Animation - A Brief History

This was quite interesting to see how animation has evolved beyond sequential images on walls to what it is today.  Each technique and device invented was more advanced than the last, and were really big steps towards later being able to be projected onto film. Of course Animation hadn't really fully developed until the 20th century when, in early times, it became a medium used for story-telling. Before animations with narratives were invented, the medium seemed to mainly be a novelty; being that these drawings are able to move. Looking back, we have gone a long way since those illustrations in Egyptian chambers and pottery, and even since the late 20s when animation was seen as a profitable and commercialised medium (which it still is today). Today, it is a medium that is a bit more accessible, having there been many indie animations on the internet today, and since the invention of youtube, it has stretched beyond people making simple flash animations but there are now artists using other more advanced methods, such as stop-motion, CGI animation, etc.