Piirrettyä

Piirrettyä is the partitive singular form of the Finnish adjective piirretty, meaning drawn or illustrated. It is used to describe objects or works that are created by drawing rather than photographed or produced digitally. In practice, piirrettyä appears most often in phrases that refer to drawn media or illustrations, such as piirrettyä animaatiota or piirretty elokuva.

In animation and film discourse, piirrettyä typically denotes traditional 2D animation created by hand-drawing frames. This use contrasts with computer-generated imagery (CGI) or other techniques like stop-motion. Common expressions include piirretty animaatio and piirretty elokuva, indicating that the work is produced in a drawn style rather than with modern CGI methods.

Beyond animation, piirrettyä can describe drawn illustrations in print or other media. Examples include piirrettyä karttaa (a drawn map) or piirretty kuva (a drawn picture). The form emphasizes the manual or artistic process behind the creation, as opposed to photographic or digital replication.

Etymology and grammar: piirrettyä derives from the verb piirtää, “to draw.” The past participle piirretty functions as an adjective, and its partitive form piirrettyä is used when describing an indefinite or non-count noun, or in certain grammatical constructions. The term is primarily employed in compound phrases rather than as a standalone noun.

See also: piirretty, piirros, animaatio, elokuva.