and one of the commandments is that thy fingers shall only be four. Why did this historical amputation occur? It turns out ...

Disney fans may have noticed that the characters have one common quirk ... favourite illustrations actually only have three fingers on each hand… and here’s why. Dan Povenmire and Jeff ...

(WYTV)- Once you notice this you can’t un-notice it: our cartoon characters ... drawing one less finger meant less work. Why ...

One strange quirk about animation is that cartoon ... finger aesthetic. For one thing, it simply makes hands easier to draw. In the era of hand-drawn animation, having one less digit on every ...

Why do cartoon characters only have a thumb and three fingers? “Everybody shortens it to three fingers and a thumb... just simply for an economy of line. When you're having to animate 24 ...