By skyforbes And there are so many distinct Art Styles out there.
Once in a while you will see something new, but industry has tendency to make a formula out of everything.
Disneys 3D Animation really stagnated the industry for decades. Walt Disney himself would have disapproved of it, he was a true artist at heart and always allowed experimentation.
Some Projects that reignited my hope are The Illusionist(2009), Scavengers Reign, Blue Eye Samurai, Arcane, Primal.
Even in series like Love Death and Robots, you see glimmer of potential and different art style possible.
Even Spiderverse was cool when it came out but they are trying to make it the new formula.
I think the biggest reason is…audience itself doesn’t care much about art style. So studios don’t have much incentive to risk out of norm.
We have really under explored this art form, and it has potential to become as big as Live Action Media.
Another issue is..it’s mostly targeted at kids. So we rarely see some R-rated Animation or even Mature Stories.