Origins of Animation

Like most great ideas, animation came from the ideas and studies of many people working to prove something, answer a question or solve a problem. It is unlikely that any of the individuals would have realised where their achievements would lead. Sometimes the ideas 'exploded' and everyone seemed to be bursting with new concepts, other times the developments were a trickle of painstaking work. The concepts of these people however have led to the exciting world of animation (in all of its many forms) that we have today.