As the nominees for the animated feature Oscar were unveiled this year, one thing was clear: 2D and 2D-influenced animated films are dominating awards season. Among this year’s nominees, “The Boy and ...

It may be time for Disney to return to 2D animation and there are great reasons for it! There's been a long debate among Disney fans about whether the company should go back to traditional hand-drawn ...

In 1908, Émile Cohl released the short film Fantasmagorie, widely regarded as the world's first animated cartoon. From these humble beginnings, cartoons blew up into detailed theatre shorts by the ...

Walt Disney Animation might have gotten its start in the world of 2D animation, but for more than a decade now, it's transitioned almost exclusively to 3D animation. It’s a move that made sense at the ...

William Fischer is an author at Collider. Born and raised in Nebraska, he latched onto moviemaking at a young age and has been chasing it ever since. William holds a BFA in film from the University of ...

How sad and ironic: A week after the wonderful “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” 25th anniversary celebration at the Academy, Disney lays off some key hand-drawn 2D animation vets as part of its studio-wide ...

3D computer animation is the go-to style for most studios making animated films today. However, traditional hand-drawn 2D animation once ruled over the industry and is sorely missed in the modern ...

With “Wish,” Disney Animation celebrates its 100th anniversary by merging the 2D legacy of watercolor background paintings (dating back to “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”) with cutting-edge CG. The ...

This weekend, more than 1,900 U.S. theaters will screen the mostly hand-drawn 2D animated feature Light of the World, which adapts the Biblical story of Jesus through the eyes of the youngest disciple ...

Born with Autism (formerly classified as Asperger syndrome), Tyler B. Searle has been obsessed with storytelling since he was old enough to speak. He gravitated towards fairy tales, mythology, the ...