My favorite animation

Having grown up worshiping Disney and Nickelodeon cartoons, these are some of my favorite animations.

As I mentioned earlier, I truly feel that The Lion King is the pinnacle of 2D animation. If you don't believe me, here's a clip:



Of course, Disney has incredibly high standards for animation, and I know they work their animators into the ground, blah blah blah, but I'd say it paid off. Few things really depict the "illusion of life" the way The Lion King does, and that is a quality of animation that I really strive for. In fact, call me corny, but I like to keep a Disney movie playing while I'm working on my animation. Keeps me inspired, even if I often find myself staring open-mouthed at the screen, considering giving up animation, convinced I'll never be that good.

Another animated cartoon that really inspired me as a child was the Saturday morning Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon. Let's take a trip down memory lane:



While the animation here is more crude than Disney's variety, and may not have that same "illusion of life", it still is eye-catching and highly entertaining. Besides this, the characters all develop greatly through the series, and I guarantee every child of the 90s can name a character from this show that they really identified with.

And speaking of great writing and character development, another animation that I really love is the more modern Home Movies. This may be considered the epitome of "crude animation", but who doesn't laugh when Coach McGuirk "rearranges" the library's card catalog? This is an example of animation facilitating the humor for the sake of appealing to an older audience, and I think it does it splendidly. Here's a clip:



Just. Hilarious.

Unfortunately they don't produce the DVDs anymore, but I'd highly suggest checking it out. It's captivating.

Anyway, I feel like this isn't very indicative of my animation taste, so I'll be sure to keep you posted as I remember some more. Oh, and here's one of mine. I guess you could say this is one of my favorite animations. :)