Joseph Plateau is credited with inventing modern animation with his study of persistence vision (flashing two pictures in front of the eye so fast that it appears they are one moving image) in the 19th century. He had the idea to put a series of images together in a flip book. His flip book concept was followed by phenakistoscope and praxinoscope devices. However, the concept appears to have been developed more than 5,000 years ago, as evidenced by a series of animals drawn on a vase found in Shahr-i Sokhota, Iran. Georges Méliès is credited with the concept of animation techniques used in films as early as 1896, specifically stop-motion animation concepts.
If there was indeed someone who was literally the first person to animate illustrations, that name has most likely been lost to history.
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Around 180 A.D. the first zoetrope was invented by Ting Huan
It has been lost to history most likely, but the first animation can be traced back to around 610 AD in China.
AWN is short for Animation World Network which has created thousands of animations. Animation first started doing animation in the year 1996 and has grown globally since then.
The Animation Workshop was created in 198#.
Istanbul Animation Festival was created in 2003.
James Stuart Blackton created the first silent film with animation. James along with Emile Cohl, are considered the fathers of film animation.
DreamWorks Animation was created on 1994-10-12.
AWN is short for Animation World Network which has created thousands of animations. Animation first started doing animation in the year 1996 and has grown globally since then.
Cutout animation ; El Apostol , the first full length animated film utilized this technique of animation .
The Animation Workshop was created in 198#.
Animation Nation was created in 2004.
Animation Magic was created in 1992.
Splendid Animation was created in 2001.
Sensation Animation was created in 2002.
Lucasfilm Animation was created in 2003.
Animation - album - was created in 1981.
Animation On Display was created in 2003.
Animation Kobe was created in 1996.
Nippon Animation was created in 1962.