History of 2D Animation

By tdwhite
  • Jan 1, 1500

    Before time

    18000BC - Cave Paintings - flickering shadows
    7000BC - Shadow puppets
    2000BC - Ancient Greek drew figures on vases in various stages of movment
    180AD - Earliest prototype for Zoetrope - Ting Huan China

  • Chinese Magic Lantern

  • The Persistence of Vision

    Lecture and essay - Peter Roget

  • Phenakistoscope - Joseph Plateau

  • Daedalum - George Horner

  • Flicker Book / Mutascope

  • Praxinoscope - Charles Emile Reynaud

  • Eadweard May Bridge

  • Theatre Optique - Emile Reynaud

  • Iventor pf Plasticine - William Harbutt

  • Louis & Auguste Lumiere - Brothers

  • Special Effects - Geroge Melies

  • Stop-Motion - Hand Drwn

    J Stuart Blackton - Cited as first true animator

  • Fantasmagorie - Emile Cohl

  • Little Nemo - Winsor McCoy

  • Gertie The Trained Dinosaur - Winsor MrCoy