Animation Illustrations

Steamboat Willie (released 18 November 1928)

Steamboat Willie frame grab. Steamboat Willie frame grab.
Source: Wikipedia.

Gerald McBoing-Boing (1950)

Gerald McBoing Boing
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Crusader Rabbit (1948-51, 1957-69)

Crusader Rabbit frame grab.
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The Flintstones

FlintstonesView video clip.

Rotoscoping

CGI and Motion Capture

  • CGI rotoscoping with Rotoshop, by Bob Sabiston
    • Richard Linklater's Waking Life (2001)
      • Trailer, with examples of rotoscoping
    • Sabiston appears on TechTV's The ScreenSavers
  • Tron (1982)
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  • The Simpsons, 2D and 3D (CGI) animation
    • "Homer3" segment from episode 134, "Tree House of Horror VI" (29 October 1995)
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  • Monsters, Inc. animation process