Animation began in the late 19th century as a series of pioneering experiments and inventions.Animation has its origins in the late 19th century when inventors and pioneers conducted groundbreaking experiments that laid the foundation for this art form. Eadweard Muybridge’s work with sequential photography demonstrated how a series of still images could create the illusion of motion. Meanwhile, Thomas Edison’s invention, the Kinetoscope, allowed for the viewing of short films that sometimes featured early animations, such as “The Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze” (1894).J. Stuart Blackton is credited with creating the first hand-drawn animation on film with “Humorous Phases of Funny Faces” in 1906. Winsor McCay, a prominent cartoonist and animator, made significant contributions with works like “Gertie the Dinosaur” (1914), which introduced the concept of character animation.
These early experiments and inventions marked the birth of animation, an art form that has since evolved through various techniques, from traditional hand-drawn animation to cutting-edge computer-generated imagery (CGI) used in contemporary animation and filmmaking.
