Mariana Ruiz 
Animation has metamorphosed from a medium primarily for child-focused content into a universal language for storytelling, brand representation, and entertainment. In 2024, animation is witnessing a renaissance, with novel trends revolutionising the domain, rendering it more accessible, inventive, and engaging. This article explores these promising trends in animation production, illustrating with examples how creatives are leveraging technology to elevate animated narratives to unprecedented heights.
Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) Animation
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality integration lets designers create immersive animation experiences. It offers audiences interact with content in real time, making it more engaging and personalised journey to the Animated Dimension 360/ VR to guide people through animated landscapes and interact with scene elements.
2D/3D Hybrid Animation
The amalgamation of 2D and 3D animation techniques creates a visually striking and dynamic aesthetic. This fusion allows for richer storytelling and more nuanced expressions, bringing characters and environments to life in unprecedented ways.
The animated feature, “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” – This movie blended various animation styles, including 2D and 3D elements and backgrounds, demonstrating the enhanced visual depth and perspective this combination can achieve.
AI-Driven Animation
Artificial Intelligence is playing a pivotal role in the evolution of animation, automating labour-intensive tasks and enhancing creativity. AI-driven tools can aid in rendering, character design, and even generate animations autonomously, reducing production time and costs. DeepArt.io’s animations – Utilising AI to turn videos into artwork styled animations. These animations produced with AI assistance, showcasing intricate designs and fluid animations, that would have been exceedingly time-consuming through conventional methods.
User-Generated Content and Crowdsourced Animation
Platforms enabling user-generated animated content are flourishing, empowering a diverse range of creators to contribute to the animation landscape. Crowdsourced animation projects are also becoming prevalent, harnessing the collective creativity of the global animation community.
“Star Wars Uncut” – A fan-made, crowdsourced recreation of “Star Wars: A New Hope.”This project exemplifies this trend, where animators from around the globe contributed segments to create a cohesive and varied animated piece, showcasing a multitude of styles and techniques.
Inclusive and Diverse Storytelling
There is a rising demand for more inclusive and diverse narratives in animation, with creators exploring a myriad of cultures, perspectives, and themes. This diversity is enriching the animation medium, enabling it to reach wider audiences and address a plethora of social issues. Queensland University of Technology (QUT) collaborated with our animation studio to develop a set of animated videos aimed at promoting sex safety to multicultural exchange students. The narrative and the animation introduces viewers to stories from various cultures, characterized by unique animation styles reflective of each tale’s origin, fostering a deeper appreciation and understanding of global narratives.
Streaming Service Originals
The burgeoning popularity of streaming services has led to a surge in original animated content, with platforms like Netflix and Amazon investing heavily in both series and feature-length animation projects.
Netflix’s The Enchanted Canvas demonstrates the creative potential and broad appeal of streaming service originals, blending captivating storytelling with stunning visuals.
3D Anamorphic Billboard Screen Advertising, The illusion of 3D
3D anamorphic billboard advertising transforms flat surfaces into lifelike 3D visuals using perspective tricks. These dynamic billboards captivate by making images leap outwards, showcase depth, and shift with viewer movement. Offering instant engagement, memorable brand experiences, and versatility for various campaigns, they represent a ground breaking shift in outdoor advertising, turning passive viewing into an active, immersive experience.
The animation industry is throughout an exciting transformation, characterised by innovative trends and technologies.
From immersive VR/AR experiences, hybrid animation techniques, and AI-driven creations to sustainability-focused, personalised and interactive videos, diverse, and streaming service original content, 2024 is shaping up to be a ground-breaking year for animation. These trends not only provide creators with novel tools and methodologies but also offer audiences more engaging, varied, and meaningful animated content.
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