Cartoons have been using CGI for a while now. Even the Lion King in 1994 used CG for the running sequences. The animators are just very clever to blend it in with traditional animation. [ame=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLmAT6t5kL0"]www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLmAT6t5kL0[/ame]
Damn, that's crazy then. I only know one other movie that did that but the actual animation took several decades to complete. The Thief and the Cobbler. Props to the artists for having the patience to do that. There's a certain charm to having all your vanishing points drawn by hand.
"Convincing 2d that looks like 3d.... Wow" The name Sergio Pablos stuck in my mind after seeing his character Dr. Doppler from the film Treasure Planet (Disney, 2003). It's some very fluid animation. He was the supervisor for that character, that you can see at 2:33 here: http://youtu.be/sTa-8RzsAbg
I think there's still a good amount of people who love 2D animation, but I think it's just mixing the 2D & 3D well. I think this music video does a great job of mixing the two together: [ame=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2vzBdIejVY"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2vzBdIejVY[/ame] Plus, I'm just a big fan of the art…
There's a cartoon brew article that says: THERE IS NO GEOMETRY. So, no 3d guides. All hand drawn. Just nutso good artists. here: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/interviews/sergio-pablos-talks-about-his-stunning-hand-drawn-project-klaus-exclusive-113621.html "SERGIO PABLOS: I can’t go into too much detail, but I can tell you…
They say at the bottom of the cartoonbrew article: "Most of the animation was done digitally on TVPaint." http://www.tvpaint.com/ Which looks a lot like toonboom
I dont think this is entirely hand drawn. There is defienatly some CG in there. Im even more convinced after reading this: "Sergio Pablos will talk about SPA Studios’ accomplishments and goals, explaining how a small studio from Spain manages to originate a hugely successful franchise like "Despicable Me" and how it…