I hate to agree with them, but this is kind of true. We dont have armies of artists anymore who know how to do hand drawn animation like they did 30 years ago. Those days are gone, and those artists have long since retired, died, etc.

What they're really talking about here isn't the technology so much as the institutional knowledge that they'd amassed.

Its long gone, and been replaced by digital artistry, which is very different.

I'd be surprised if there's even an art school out there that teaches that stuff anymore. It wouldn't be worth it to teach bcz there isnt enough demand for that skill set anymore.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The older I get, the more I perceive institutional break down around me.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I mean, I'm talking about company institutional knowledge right now, but yeah, I get it. Its only going to get worse as we see more people retire in the next 10 years. We don't have an influx of experienced people to replace those retiring..

There's of course, also AI, and more systemic changes happening around us, and climate breakdown. Gonna be a fun few decades.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

Tbf, the last fully hand drawn ep of KOTH is in like what, season 7? Even by KOTH's original end the old ways had died, to society's detriment.