Animation and Sketch

Animation

Animation noun - The quality or state of having abundant or intense activity.

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Sketch and animation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sketch" instead a noun "Animation".

Nearby Words: animate, animated, animal, animating, animator

Sketch noun - A picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene.

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Animation and sketch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Animation" instead a noun "Sketch".

Nearby Words: sketchy, sketched, sketching

old	old animation	old sketch
full	full animation	full sketch
long	long animation	long sketch
detailed	detailed animation	detailed sketch
Other adjectives: similar, brief, short, regular, original, single, crude, actual, entire, opening, key, new, classic, bizarre, ending, different, realistic, drawn.

Art Shift: Several different animation companies worked on different sketches so the Art Style shifts with each new sketch.

Source: Western Animation / Monkey Dust
An episode has a police sketch artist draw the boys in a very realistic manner, completely different from the animation style of the show itself.

Source: Facial Composite Failure
A preview of the model used in the plate animation shown without context and the initial concept sketch, both shown on his Instagram indicate that he wanted it to intentionally look alien and eerie.

Source: Western Animation / Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker

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