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I think it’s 3D calarts style is off putting. The original Pixar character designs are so much better and this feels like a step backwards.
by archerx 1y ago
I think it’s 3D calarts style is off putting. The original Pixar character designs are so much better and this feels like a step backwards.
- swivelmaster 1y agoThis… is an interesting point I hadn’t considered. Does this apply to Turning Red as well?
- nlawalker 1y agoNot sure about Turning Red, but it was a common criticism of Win or Lose, their Disney+ series from a few months ago.
- archerx 1y agoYes, I feel like it's some new kind of uncanny valley. It's weird because in 2D it's not so bad and in Claymation it works well (Wallace and Gromit) but there's something about the hyperreal Calarts style that just is not pleasant to look at. The Incredibles was peak Pixar character art style.
- bitwize 1y agoThe original Pixar characters were also CalArts style; in fact they were more CalArts than the modern "beansmile" characters. The "A113" easter egg in many Pixar movies refers to a classroom at CalArts. "CalArts style" was a slur coined by John Kricfalusi for animation from the likes of Disney and Don Bluth from the 1970s-1980s or so, with its emphasis on details and stylized realism, which he loathed. (John Kricfalusi loathes any animation not in the style of Bob Clampett, and I think he also loathes women older than 18 years old...) Later, chuds picked up on this term and used it to refer to "any animation I don't like" which is where we are today. Let's stop using CalArts as a slur. The institute produced and continues to produce very fine animators.