Exactly Jordan N, notice the characters have a sort of 3d look in the movie. Klaus animators have just taken it one step further with motion vectors to add textures to the drawings. They are using nuke for the color shading. I think the normal mapping is what they are taking care with to make sure it's very detailed and…
@o0Ampy0o I totally agree with you that the normal maps are handpainted or animated frame by frame. Not the light and shading. The advantage of animating the normal maps frame by frame, gives them the ability to change the lighting anyway they chose. This saves a lot of work when it comes to shading frames. Say they want…