The enchanted drawing

This was animated by J.Stuart Blackton in 1900, a pioneer for american animation and one of the first people to use stop motion as a form of animation. Even though it's so old I still find it fascinating, it's done pretty well for the time! This came after he met Thomas Edison who inspired him to put his animations on film- probably the reasons he's drawn in it. They did this animation by stopping and starting the film every time they made a change. Much like how people were made to look like they had disappeared. These days we call that special effects.These effects make the drawing look like it magically comes alive. Another one of Blacktons animations was 'Humorous phases of funny face' Which I actually don't like as much. But it was a good exploration of the human face and its emotions.