The boundaries between live-action, 2D animation, 3D and stop-motion are being discretely dissolved by animation film productions. What is their common point? The VFX that are progressively integrating into the pipeline.
From the stuffed animals in Jean-Christophe & Winnie, to the symbiont in Venom, and not forgetting the pachyderms in Dumbo, these VFX shed some light.