Traditional animation

Painting with acrylic paint on the reverse side of an already inked animation cel, here placed over the original drawing

Traditional animation (or classical animation, cel animation, or hand-drawn animation) is an animation technique in which each frame is drawn by hand. The technique was the dominant form of animation of the 20th century, until there was a shift to computer animation in the industry, such as digital ink and paint and 3D computer animation.


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