Even 3D animators can benefit from starting off using traditional 2D, as this is the best and most thorough way to learn the important animation principles. Pencil2D Animation is a straightforward ...

Disney’s 12 principles of animation might be some of the most influential tenets in the history of design. Here, Connective3’s Lucy Selley boils them down to 4 lessons for modern designers.

It may be basic but it will teach you the fundamentals of a 2D, hand-drawn animation workflow. If you find this style of ...

see our pick of the best 2D animation software). Giant Squid, which is working with ABZÛ, used the principle of overlapping action to create smooth, flowing movements, using Blendspaces to ...

Walt Disney Animation might have gotten its start in the world of 2D animation, but for more than a decade now, it's transitioned almost exclusively to 3D animation. It’s a move that made sense ...

And as the Academy nominates what might be helmer Hayao Miyazaki’s final film, it seems as though the impact of 2D is being recognized once again after CG having dominated the animation space ...