Blend Modes

Blending modes apply algorithms to the color channels and this in effect changes the color values of the layers below creating new color relationships.
For a verbal description of what is actually happening with the layers see Adobe Documentation about Blending Modes here.

Animatic to Final film

This is a very nice example of an animatic and the final film version.
Animatic:

FAIR TRADING ? - Making-of : Animatic from THURISTAR on Vimeo.

Final version:

FAIR TRADING ? the short film from THURISTAR on Vimeo.

Object Animation

The Impossible Map, Evelyn Lambart, 1947
Object Animation
National Film Board of Canada
Educational Film about the map

Cutout Animation

Mr. Frog Went a-Courtin, Evelyn Lambart, 1974
National Film Board of Canada animator
Co-Director on films by Norman McLaren,
one of the first women to work as co-directors in film in the 40's and 50's
One of the first Female animators in Canada
He style contrasts that of Mclaren, Gone are his muted colors
and constant experimentation,
She chose to tell narratives in her films
More about Evelyn Lambert here
Used reusable cutout shapes for characters