From 2D to 3D

I grew up with both traditional and computer animation. I don't prefer one or the other. They are both beautiful in their own ways. They have different qualities that I find endearing and though I do wish that they still made traditionally animated movies, I respect the fact that they are continuing with computer animation. I'm not gunna make this a 'which one is better' post. I'm just gunna talk about what characteristics they possess and why they are both equally appealing.
The picture I posted above is one of my favorite Disney shorts ever. I'm sure a lot of you remember this. It came out with the movie Frozen and I found it to be a masterpiece. I was totally captivated by it (even more so than the movie) and was determined more than ever to continue majoring in animation. The short is called Get A Horse! and it has the perfect blend of both 2D and 3D animation. I used to love watching the black and white Mickey Mouse shorts as a kid and watching this got me really excited. I just loved how they were able to blend both types of animation together into a phenomenal piece of work.
I could rave more on this short, but time is a bit against me at the moment. The animation industry began switching from traditional animation to computer when Pixar began their company. DreamWorks had begun to make their own 3D animated movies not too long after Toy Story released. This form of animation was revolutionary to a lot of industries and it wasn't long until more attention was given to its dimensionality than 2D. While computer animation is wicked cool, traditional, in my opinion, has a beauty to it that cannot be replicated through 3D. Hand drawn animation has a more personal feel to it than computer.
Computer animation has gotten a lot better throughout the years though. Pixar's films can be just as beautiful to look at as Disney's. I remember my dad telling me that the first time he saw Toy Story he hated it for how it looked. He wasn't at all used to this 3D effect it had and being a computer guy himself, he was baffled by it. Still, it was something to be admired and turned out to be a huge success in the end. While it may seem that computer animation takes less effort to make than a traditionally animated film, the fact is that both take an enormous amount of effort to make in different ways.
Traditional has to deal with singular drawings of thousands of frames by artists and 3D has to deal with the dimensionalities of the characters in the animation. This means modeling and how to make it actually look three-dimensional. It's not easy. I haven't even started on that yet and I'm already intimidated. Both styles have a charm to them that speak clearly and know how to capture their audience well. They're both successful styles.
I know a lot of artists who prefer one or the other but, really, I'm just glad that we have both to appreciate in the long run. Yes, traditional animation is not as reoccurring now as it was before, but that doesn't mean it's dead forever. Artists and animators out there still contribute to animating traditionally and all animators out there need to know how to animate traditionally before moving onto 3D. Okay, next subject then is: TV shows vs movies!