Cartoon Industry thread - Showcasing the Spergery of the Animation Industry

[Colon capital V]

Hollywood Reporter recently put out an article about John Lasseter and Skydance Animation,
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and boy... are people coping.
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Including an old Kiwifarms friend.
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@disnerdpodcast is the only one with two functioning brain cells with that post.

 

[Newman's Lovechild]

"The horrible things he did."

They make it sound like he was running some kind of sex slave cult up there at Pixar. It's especially ironic when followed up with that "you don't know what you're talking about" comment. And that was a telling 'I'm rubber you're glue' moment in itself.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

"He prefers to have scripts read to him" is not a negative trait, Jesus Christ. Even novelists have to read their own work out loud to know if it has a natural narrative flow and that sentences (dialogue especially) sound like actual functional, grammatically-correct structures.

All this really just proves is Lasseter was pushed out of Disney and Pixar simply because he actually gave a damn about quality and was a gatekeeper to make sure ideology bullshit didn't get through into their movies.

 

[The Decimator]

"He prefers to have scripts read to him" is not a negative trait, Jesus Christ. Even novelists have to read their own work out loud to know if it has a natural narrative flow and that sentences (dialogue especially) sound like actual functional, grammatically-correct structures.

All this really just proves is Lasseter was pushed out of Disney and Pixar simply because he actually gave a damn about quality and was a gatekeeper to make sure ideology bullshit didn't get through into their movies.

I’m pretty sure Lasseter is somewhat liberal in his beliefs, but he was smart enough to not let that seep into his movies.

That being said, the allegations confused me when they first came out, and they honestly still do. If he was such a “problematic” figure, why are people like Glen Keane so eager to work with him at his new studio? Who even are the people that accused him in the first place?

 

[Corn Flakes]

That being said, the allegations confused me when they first came out, and they honestly still do. If he was such a “problematic” figure, why are people like Glen Keane so eager to work with him at his new studio? Who even are the people that accused him in the first place?

The lack of a public accusation and the relative vagueness of things makes me feel he was #MeToo'd just to get him out of the way and get someone else in his position.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

John Lasseter is actually a product of his time and the main reason why he was #MeToo’d was because he was a part of wanting to be a mentor to the new age Disney animators that wanted to express themselves in the most progressive mindset.

Lasseter’s first mistake was thinking that new found talent in Disney in the last decade was filled with people who hold the original Walt Disney and Pixar of the old in a high manner. Personally, I’m glad John is back to doing what he was talented at doing, but at the same time realizing that he should have realized that these new “recruits” of wanting to work in an L.A.based Disney area was not the best idea in a creative sense.

 

[GGnoob1890]

Personally, I’m glad John is back to doing what he was talented at doing, but at the same time realizing that he should have realized that these new “recruits” of wanting to work in an L.A.based Disney area was not the best idea in a creative sense.

The writing was on the wall that the times have changed, irregardless of whether or not John Lasseter was #Metoo'd out or not.
Jokes on them though because the money will flow wherever the good movies are, so really it was a foolish and costly financial loss.

 

[hoe69]

Why the fuck do they all draw like that? The PPG 2016 reboot had it, so did: Clarence, Steven Universe (but that was a bit before that style would be seen everywhere) Big City Greens, Craig Of The Creek, We Bear Bears (idk how you spell it i dont care), and lots of others I don't care to mention. I wanna see an artstyle that isn't the same overly-rounded minimalistic artwork

 

[TVB]

Why the fuck do they all draw like that? The PPG 2016 reboot had it, so did: Clarence, Steven Universe (but that was a bit before that style would be seen everywhere) Big City Greens, Craig Of The Creek, We Bear Bears (idk how you spell it i dont care), and lots of others I don't care to mention. I wanna see an artstyle that isn't the same overly-rounded minimalistic artwork

I see modern shows like Villainous that don't carry that same jaded artstyle, but that's once in a rare blue moon. A lot of modern cartoons are just the exact same show.

 

[hoe69]

I see modern shows like Villainous that don't carry that same jaded artstyle, but that's once in a rare blue moon. A lot of modern cartoons are just the exact same show, even most adult animated shows are like this.

Most shows on Adult Swim currently have artstyles that seem to dodge what people call the "Cal Arts" style

 

[Life is Hell...]

Why the fuck do they all draw like that? The PPG 2016 reboot had it, so did: Clarence, Steven Universe (but that was a bit before that style would be seen everywhere) Big City Greens, Craig Of The Creek, We Bear Bears (idk how you spell it i dont care), and lots of others I don't care to mention. I wanna see an artstyle that isn't the same overly-rounded minimalistic artwork

Probably because they only care about getting paid by the studio otherwise they'll strike, so they don't even care about putting any effort in making the art unique.

At least it's good to know that Upcoming CN shows like Unicorn: Warriors Eternal won't have that stupid style.

 

[Es La Cosa]

Here's what the lovely Kiana Mai has to say about the beanhead/calarts artstyle. If you didn't know she's (one of) the storyboard artist(s) for the show 'Big City Greens'.
https://kianamaiart.tumblr.com/post...e-you-know-about-the-entire-beanhead-artstyle

And I'm very late to this, but about the Craig Of The Creek stuff, just watch them put a kid with twenty neopronouns into the show. Can't wait to see that. Surely they're going to do it at some point, gotta include every minority possible, am I right??

 

[Ambient Occlusion]

It makes me upset to see Craig of The Creek turn into a virtue signaling dumpster fire. I always thought it looked like a nice little slice of life cartoon when it first aired. The premise of a group of kids using their imaginations to turn their neighborhood into a fantasy land was fun and reminded me of KND. They even did a crossover with Deltron 3030 a few years ago which was pretty crazy. Maybe it's just me, but all the forced progressive bullshit like "black ASL" feels so sudden It's almost like they're trying to please the suits and not get cancelled. That's my theory at least.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

Here's what the lovely Kiana Mai has to say about the beanhead/calarts artstyle. If you didn't know she's (one of) the storyboard artist(s) for the show 'Big City Greens'.
https://kianamaiart.tumblr.com/post...e-you-know-about-the-entire-beanhead-artstyle

And I'm very late to this, but about the Craig Of The Creek stuff, just watch them put a kid with twenty neopronouns into the show. Can't wait to see that. Surely they're going to do it at some point, gotta include every minority possible, am I right??

"And the reason for these styles being pushed is because they ARE appealing. Appealing to kids."

I somehow have to question how it is kids find any of these current ugly simplistic designs appealing.


"Most of us don’t even draw in the style of the shows we work on (ex. i work on big city greens, but draw mostly anime-esque stuff on my own time)."

"Anime-esque"
Bitch just admit you're lazy artists and it's easier to tween animation when it's all in simplistic round shapes.

 

[Corn Flakes]

"And the reason for these styles being pushed is because they ARE appealing. Appealing to kids."

I somehow have to question how it is kids find any of these current ugly simplistic designs appealing.
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"Most of us don’t even draw in the style of the shows we work on (ex. i work on big city greens, but draw mostly anime-esque stuff on my own time)."
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"Anime-esque"
Bitch just admit you're lazy artists and it's easier to tween animation when it's all in simplistic round shapes.

The part that really made me laugh was that "oh, it's easier to animate!", as if people hadn't been animating incredibly complex things for decades before this hack got her first job. Ever heard of the Itano Circus?

This shit was being hand animated in the fucking 80s. Did it need larger teams of animators? Absolutely. But at least every frame in an action sequence was its own drawing and not just "now I'll just click this and hope the animation path gives me the movement I want".

 

[GGnoob1890]

Here's what the lovely Kiana Mai has to say about the beanhead/calarts artstyle. If you didn't know she's (one of) the storyboard artist(s) for the show 'Big City Greens'.
https://kianamaiart.tumblr.com/post...e-you-know-about-the-entire-beanhead-artstyle

Personally the idea that the beanface style is, and I quote from Kiana's post, 'appealing to kids' is bullshit. It's honestly harder to tell just wtf I'm looking at when I see that style, but hey I'm 'not' a kid so apparently my opinion doesn't matter.
Simple doesn't equal appealing. Hell, if that were true wouldn't we see a lot more kids liking this kind of character?

See, what it really is that the beanface 'blob' art style makes it easier to make and sell toys to kids. You can just create a basic mold and then paint whatever character you want over it. Simple, cost effective, and it pleases the calarts banshees. (Basically Funko Pops in a nutshell.)

(Found this lovely example on Google)

"And the reason for these styles being pushed is because they ARE appealing. Appealing to kids."

I somehow have to question how it is kids find any of these current ugly simplistic designs appealing.

"Most of us don’t even draw in the style of the shows we work on (ex. i work on big city greens, but draw mostly anime-esque stuff on my own time)."

Bitch just admit you're lazy artists and it's easier to tween animation when it's all in simplistic round shapes.

The simpler the art, the cheaper/easier/faster better it looks when it gets sent overseas to get animated from scribbled storyboard art.

God, I wish we could go back to geometry/wacky art styles.

 

[RembrandtCourage]

Why the fuck do they all draw like that? The PPG 2016 reboot had it, so did: Clarence, Steven Universe (but that was a bit before that style would be seen everywhere) Big City Greens, Craig Of The Creek, We Bear Bears (idk how you spell it i dont care), and lots of others I don't care to mention. I wanna see an artstyle that isn't the same overly-rounded minimalistic artwork

The reason calarts is so popular is because it's cheap and it's quick to do. This minimizes production time and maximizes profits for the bigwigs upstairs. This is a good chunk of why calarts and minimalistic art is here to stay, essentially forever.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

Personally the idea that the beanface style is, and I quote from Kiana's post, 'appealing to kids' is bullshit. It's honestly harder to tell just wtf I'm looking at when I see that style, but hey I'm 'not' a kid so apparently my opinion doesn't matter.
Simple doesn't equal appealing. Hell, if that were true wouldn't we see a lot more kids liking this kind of character?
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Don't undermine the nuance of Face by comparing him to today's blobs.

 

[SuperShibuyaFighter]

The comments of the video are exactly the demographic you described. But yeah, I remember being really uncomfortable with that scene now that I've seen it again. I was around 10 when this movie came out and it just made me feel weird. Not like aroused weird, but just really gross and weird, like when you see something you weren't supposed to and wish you could unsee it. Rugrats is total gross out humor which is why I liked it so much as a kid, but that scene went above and beyond gross out humor and seeing it again as an adult... It's so blatant what they did I feel gross. Also I just wanna show everyone the foot card I keep talking about.

there's a rumour that Tommy Pickles is named after Tommy from the DPF.
"What's the DPF?" you may ask. It's the original adult baby/diaper fetish group from the 80's. It was riddled with paedophiles and Tommy (the leader) was one himself.

As much as Rugrats is a part of my childhood, there were definitely lots of sus stuff with that show and it's sequel show All Grown Up.

Here are some more examples.

"bored" animator drew a storyboard about Stu wanting to rape Angelica

/co/ research thread, including All Grown Up featuring crossdressing fetish and incest implications

 

[I am vomit]

As much as Rugrats is a part of my childhood, there were definitely lots of sus stuff with that show and it's sequel show All Grown Up.

Here are some more examples.

"bored" animator drew a storyboard about Stu wanting to rape Angelica

/co/ research thread, including All Grown Up featuring crossdressing fetish and incest implications

I think the sad thing is I posted the angelica rape desire comic already a while back. The all grown up thing? that's new I didn't know about that. What the actual FUCK.

Edit: I'm going to have to watch all grown up because these episode plots sound wild.