History Of Animation

A Brief History:

Animation started off as stop motion, taking individual pictures of drawings showing motion on one space. An example is "Humorous Phases of Funny Faces" by J. Stuart Blackton in 1906.

Eventually it progressed to the point of drawing the individual frames on separate sheets of paper. As more and more styles came out, cel animation began making it easier to do animations. Once color was introduced to television it became possible for animators to do full colored animations. An example of this is Walt Disney's "The Band Concert" done in 1935.

As technology improved, computers were able to handle creating the graphics. This gave way to 3D animation that didn't rely on clay or photographs to take. The first feature-length computer animated movie would be Pixar's "Toy Story" released in 1995.