In the case of Blender’s tool, the production can now be rooted in actual 2d drawing techniques, while still taking full advantage of the technical possibilities of cg animation.

The Grease Pencil provides 2d animation tools within Blender’s free and open-source full-3d pipeline. For a clearer idea of what this means, take a look at the end credits of Hero which shows in ...

01. 2D animation First up, 2D animation, or vector animation, is used in everything from traditional cartoons and anime to video games and explainer videos.