I'm all for technological advancement(well, ones that don't hurt us), but do any of you think that CGI cartoons almost look worse than the hand rendered stuff?
And all of these modern CGI kids movies are all the same and don't have much depth to them.
I miss the hand rendered animation, especially the style used in Don Bluths films.
-You've heard of the Golden Rule, havn't you? Whoever's got the gold makes the rules!
I agree with some of what you said: I agree that there should be a big return to hand-drawn 2D animation in overall American animated films and TV shows in this day and age. I don't necessarily think CGI animated films/TV shows "look worse" than 2D animation because there are a few 2D animated works that look truly terrible. What I think is that there is WAY WAY too much CGI and it's nearly killing 2D animation. Drawing cartoons frame by frame on nothing but good old-fashioned paper and bringing characters to life that way is an ART FORM! You cannot, cannot, cannot, CANNOT destroy or attempt to destroy an actual art form such as 2D animation with advances in computer technology!
Don't get me wrong here, I, being a movie buff, LOVE CGI. I've loved it ever since "Jurassic Park" with those awesome full-motion CG dinosaurs and early works of Pixar such as "Toy Story" and "A Bug's Life." I just think that there should be either a petition or a nationwide movement to REALLY bring back hand-drawn animation to the American film and TV market. Yes, there should and always will be CGI, but I believe that there should be an equal, even balance of CGI and 2D animated entertainment,NOT one technological form of animation doing away with another.
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I have always liked hand drawn more. Just seems to take more skill, CGI is nice but the tech helps a lot. Drawing yourself is hard, I am a terrible drawer so when I watch the old animations I appreciate it more.
I hate to sound like one of those people why cry how they miss those days but yah, sucks how 2D Animation is slowly getting whipped out. Think Disney even closed 2D Animated studios, or that's what I heard any ways.
I wanted to become an artist and work with Disney too, I love drawing but seems I'd have to work with computers from now on gah!
2012, bring it on!
I cant stand what pixar and disney have done to animated movies. The overly bubbly faces all look the same.
shareI prefer hand drawn, but I don't hate CGI either. I liked CGI better when it was a novelty and not used for every single animated movie and most TV cartoons.
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