Ever wondered how Fleischer Studios produced Betty Boop and Popeye cartoons during the 1930s?
Here’s the studio’s internal production reference guide from 1940, available to download for free from Archive.org. It’s a hugely valuable document that offers a detailed look at how animation was produced eighty years ago.
While much has changed technically since that time, it’s remarkable how much of 2d animation production has remained the same.