What term describes animation that uses hand-drawn images?

• A. Drawing Animation
• B. Rotoscoping
• C. Procedural Animation
• D. Computer Animation

Answer: (A)

Animation created by drawing each frame by hand is drawing animation. This method builds motion from a sequence of handcrafted images, which is the classic form of 2D traditional animation (often also called hand-drawn or cel animation when cels were used). Rotoscoping, in contrast, traces over live-action footage, so it isn’t created from scratch by drawing each frame. Procedural animation generates movement through rules or algorithms rather than individual hand-drawn frames. Computer animation relies on digital tools to create imagery, typically not produced by hand-drawing every frame. So, the term that best describes animation using hand-drawn images is drawing animation.