How Golden Age Cartoons Were Actually Made (It's Not What You Think)

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The 'magic' behind classic cartoons was thousands of hand-painted glass sheets and a camera pointed straight down. Here's how they pulled it off. 🎨

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One second of cartoon — twenty-four hand-drawn frames. Studios split the work — pencilers, inkers, painters, all in rows. The multiplane camera stacked painted glass sheets to fake real depth. Every single frame was hand-painted on clear acetate — thousands per film. Follow for more stories like this — animation history is wild.