Tuesday, April 22, 2008

The art of limited animation!

Introduction:Limited animation, as opposed to full animation, is characterized by the use of cycles, still images and whatever it takes to necessitate as few drawings as possible. This type of animation pretty much saw the light of day with the UPA studio in the 50’s, then of course got it’s glory days with Hanna-Barbara and such cartoons as Scooby Doo, the Flintstones and so forth...Flash as you might expect, with it’s Symbols, tweening features, and the need to reduce file size for the web, is perfect for limited animation. But since limited animation doesn’t have to mean inferior cartoons, well you better get to work!

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