process and production: 3D animation

The start of 3D animation happened around the time when computers started to be used to make programs and produce things digitally, at that time the machines could make simple based animations and as the development of technology was getting better so were the animations that were developed in 3D. One of the first 3D animations was Knick knack by Pixar animations:

As you can see in this animation there are many simple shapes which were animated, each character/objects had basic texturing and lighting because of the technology at that time which made things very hard to create animation such as these, Rendering would of taken longer then how we render nowadays. This animation was quite successful and helped Pixar become a big animation company which have made many amazing animations as the technology improved to the point where we can make more complex animations and use different software's to make our animations look even better, This is also because programs have been made for 3D animation such as maya and blender, both programs have been constantly updated to help with making the interface easier for the user to use.

3D has come a long way in such a short period of time because of technically advancements and as such can go a long way and now is a part of a main-stream industry for films and broadcast.