Following the style she used in her Annie Award-nominated short Gravedad, Gonzalez’s project will be 2d computer animation, with flat, simple, and minimalistic characters.

Yet this option — creating human characters that appear and move with the highest degree of realism — continues to pose great challenges in 2d computer animation.

With their latest animated adventure, Disney is intermingling their proud legacy of hand-drawn animation with the modern work of their CG team.

Eric Goldberg, a longtime Disney animator, discusses the new Disney+ series Sketchbook, Mickey Mouse and the return of 2D animation to Disney.

This 2002 sci-fi film may have marked the end of Disney's era of 2D animation, which the company once dominated.