History SugarWiki / AwesomeArt

* The work Creator/ChuckJones is nothing to sneeze at either. He and his lifelong collaborator Maurice Noble set a new standard for highly stylized animation that took the LimitedAnimation techniques pioneered by Creator/UnitedProductionsOfAmerica and pushed them to new artistic heights.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Klaus}}''. The combination of Sergio Pablos's excellent character designs, "paperless" traditional animation (via UsefulNotes/ToonBoom) and the groundbreaking lighting effects make this one of the best-looking computer animated films ever.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZZptZjz88Y The 1996 Opening]] of [[UsefulNotes/FlemishTVStations VTM]]. Its obviously fully rendered with computer graphics, but it renders them exceptionally well.

* Many cartoons of the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1930s]], especially the cartoons made by Creator/WaltDisney and their competitors such as Creator/FleischerStudios and Creator/HarmanAndIsing, produced some of the most ambitious short cartoon films ever made, and set a technical standard seldom surpassed since. The characters move fluidly and gracefully, with their designs often featuring illustration level details (especially in the WesternAnimation/HappyHarmonies and WesternAnimation/MGMOneshotCartoons) there are countless crowd shots and impressive effects animation work, and the background art and colors have masterful craftsmanship and composition theory. Meanwhile, Fleischer Studios, prompted to emulate Disney, still held their own by incorporating brilliant color theory with their own stylized character designs and animation in shorts like the ''WesternAnimation/ColorClassics'' and the three ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}'' [[WesternAnimation/PopeyeTheSailorMeetsSindbadTheSailor color]] [[WesternAnimation/PopeyeTheSailorMeetsAliBabasFortyThieves specials]], and they even used three-dimensional tabletop sets that they optically combined the animation with--and this predated Disney's own use of the multiplane camera in ''WesternAnimation/TheOldMill''! Their short "Play Safe" even combines their tabletop sets with a stop motion train!

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' is animated in UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash and boasts some absolutely breathtaking scenes. Just take a look at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2JrWJfdoqk the scene]] from the First episode.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}'' combines intricate urban background art with amazingly unique character designs and breathtakingly fluid animation[[note]] Which becomes more impressive when you discover that it was done in [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash]][[/note]]. And whenever Mike takes out his [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon dual-sided zippo lighter chainsaw staff]], you can be sure that you're about to watch an incredibly animated fight scene.

** ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' all but drops the mic on this. Its use of colour is particularly good -- you can tell who's winning a scene just by how much of the screen is gold, blue or red.