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Please I’m begging you, please watch Klaus on Netflix, just for the sole animation and the tens of facial expressions per second that are all hand drawn

WAIT

HAND DRAWN

IT’S FREAKING HAND DRAWN

STORAGE BETTER MAKE SPACE I AM COMING FOR YOU

HOLD UP I THOUGHT THIS MOVIE WAS STYLIZED CGI LIKE THE SPIDERVERSE MOVIE??? WTF HOW IN THE HELL IS ALL THAT HAND DRAWN YOU’RE SHITTING ME hold up lemme google this shit -

H. Holy fuck. These people are absolutely insane. How on earth did they even -

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Hey, that’s my video! Yay! Anything I can do to help people appreciate this masterpiece of new technology and 2D art style! :)

Klaus is great! It’s funny and beautifully animated and has such a well-designed cast of characters. I highly recommend it to anybody looking for something to watch.

Hey guys it gets even better!!

For a long time 2d animation hasnt been able to improve like how cgi always does, its one of the reasons that theres less of it now. One of the ways to improve 2d is too add shadow and depth but that requires drawing it on every frame and thats a shit ton of money amd time.

The team of Klaus set out to solve this problem. They made very cool programs that determine the idea of the form based on line art and one to add shadows where the amimators do a few hand done ones and the program dos the rest using those as a guide, only needing tweaks after.

Its a cost effective way to improve 2d animation and could possibly mean the return of it by usuing this technology.

I don’t think people understand how FAR 2D animation has come in recent years, because we never see it showcased in feature films anymore.

We have programs that can take vector AND raster lines, from two separate frames, and then auto in-between them.

We have programs that can simulate the look of additional hand drawn frames to make frame holds look more alive and authentic.

We have programs that simulate brush strokes and paint effects that can be manipulated and enhanced in real time.

We have programs that allow you to paint directly onto 3D objects, adjust them frame by frame, and simulate the look of 2D animation.

We’ve even got programs that can take an art style and apply it to an animation using algorithms and deep learning techniques.

Like… the tech is THERE. It EXISTS. All we need are companies to have faith in the products and people willing to tell good stories.

Holy fucking shit, this is wild

Klaus as a movie was in my opinion mediocre, but the animation, oh man...

Wonderful 2D animation project by the amasing Sergio Pablos !

This is fucking insane. The amount of extra matte layers/flats/compositing going on here is just unreal. This is all 2D, there’s no 3D geometry used at all. Might recognize Sergio’s work if you’re a fan of Treasure Planet too, he was responsible for Dr. Doppler

this is so gorgeous????

This is the come back of 2D, omg

Wow wow wow this is really the next step^^^ for 2d animation for real

And guys, this is set to be a FEATURE FILM.

This is Netflix’s first original animated movie, Klaus, to be released on the streaming service–and theatrically–around the holiday season.  Its theatrical run will qualify it for an Oscar nomination, which I honestly have NO DOUBT IT WILL GET FROM THIS FOOTAGE ALONE.  JUST LOOK AT THAT!

Everybody please, please, PLEASE do your best to support this film when it comes out!  There are so few movies like these nowadays, and animation companies are hesitant to invest in them because of the time and effort they involve.  Show the animation industry how much we desperately CRAVE 2D features, and maybe these companies will see that these kinds of films really do pay off.

Excuse me, this is done in WHAT?!