I don't usually use this Journal feature much, but when it comes to asking art minded questions to an art minded crowd, why not? What does anyone know of 'Rotoscoping' as an artform?

I've seen it done brilliantly by uni students:

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and by video games:

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I've heard people say its cheating. "its tracing" and such, but I just love its sort of 'living sketchbook' style. As for my continued absence in uploading (well... anything really) artwork, I'll probably be spending time trying to actually get a ball to bounce naturally across a screen in an animation.

Anyone with animation experience, tips would be appreciated. Good luck to those in exams.