Powerhouse computer-generated imagery houses like Pixar Animation Studios dominate the animated genre, but less-expensive technology and outsourcing to low-cost foreign animators is opening the door ...

Animation has been one of those fields with a relatively high barrier to entry. It required software, skills, a lot of time and often a team. With AI, however, animation becomes much more flexible.

Lyndon J. Barrois Sr., whose day job is high-tech animation, uses gum wrappers to create detailed portraits of historical figures and athletes in flight. Credit... Supported by Text by Julia Carmel ...