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Yeah I feel old too.
That behind said, I don't think a modern drawing tool is inherently less capable than an older one to produce magic. Digital painting used to have limitations in comparison with traditional technics, but a good 2d illustrator can do gorgeous drawings with a tablet nowadays.
When I see magic in animated movies, its when people do things by love and passions, and not for seeking additional profit. Flow and Arcane are examples of animation with such ingredients.
The only counter argument would probably be something like Flow. But what Zilbalodis did was perhaps as handcrafted as 3D animation can get.
Thankfully they’re learning this and we get movies that are starting to look less like plastic cgi and are using painted textures and drawn in motion blur like in k pop demon hunters which gives the movies more character and makes them look like a mix of the old and the new
the opening to beauty and the beast remains my favourite piece of animation ever <3
Beauty and the Beast features computer animation, by the way. I think it's only in the ballroom scene though.
thanks! i'm not an expert so i wasn't sure (i know they did switch sometime in the 90s but i thought 91 would have been too early for computer/cgi)
If you rewatch the ballroom scene it's pretty obvious. It's like partially 3d. But it's subtle enough to not stick out.
Careful, there’s a lot of “artists” around lemmy that will get incredibly upset about this.
The original Mobile Suit Gundam 0079. The US cartoons from the 1960's and 70's were the best with plenty of lessons from Wile E. Coyote.
When's the last time you watched the original MSG? I too love the old Gundam series... I've actually been rewatching the og recently but there's been more than a few instances where I've seen some very dodgy and poorly drawn frames pop on screen. I say this with love and respect but it's not a great example for good animation. There are beautifully drawn examples to draw from. 0083 Stardust Memory comes to mind. Absolutely gorgeously drawn and animated. 08th MS Team is another great looking one.
