| Cartoon drawings more of an art form than may | | | | order to finish even a 30 minute television show. |
| realize. Over the past half a century, cartoons have | | | | Starting in the late 90s and early 2000, computer |
| gone from barely simplistic drawings, all the way to | | | | animation really took hold. Using computer software, |
| highly detailed works of art. What started as | | | | animators could then take away half the work they |
| something as a form of children's entertainment has | | | | had to do before and produce animated features at a |
| become something that anybody of any age can | | | | faster rate. It's also much cheaper to animate on the |
| enjoy. | | | | computer that I hand, as you do not need individual |
| While Walt Disney really brought cartoons to the | | | | cells or ink. |
| mainstream it made them viewable for other people, | | | | An increasingly common animation platform is flash. |
| they really did not due until the 90's. The 1990s brought | | | | Flash is a very simplistic and easy way to produce |
| a whole new wave of cartoons from all over the | | | | animation on the computer, but does not give the |
| world. American animation itself matured through | | | | greatest results at all times. This method is mostly |
| outsourcing and technological advances, though in the | | | | used by amateurs posting their homemade cartoons |
| late 90s American cartoon drawings to a lot of | | | | online, but some professional studios to use flash for |
| influence from Japanese animation. While the art style | | | | cartoons. The best example of this style would be a |
| of Japanese cartoons, also known as anime, did not | | | | French cartoon, known as WakFu. This cartoon has |
| really become emulated until the mid-2000s, the art | | | | the most advanced usage of flash animation to date, |
| direction was very much influenced sorry the 90s. | | | | and really lets you see what flash as an animating |
| Also, animation techniques were also mimicked by | | | | platform can do. |
| American animators. | | | | Though they were initially intended for children, |
| However, there is a big difference between drawings | | | | cartoons becoming more mature in content, meaning |
| and animation. What animation is, is a collection of | | | | that many adults these days enjoy them as well. And |
| cartoon drawings all drawn in sync to create a scene. | | | | if full-featured films are more common than ever for |
| So in essence, animation is collective of drawings. | | | | adults, and cartoon television shows that are animated |
| Cartoons in the old days were all done by hand. Each | | | | for adults are growing in popularity also. Prior to |
| frame in any animated feature was done by hand, | | | | drawings of come a long way from how they were at |
| including the outlines, the final drawings, and the color. | | | | their first inception, and they are assured only grow as |
| This is a very difficult task, it took quite a long time in | | | | time goes on. |