It's relatively accessible compared to 3D animation (see below) and it allows a lot of flexibility since almost any style of art can be used. There are various 2D animation techniques.

Computer animation is essentially a digital successor to the art of stop motion animation of 3D models and frame-by-frame animation of 2D illustrations.

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Traditionally, 2D animation involved paper and transparent animation cells being photographed frame by frame by a film camera.

"We love animation," art director Chad Moldenhauer said. "The 32-bit generation came out and we saw higher quality 2D, and then it just faded away.