Art Form

There are plenty of reference books devoted to animation history—some of which I value highly—but what hasn’t existed is an authoritative textbook that charts the art form’s entire history in a ...
Variety

An Art Form Grows Up: The Transformation and Evolution of Animation Is Celebrated at Annecy

Thirty years after Pixar launched a revolution when it introduced the world’s first fully computer animated feature, “Toy Story,” its anniversary will be marked amid another sea change at this year’s ...
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Calm Down, Fans — ’Shrek 5’s Animation Style Will Be Fine, and the Original Movie’s Disastrous Screen Test Proves It

When it comes to animation history, there are some films that will forever remain important milestones of the genre. From Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Cinderella, to the monumental hit ...
Inverse

Stop-Motion Animation Looks Old School, But its Tech Is Incredible

A stop-motion animator can spend a week manipulating a small puppet around, frame by frame, for a total of just three seconds of footage. Why would anyone want to do that? The truth is, fewer and ...
Cartoon Brew

5 Forgotten Pieces Of Animation Technology That Used To Be Essential For Making Cartoons

The Grohmann Museum at the Milwaukee School of Engineering may sound like an unlikely place for an animation exhibit, but currently there’s a must-see exhibit running there through the end of April ...