Animation Timeline

  • Flipbook

    Flipbook

    The first form of animation to use a linear sequence of images.
  • Walt Disney

    Walt Disney

    Created the Walt Disney Company which has gone on to become the leading animation and entertainment industry.
  • Rotoscope Animation

    Rotoscope Animation

    The process of tracing over a motion picture in order to create realistic, life-like animation.
  • Long Live the Bull

    Long Live the Bull

    The first claymation short film.
  • Steamboat Willie

    Steamboat Willie

    Steamboat Willie was the first well-known, profitable cartoon to be synced with sound and music.
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    The first 2D full-length feature animated film.
  • Multiplane Camera

    Multiplane Camera

    A camera used in traditional 2D animation that moves multiple layers of drawings at various speeds in order to give the illusion of depth.
  • Flintstones

    Flintstones

    The first famous 2D animated cartoon series.
  • Toy Story

    Toy Story

    The first feature length 3D animated film which helped bring CGI animation into the spotlight.
  • Avatar

    Avatar

    The first block buster 3D animated film to gross over 2.5 billion dollars.