Using muted colors and grainy textures adds to the retro look. Sketchy outlines give cartoons that hand-drawn feel from old comic strips. Comic book style drawing brings characters to life with ...

The omission of “My Father’s Dragon” from the 2023 Oscar nominations list for best animated feature sparked murmurings of disapproval from within the industry. The Netflix film — directed ...

Unless you’re a big fan of animated cartoons, you may not have noticed that most characters have just four fingers on each hand. There’s a very good reason why animators have chosen this look ...

Miall et al. Drawing cartoon faces – a functional imaging study of the cognitive neuroscience of drawing. Cortex , 2009; 45 (3): 394 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2007.10.013 Cite This Page : ...

Many early cartoon characters ... have stopped at four fingers simply because it was less work. Traditional, hand-drawn animation was labor-intensive. Adding a fifth finger to every frame would ...