The ‘digital tools’ are a larger part of the change. Computers handle geometry better than people can and at reduced budgets, hence the Stephen Silver inspired era of Flash looking cartoons, many of which were made in Flash.
As someone working in the industry at times, you do tend to prefer styles that aren’t entirely based around realism as time goes on because at a certain point, drawing just isn’t the right vehicle for it. I’ve never been a fan of the overly geometric styles in the slightest, but I do prefer cartoons to be cartoony, appreciating things more like classic Disney and the like. Disney and the Nine Old Men basically invented 2d animation and the illusion of life drawings can create.
The ‘digital tools’ are a larger part of the change. Computers handle geometry better than people can and at reduced budgets, hence the Stephen Silver inspired era of Flash looking cartoons, many of which were made in Flash.
As someone working in the industry at times, you do tend to prefer styles that aren’t entirely based around realism as time goes on because at a certain point, drawing just isn’t the right vehicle for it. I’ve never been a fan of the overly geometric styles in the slightest, but I do prefer cartoons to be cartoony, appreciating things more like classic Disney and the like. Disney and the Nine Old Men basically invented 2d animation and the illusion of life drawings can create.