Traditional Animation: The Return

[wwfpooh]

So is this going to be like a sequel? I've heard about it but 'm not sure.

Not really a sequel. More of a spin-off.

 

[Ilikemuppets]

Not really a sequel. More of a spin-off.

Oh yeah! I see? That what I mean, heh!

 

[Sgt Floyd]

so, how "traditional" is this animation? Are they going to be going back to the hand drawn, hand color style, or are they going to be doing the hand drawn computer color style?

I'd rather it be the first one. I'm sorry, computers are great and all, but when something is digitally colored, it doesnt have the same feel as hand colored. (take a good look at the simpsons and see what I mean)

 

[MrsPepper]

I'm with Sgt Floyd... they're just something special about cell animation. Like how in the old 80's cartoons you can tell if something is going to move, like a landslide or something because of the colour of it as opposed to the rest of the background. *giggles*

 

[Ilikemuppets]

so, how "traditional" is this animation? Are they going to be going back to the hand drawn, hand color style, or are they going to be doing the hand drawn computer color style?

I'd rather it be the first one. I'm sorry, computers are great and all, but when something is digitally colored, it doesnt have the same feel as hand colored. (take a good look at the simpsons and see what I mean)

Well it depends of how it's done.

The Little Mermaid is the last Disney feature film to use the traditional hand-painted cel method of animation. Disney's next film, "The Rescuers Down Under", used a digital method of coloring and combining scanned drawings -- CAPS (Computer Animation Production System), which eliminated the need for cels. A CAPS prototype was used experimentally on a few scenes in Mermaid, including the final wedding scene. Other CGI includes some of the wrecked ships in the final battle, a staircase behind a shot of Ariel in Eric's castle, and the carriage Eric and Ariel are riding in when she bounces it over a ravine. (Notice that the wheels aren't moving when it comes down for a landing.)

This film marked the one of the first uses of CAPS (Computer Animation Production System) in a Disney feature, seen in the movie's final scene. CAPS is a digital ink-and-paint and animation production system that colors the animators' drawings digitally, as opposed to the traditional animation method of tracing ink and paint onto cels (see Traditional animation). All subsequent 2D animated Disney features have used CAPS instead of ink-and-paint, with Home on the Range as the last one.

 

[Ilikemuppets]

I Like how in the old 80's cartoons you can tell if something is going to move, like a landslide or something because of the colour of it as opposed to the rest of the background. *giggles*

heh! I know what you're talking about.

 

[wwfpooh]

heh! I know what you're talking about.

Me too. Spotting something before it happened was always fun.

 

[Ilikemuppets]

Me too. Spotting something before it happened was always fun.

But she means that it is highlighted and more brightly colored than the rest of the background so it is real easy to spot. It also looks less real and more cartoon-ish then the rest of the scenery.

 

[wwfpooh]

But she means that it is highlighted and more brightly colored than the rest of the background so it is real easy to spot. It also looks less real and more cartoon-ish then the rest of the scenery.

Point taken.

 

[MrsPepper]

But she means that it is highlighted and more brightly colored than the rest of the background so it is real easy to spot. It also looks less real and more cartoon-ish then the rest of the scenery.

Yes, exactly! It's because it's on a different layer than the background, which is obviously stationary. With computer colouring you can't tell anymore, which isn't quite as fun.