cel based animation.

How is it animated?

Firstly, all characters and backgrounds are drawn onto paper (labeled from 1 - 25, due to there being 25 frames in a second of film), then, the characters and backgrounds are traced onto an individual cel which will be flipped onto the reverse side and painted in. The cel is then flipped back onto the shiny side and take two shots from your camera, repeat this process until you've finished the scene (be warned, cel takes at least six months to produce the actual animation).

This video can explain it more clearly.

Examples:

Regular Show:

Regular Show is about the fantastical misadventures of two park-keepers (nee' slackers) named Mordecai (a blue jay) and Rigby (a raccoon). 

Dexter's Laboratory:

Dexter's Laboratory is all about how one boy genius, Who will defend his secret, hidden, laboratory from his "stoopid" sister, DeeDee.

Powerpuff Girls:

Powerpuff girls is about three super powed girls (Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup) saving the city of Townsville from the clutches of evil.

Time Lapse animation.

How is it made?

Time lapse animation is easy to set up but takes so much to animate. How to set up your camera for a time lapse, set up a tripod for your camera (this will give some stability to your shoots), fix your camera to the tripod and set the function on your camera to time lapse (whilst also setting an interval time, e.g 2seconds).

Examples:

Pregnancy time lapse.

Speed draw time lapse.
Reverse time lapse.

cutout animation 2015

THIS IS A CUTOUT ANIMATION WHICH WAS MADE WITH A GROUP OF MY PEERS.

Cutout animation is created by literally cutting out the models, props, backgrounds.. anything flat that can be used to create an animated piece.

The actual animation is created by moving the model or prop a little each time you take a shot, from your camera.

Examples:

Terry Gilliam:

Before he became a director, Terry Gilliam provided some silly animations for a silly comedy. This silly comedy was called Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Lotte Reiniger:

Made intricate cut outs (from the early 1920s - late 1970s), 

John Ryan:

First stop motion animation.

First animation of the year.

In the above video, we have two mice moving from one hiding place to another.

Examples of other stop motion animations:

Bagpuss:

Model based animation, with some live action puppetry.

1st Broadcast during the 70's, made using a combination of stop motion and live action puppetry (mainly when Gabriel sang a song). 

The main focus of this series is about fixing a object that was found and brought to the attention of Bagpuss and his friends, whilst they also told a story/fable and sang a song associated with the object.

Fireman Sam:

Model based animation.

The focus of most episodes were about how a fire related accident can occur and what firefighters do to prevent further damage.

Pixilation

What is pixilation?

Pixilation is a form of stop motion animation made with people, sometimes animals, instead of animation models.

Examples of pixilation:

Angry kid: An episode of angry kid is made using a combination of pixilation and stop motion puppetry. In this example, angry kid is playing football in the goalie position.

George Melies, made a lot of short films and accidentally discovered the "jump cut" and pixilation.

This is an example of pixilation, that i had a hand in the making of.