Availability is one of the most important factors of any new technology; no matter how useful or revolutionary it is, if it is not available to the average individual, its value to humanity decreases significantly. If this unapproachable technology happens to be of a creative nature, it is inevitable that countless artists and creative individuals will feel left out from the flow of time and they will find themselves unable to turn their dreams into reality in ways only those lucky ones who possess the new technology can. Animation, or the art of giving life to inanimate objects and fictional characters using the medium of film, has been exactly this unavailable medium for the majority of its history. As a result, the only animated films being made were the ones created by big animation studios, such as Walt Disney Animation Studios and Warner Bros. Cartoons. The idea that an individual could on his own create an animated film was almost unimaginable, but, like all technology always does, animation eventually found its way into the hands of the common folk. What has once been impossible is now a normality in everyday life and everyone who has access to a personal computer can, completely on their own, tell their stories to the world in the shape of an animated film. This democratization of animation, when combined with the ubiquitousness of the Internet, has enabled countless self-taught amateur animators to appear and, without any formal training, create animated films alone in their homes and share them with the world out of their own need for creative expression. Animators such as David First and Chris O'Neill are just some of many who have used the sudden availability of animation as a medium and became famous using their creativity.