In 2025 and beyond, 2D animation continues to thrive not just as an art form, but as a powerful tool for storytelling, marketing, education, and beyond. Its blend of emotional resonance, stylistic ...

Walt Disney Animation might have gotten its start in the world of 2D animation, but for more than a decade now, it's transitioned almost exclusively to 3D animation. It’s a move that made sense at the ...

As the nominees for the animated feature Oscar were unveiled this year, one thing was clear: 2D and 2D-influenced animated films are dominating awards season. Among this year’s nominees, “The Boy and ...

With “Wish,” Disney Animation celebrates its 100th anniversary by merging the 2D legacy of watercolor background paintings (dating back to “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”) with cutting-edge CG. The ...

Canada’s 9 Story Media Group is producing a new 2D animated series based on characters from Sony Pictures Animation’s 2006 comedy film Open Season. Open Season: Call of Nature (52×11’) will premiere ...

For the latest article in our series with Reallusion, animator Christopher Meyer-White discusses the finer points of animating a series pilot using Cartoon Animator 5. Meyer-White has worked in Home ...

Transformers remains one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time, largely thanks to the franchise's best ...

Canadian 2D effects artist Geneviève Létourneau says working on Space Jam: A New Legacy was “like a dream come true.” Létourneau and her colleagues at Tonic DNA in Montreal created 2D animated effects ...