As future animators, we have to appreciate and thank the inventors of the Phenakistoscope, Zootrope, and the Praxinoscope. The idea of hand drawing frame by frame actions to create a moving picture was evolutionary. With the advancement of technology and what we now know about animation, cannot be compared to the first animators who had to discover different techniques to create such experimental media. Learning about the different animation techniques such as the stop trick, the lightning sketches, or the substitution trick was interesting. Although I personally didn’t find it as interesting as watching the short films about animated cartoons, I still appreciated the patience it would’ve taken for the actors and the artist themselves to create such a time consuming, precise entertainment. It had never occurred to me, before learning about these animated techniques, how they originally came to be.
Taking my first animation class, I can fully appreciate the concept of using pegs and cels. It makes animating a lot easier and manageable. The process of hand drawing each frame is time consuming and the use of pegs and cels, helped ease the process a little bit, although it was still time consuming.
ANIM223 - HISTORY OF ANIMATION - FALL 2019 