Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Animators use "2.5D" animation techniques to make flat images appear 3D and even mix 2D and 3D elements in the same film.

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Pixar dominated with 17 total feature nominations, and Glen Keane's "Over the Moon" was overlooked for best feature. Pixar’s ethereal “Soul” and Cartoon Saloon’s exquisitely hand-drawn “Wolfwalkers” — ...

The inspiring material contained within The Art of Wolfwalkers represents only a small glimpse at the enormous amount of work that goes into the development, preproduction and production of an ...

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