3D manipulated animation, yes/no?

[Forest 309]

What is your opinion on this seemingly trending animation style that takes 3D animation that is then manipulated to resemble 2D animation via a reduced frame rate? I don't know the exact name of this style of animation, so bonus points to anyone who knows what it's called.

Examples:

Minor

 

Extreme

 

Personally, I feel that if it's done right it can look amazing (eg. "Minor" example) whereas there are cases where it's just an eyesore (eg. "Extreme" example).

What's your opinion on it?

[Thorax_ 539]

If I’m not mistaken, this would be the animation style used in LoZ:BOTW, right? I think it’s a decent style but could generally be improved upon.

Edited September 18, 2018 by TheSupremePatriot (see edit history)

[MJP 6]

Ok, I think that it could be better (in the case of the Spider-Man show you showed in the post) by improving the frame rate. I personally like the style but not the way it’s animated if that makes sense.

[Forest 309]

On 9/18/2018 at 11:44 AM, TheSupremePatriot said:

If I’m not mistaken, this would be the animation style used in LoZ:BOTW, right? I think it’s a decent style but could generally be improved upon.

Nah, not the animation style. The use of limiting frames to produce the illusion of a 2D animation in CGI is what I'm referring to. I have nothing against any particular style, I just think it's atrocious when the lowered frame rate is right in your face (in the case of The Dragon Prince).

[ABlueSkittle123 85]

In my opinion if executed correctly this animation style would look great. This is something I have seen before but never really thought about how it was done. Now that I know how they make this via frame rate drop that's pretty interesting. Thanks for informing me about this!