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The Dot And Line
''The Dot and Line'' was an online publication focusing on animation journalism. It was founded in 2016 by John Maher III and Eric Vilas-Boas. Over the course of four years, the Masthead (American publishing), masthead grew to include Elly Belle, Sammy Nickalls, and Marley Crusch. The Dot and Line published both reported and creative writing about cartoons and animation. It ceased publication on May 1, 2020. History ''The Dot and Line'' published its first piece on February 17, 2016, on Medium (website), Medium. The site took its name from the 1965 short of the same name, The Dot and the Line, ''The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics'', directed by American animated filmmaker and cartoonist Chuck Jones, with Maurice Noble, for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM Animation/Visual Arts studio, and adapted from the book of the same name by Norton Juster. It began as a weekly blog run solely by Maher and Vilas-Boas with a mission of “covering the animated arts with journalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animation
Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most animations are made with computer-generated imagery (CGI). Computer animation can be very detailed 3D animation, while 2D computer animation (which may have the look of traditional animation) can be used for stylistic reasons, low bandwidth, or faster real-time renderings. Other common animation methods apply a stop motion technique to two- and three-dimensional objects like paper cutouts, puppets, or clay figures. A cartoon is an animated film, usually a short film, featuring an exaggerated visual style. The style takes inspiration from comic strips, often featuring anthropomorphic animals, superheroes, or the adventures of human protagonists. Especially with animals that form a natural predator/prey relationship (e.g. cats and mice, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
