On November 2, 2012 Walt Disney Animation Studio’s "Wreck It Ralph" will arrive in theatres; preceding the feature film will be the black-and-white short "Paperman". For the first time in animation history, "Paperman" uses a combination of computer-generated and hand-drawn animation techniques to bring the story to life with first-time director John Kahrs at the helm of this bold endeavor. Disney has released first look images for Paperman and they look beautiful, in all of their black-and-white nostalgic gloriousness mingled with modern and classic technologies.
Update
To clarify the confusion over what makes "Paperman" groundbreaking, here is a little more information. Director John Kahrs led a team of 2D and CG artists using a proprietary program called Meander that employs a technique called final line advection. The result is the ability of the artists to add a level of grace and expressiveness never before seen in an animated picture.
Hope that helps clear things up!
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but "the first time in animation history"?
you mean mixing cg and hand drawn animation?
people have been doing that since the 80s.
starchaser the legend of orin for example.
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
i can't wait to see it in action.
some of these little animated films they show before the features can often be pretty amazing.
and this looks like it could be one of the good ones.