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For pretty much as long as I can remember I'd wondered why Disney animated films from around the early '60s through the '70s (or early '80s? I forget what year The Rescuers came out, I never saw it EDIT: okay, I just checked, it was 1977) had what I called a "sketchy" look to them (rough, black outlines on all the characters), and I literally just found out. From TV Tropes' 101 Dalmations page:
"[T]he production was the first to use xerography to ease the inking process and make a film with this much technical complexity (the 101 dogs and their collective innumerable spots) possible. Unfortunately, this technology became the norm and its limitations trapped all Disney animation into a hard scratchy outline look for 16 years until The Rescuers, which finally was able to use further advancements for allow for a softer look again."
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"[T]he production was the first to use xerography to ease the inking process and make a film with this much technical complexity (the 101 dogs and their collective innumerable spots) possible. Unfortunately, this technology became the norm and its limitations trapped all Disney animation into a hard scratchy outline look for 16 years until The Rescuers, which finally was able to use further advancements for allow for a softer look again."
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