Technique: mixed media composite
the advantage of having a mixed media approach to animation is that when you are faced with a creative problem - such as when a movement may be too time consuming to animate through traditional means you can substitute the movement for something simpler such as digital key framing, this may however affect the overall style/look of the animation - but depending on the source imagery and its physical properties , one might be able to achieve the same results that were originally intended.
Without straying too far away from the topic of technique it is important to recognize that different techniques can have altogether different outcomes in terms of the aesthetic of the animation, as well as the possibilities of certain techniques to mimic the properties of others.
For example a technique whereby you would traditionally render the line work of an animation and add colour digitally would result in the animation looking asif it had been rendered entirely digitally, as opposed to inking each frame by hand - resulting in a more honest/humble looking outcome in my opinion.
It could be said that because most animation that we see being used for entertainment is produced - by and large- digitally, we as consumers are more likely to say that digital animation has a more professional look. But this is not to say that traditional techniques cannot look 'professional'. An example of this could be the way Noel Fielding has curated his paintings and artwork into the animations used in his show 'luxury comedy'. it is the combination of painted backgrounds and the technique of rendering painted backgrounds into digital animations that i would like to draw my inspiration from for this brief.
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