Something that unnecesserily bothers you in the DW fandom? (image related)
personally I hate when people say the characters in the game should have been more detailed. (feel free to read my rant if you want)
Like no they should not?? THEY'RE RUBBERHOSE INSPIRED. THEY ARE LIKE THAT ON PURPOSE. Have you ever seen Mickey Mouse??
I saw someone say that twice at this point and here is why it bothers me:
Like I said, the characters are RUBBERHOSE. A type of artstyle that was specifically designed back in the days to be EASY TO ANIMATE. Because back then animation was still by hand, on paper, frame by frame, so the more a character had detail, the harder it was and more time it took to animate, and therefore cartoon production would be way slower than it already was.
Second of all: They're kids cartoon characters, they should be easy to draw and for a child to remember! Like alot of the DW redesigns are beautyfull, truly works of art, but if you gave a child a picture of that and said "draw this" they are going to most likely get distracted by one or two details, and the rest will be history. In the end the drawing will look nothing like the character.
If someone gave you a picture of 3 shapes, each a diffrent color, you'd most likely be able to draw it from memory, because it's simple.
but if you were shown a picture of a mosaic, you'd most likely be like "uhhhhh I'd rather not." That's how the mind of a child works.
Some canon designs that I think capture this really well are Dandy and Scraps
They're mostly simple, but Dandy also has rainbow petals, which are eyecatching and rememberable, and MARKETABLE.
Scraps is yellow and red, with the sopporting color of white and a slightly lighter red(i think?), which overall is a very popular colour pallete for MARKETING.
Another thing is that what audience-age your art/characters pull to themselves is how many wrinkles are in the characters clothing.
It sounds kinda random at first, but it makes sense.
more wrinkles=more detail, more appealing to adults
less wrinkles=easier to take apart in your mind, more appealing to children.
ANYWAY: Feel free to rant in the comments yourself, this is a safe space, no judging, let it out even if you think it's stupid or silly.
personally I hate when people say the characters in the game should have been more detailed. (feel free to read my rant if you want)
Like no they should not?? THEY'RE RUBBERHOSE INSPIRED. THEY ARE LIKE THAT ON PURPOSE. Have you ever seen Mickey Mouse??
I saw someone say that twice at this point and here is why it bothers me:
Like I said, the characters are RUBBERHOSE. A type of artstyle that was specifically designed back in the days to be EASY TO ANIMATE. Because back then animation was still by hand, on paper, frame by frame, so the more a character had detail, the harder it was and more time it took to animate, and therefore cartoon production would be way slower than it already was.
Second of all: They're kids cartoon characters, they should be easy to draw and for a child to remember! Like alot of the DW redesigns are beautyfull, truly works of art, but if you gave a child a picture of that and said "draw this" they are going to most likely get distracted by one or two details, and the rest will be history. In the end the drawing will look nothing like the character.
If someone gave you a picture of 3 shapes, each a diffrent color, you'd most likely be able to draw it from memory, because it's simple.
but if you were shown a picture of a mosaic, you'd most likely be like "uhhhhh I'd rather not." That's how the mind of a child works.
Some canon designs that I think capture this really well are Dandy and Scraps
They're mostly simple, but Dandy also has rainbow petals, which are eyecatching and rememberable, and MARKETABLE.
Scraps is yellow and red, with the sopporting color of white and a slightly lighter red(i think?), which overall is a very popular colour pallete for MARKETING.
Another thing is that what audience-age your art/characters pull to themselves is how many wrinkles are in the characters clothing.
It sounds kinda random at first, but it makes sense.
more wrinkles=more detail, more appealing to adults
less wrinkles=easier to take apart in your mind, more appealing to children.
ANYWAY: Feel free to rant in the comments yourself, this is a safe space, no judging, let it out even if you think it's stupid or silly.