Hi! Well ever since I was 10 (I'm 16 now) I've decided I want to be an animator. But not just a regular anywho, works at cartoon network animator. I mean I know I'll have to start there but !NO!

I want to be remembered as the one who brought American 2-D animation back to cinema. I prefer 2-D. But now no one bothers anymore what with CG being on the rise, and bigger than ever.... And it really is a dying artform (like ventriloquists haha) I can't even remember the last 2-D animated film that came out, was it Lilo and Stitch? Or the Emperor's New Groove? Anyway, I've decided to make that my goal and the entirety of my life's work. It's really a passion of mine and I actually animate at home with a lamp and glass table (lightboxes are expensive...)

So I am wondering, does anyone else share this interest? Because it is rather obscure so I wonder if I'm alone.

Yes but as a CG animator . I'm learning 3D modeling for about a year now and it's totally addicting. I also used to draw a lot, I created many personal mini-comics and I won once, when I was younger, a national drawing contest so I believe you should give 3D animation a try because it's nice.

You're right about the latest animation films. Everything is CG. At the beginning (Toy Story was the first 3D cartoon I saw) they look unique and awesome. But it's pretty disappointing that modern animation films are 100% in 3D. Ok, they may look better but both 3D and 2D have their unique 'magic'.

Hehe. True, and WOW I am very happy to know that there are younger people like you still left in the world. ^^

And yes, they all have their unique "magic"
yes 3D animation does look very nice. Hehe But I am still hung up on 2-D. I know it would be harder to make 2-D come back, and that is also why I want to fight for it. It deserves to thrive and people need to see what they are missing. ^^

To me though, there are certain things that you just can't capture in 3D that needs the delicate touches of hand drawn animation....

Ursula's tentacles twisting and coiling as she moves, the way Cinderella's dress twirls as she dances, OR the way the Beast swoops in and roars over Belle for touching his rose, and they way Asuka's Eva tears through the Eva series, all the way to something as simple as the way Madame Medusa takes off her makeup.

I know I am trailing but there is just something so captivating about it that I can't pull away from. I'd think you would understand. ^^

im more on the film production side but animation is something im fascinated with and that i want to do ifi can as part of my course at uni

Yes Silo you've got some points there

I'd love to be able to to all that.

Unfortunately my drawing skills are like that of a 4 year old.

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Well I honestly believe anyone can draw. True; intelligences in spacial reasoning do greatly vary on a hereditary and mental level(Lucky for me I have such genes HAHA carpenter grandfather and my uncles are pretty amazing artists), BUT with time and effort it really does get alot simpler; till you can't remember how you weren't able to do it before. (c^_')

Besides, these days you could draw anything for it to constitute as art...

It's one of those things that I'd love to get into but I'll probably never get round to. And yes, I agree that 2D animation is way better than 3D, there's so much more room for creativity and expression. What happened to those two dimensional greats?

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LOL So true, I hate "new" art. I have seen so much crap at auctions and stuff and it really is SHIT! And they are sooo expensive. And because art is subjective you really can't say anything. I liked that thing they did a few years back though- they showed a bunch of I guess world class art dealers and people who are looked to for opinion on "fine" art a painting and asked them to tell what the picture symbolized and many loved it and praised it for raw emotion and beauty. It was drawn by a 2 year old in preschool. HAHAHAHAHA

Greats? If you are referring to the animators? I think most moved on to a senior director of animation position. Some crossed over to CG *sob* while others just downsized and went into smaller projects.

well its true anyone can draw... but can they draw well?

Haha you know what I mean. Anyone who applies themselves to a piece of art can make a masterpiece. (though it may take longer than others) ^^