Pencils vs. Pixels: Ming-Na Wen on Why Hand-Drawn 2D Animation is So Special

Animation has been a prevalent part of filmmaking for a century now, with Disney – a company currently celebrating its own 100th anniversary – and others providing countless beloved animated films. But there’s obviously been a notable difference about the majority of big studio animated films from the recent past, compared to those made for decades prior, as so most of them are now made using computer animation, compared to the 2D hand-drawn films that were previously the norm. The history of animation on film and the transition from hand-drawn to computers is the focus of the recently release