Chapter 1
Magic tricks before the movie theater
Chapter 2
The era of ink and scissors
Chapter 3
Puppets, clay, and limited lines
Chapter 4
The pixels that learned to paint
YOUR GOAL
Master of How to make drawings run away
Ch 3 · Puppets, clay, and limited lines
disney Puppets Clay and Limited Lines
Just a few lines, just a few lines, We bring the clay to life with just a few lines!
Fun Fact
Astro Boy speed: To meet impossible weekly deadlines, Osamu Tezuka's team animated at only eight frames per second.
Quiz
What material did Willis O'Brien use to cover the metal skeleton of the 1933 King Kong puppet?
Quiz
Which animator won an Academy Award in 1977 for animating sand creatures in 'The Sand Castle'?
Quiz
How many individual photographs are typically captured for one second of standard stop-motion film?
Quiz
Which artist adapted 'Astro Boy' for television in 1963, launching the modern anime industry?
Quiz
What is the term for animating only parts of a character, like eyes or mouths, to save time?