>>149080920
You have no idea how long animation takes. Like not a fucking clue. AI would hopefully streamline inbetweens. Hell, animating on 2 or 3's is hard enough. Animating 3s within 60 secs means 20 drawings per minute. 3 divided by 60 equals 20. Or animating on 2's. 2s within 60 secs means 30 drawings per minute. That's not including detail work, lip sync, timing, backgrounds, clean up, and if one is bold and ambitious, picking and choosing key elements from the 12 Rules of Animation and use them strategically. 3D streamlines some of this, notably not requiring artists to draw, and only know how to puppet and manipulate the rig, but the rules of Animation still apply and you still have to animate it. Drawing is extremely time consuming and requires skill. Hence why 3D has taken over. You just need a few talented 3D artists and a room full of monkeys to animate it. Versus having animators who all need to be on a similar baseline for drawing so they can draw from the reference sheet and create a smooth, seamless animation process without (hopefully) any variation in quality or style.