Fransic's Toon Journal

American cartoons, indie animation and stylish games — a personal journal (Seattle)

Tools

Episode log helper

Count a season binge: episodes × minutes.

Animation terms, quick glossary

Smear frame: a stretched in-between that sells speed. / Squash & stretch: volume-preserving deformation. / Cel: a painted transparent sheet, the classic workflow. / Storyboard: the comic-strip blueprint of an episode.