Animators use "2.5D" animation techniques to make flat images appear 3D and even mix 2D and 3D elements in the same film. "Wolfwalkers" used 3D models and virtual reality to help create immersive, ...

Following is the transcript of the video. Narrator: This is 2D hand-drawn animation. [horns toot] And this is 3D computer-generated animation. But many films actually fall somewhere in between -- or ...

Natalie (She/Her) is a writer and game design enthusiast hailing from way-too-sunny Los Angeles. She loves to dissect game narrative and analyze mechanics, but she doesn’t even want to think about how ...

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 hand-drawn style. Animators might use illustration tricks like shading, ...

We spoke with Cartoon Saloon's Eimhin McNamara, who was tasked with helping create these scenes, to find out how they did it and why they chose to lean into hand-drawn animation over 3D CGI. After 46 ...

Animators use "2.5D" animation techniques to make flat images appear 3D and even mix 2D and 3D elements in the same film. There has been a lot of innovation in the 2.5D space with movies like Sony's ...