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Animation History

Sourced animation history reference: history, people and documented cultural context.

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Art pipeline: History and Key Facts

The art pipeline is the process of creating and implementing art for a particular project, most commonly associated with the creative process for developing video games.

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Flash animation: History and Key Facts

Adobe Flash animation (formerly Macromedia Flash animation and FutureSplash animation) is an animation that is created with the Adobe Animate (formerly Flash Professional) platform or similar ani

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Thaumatrope: History and Key Facts

A thaumatrope is an optical toy that was introduced in 1825.

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The Story of the Animated Drawing: History and Key Facts

"The Story of the Animated Drawing" is an episode of the Walt Disney's Disneyland television program originally broadcast on November 30, 1955.

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Saturday-morning cartoon: History and Key Facts

"Saturday-morning cartoon" is a colloquial term for original animated series and live-action programming typically scheduled on Saturday and Sunday mornings in the United States on the "Big Three

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The Plausible Impossible: History and Key Facts

"The Plausible Impossible" is an episode of the Disneyland television program, originally broadcast on October 31, 1956.

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National Cartoon Museum: History and Key Facts

The National Cartoon Museum was an American museum dedicated to the collection, preservation and exhibition of cartoons, comic strips and animation.

Portrait of Winsor McCay in 1906, a version of which appeared in the New York Herald on 1907-02-17

Winsor McCay: History and Key Facts

Zenas Winsor McCay (c.

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LGBTQ themes in Western animation: History and Key Facts

In Western animation, LGBTQ themes means plotlines and characters which are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or otherwise queer in series, produced in Western countries, and not in Japan (i.e

Logo used by Laugh-O-Gram, a predecessor to Walt Disney Studios.

Laugh-O-Gram Studio: History and Key Facts

The Laugh-O-Gram Studio (also Laugh-O-Gram Films) was an American independent animation studio founded by Walt Disney on June 28, 1921 and closed on October 16, 1923.

Advertising poster for Winsor McCay's film Gertie the Dinosaur

Gertie the Dinosaur: History and Key Facts

Gertie the Dinosaur is an animated short film released in 1914 by American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay.

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David Gerstein: History and Key Facts

David Gerstein (born February 6, 1974) is an American comics author and editor as well as an animation historian.

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Felix the Cat: History and Key Facts

Felix the Cat is a cartoon character created in 1919 by Otto Messmer and Pat Sullivan during the silent film era.

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Experimental animation: History and Key Facts

Experimental animation is a form of animation in which motion pictures have their own rhythm and movement where it has no narration or a specific structure in animated films.

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Disney Renaissance: History and Key Facts

The Disney Renaissance was a period from 1989 to 1999 during which Walt Disney Feature Animation returned to producing commercially and/or critically successful animated films.

Publicity photo of Walt Disney from the Boy Scouts of America. Disney was given an award by them in 1946.

Walt Disney: History and Key Facts

Walter Elias Disney ( DIZ-nee; December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur.

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Development of Bugs Bunny: History and Key Facts

The character that would evolve into Bugs Bunny appeared in four cartoon shorts before his first official appearance in Tex Avery's A Wild Hare.

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Cel: History and Key Facts

A cel, short for celluloid, is a transparent sheet on which objects are drawn or painted for traditional, classical, hand-drawn animation.

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Annie Awards: History and Key Facts

The Annie Awards are accolades which the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood, has presented each year since 1972 to recognize excellence in animatio

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Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: History and Key Facts

The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy

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Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: History and Key Facts

The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is an Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for the best animated feature film.

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History of computer animation: History and Key Facts

The history of computer animation began as early as the 1940s and 1950s, when people began to experiment with computer graphics – most notably by John Whitney.

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Golden age of American animation: History and Key Facts

The golden age of American animation was a period that began with the popularization of sound synchronized cartoons in 1928 starting with Steamboat Willie, and gradually ended throughout the 1960

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Stop motion: History and Key Facts

Stop motion (also known as stop frame animation or object animation) is an animated filmmaking and special effects technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments betwee

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History of animation: History and Key Facts

Animation, the method for creating moving pictures from still images, has an early history and a modern history that began with the advent of celluloid film in 1888.