Queline Meadows

Stop-motion imperfection: why animation needs the human touch

Since its earliest days stop-motion animation has been riddled with mistakes. The painstaking work of the craft seeks to make the inanimate smoothly mobile, yet unwanted leaps, jerks and jumps inevitably sneak in. As CG and AI technology makes the prospect of genuinely seamless stop-motion possible, it’s time to celebrate the joy of watching handcrafted wonders.