As we’ve witnessed many times before, the debate about the current state of 2D animation is one that is well-tread, but never ceases to be boring or in any danger of running out of steam simply by virtue of being a topic that can be approached at so many different angles.
This time however, we will be taking a step back from the argument about the fabled ‘2D comeback’ and talk about what 2D animation is right now, or at least what shape or form it could possibly evolve into.
While hand-drawn animation does have a certain charm that can’t be replicated by a computer, the question of what is or what isn’t ‘hand-drawn animation’ gets complicated when you ultimately have to factor in the existence of things like Wacom tablets, open-source software programs, and the extensive (and controversial) use of Flash and Photoshop on a number of animated TV shows.
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