Topic: 3D 2D mixed

Lackadaisy

This gritty animation style works well for a gangster jazz cat world set in the 1900’s.

Smiling Friends

Smiling Friends is everything you miss about independent animation.

Love, Death & Robots #105

How some of the realistic 3D and stylized 2D animations were created in Netflix’s anthology “Love, Death, and Robots.”

Miraculous Ladybug #104

How and why Miraculous Ladybug started out as a dark 2D anime but became a cute 3D children’s show.

Sahara: Netflix Original #89

Snakes breakdance in this terrible movie featuring a serpent who snorts sand and has a surfer dude voice. Details on how the trippy 2D/3D sequence in the middle of the film is animated.

Masquerada #81

Live commentary on animation in the game Masquerada, an RPG where you run around in a mask and investigate the case of a missing person.

Nichijou #73

Investigating a sneaky scene from Nichijou that switches between 3D and 2D animation.

Bloody Bunny #72

Animating to sell toys and combining 2D effects with 3D animation for action-packed fight sequences.

Tarboy #48

Tarboy is still amazing by today’s Flash animation standards. It even makes use of the little-known 3D tools.

Missing Halloween #45

A creepy black and white animated feature for the end of October. How to tell if a 2D animation is actually 3D.

Summits and Skies #20

Comparison of an original inspired animation to Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli movies.

Ode To The Bouncer #15

3D and 2D mixed together in one sexy music video. Magic fingers. Symbolism. Knee blemishes.