Pinned thread Art Style analysis in Spongebob and various other shows

[CarlosTankEngineBoi]

You already said that.

SpongeBob should have kept the Season 6 or Season 9A design

 

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SpongeBob should have kept the Season 6 or Season 9A design

I didn’t like how rough the lines were in season 6.

 

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Season 9A is starting to look a little outdated. The line quality is very rough (contradictory to what I said before, I know).

Since widescreen HD became the standard, you can only determine the age of a show based of the line quality. Before it was based on the colors and overall image quality.

 

[Graperpetual Pretzel]

Since widescreen HD became the standard, you can only determine the age of a show based of the line quality. Before it was based on the colors and overall image quality.

Technology has aged so much that nothing can look outdated any more. A 2008 show can look very different to a 2015 show, while a 2022 show looks indistinguishable to 2015 stuff. I wonder what's the next big step in television in terms of aspect ratio and image quality, if there is going to be any at all.

Season 8 could have been produced in open matte fullscreen, and cropped down to widescreen in subsequent HD airings.

 

[CarlosTankEngineBoi]

Technology has aged so much that nothing can look outdated any more. A 2008 show can look very different to a 2015 show, while a 2022 show looks indistinguishable to 2015 stuff. I wonder what's the next big step in television in terms of aspect ratio and image quality, if there is going to be any at all.

Season 8 could have been produced in open matte fullscreen, and cropped down to widescreen in subsequent HD airings.

I feel like Season 8 could have been produced in real Widescreen

 

[CarlosTankEngineBoi]

I didn’t like how rough the lines were in season 6.

How about Season 9A

 

[CarlosTankEngineBoi]

You know, I think SpongeBob SquarePants should stop being traditionally animated, and should switch to being animated with either Adobe Animate (Flash), Toon Boom Harmony, or maybe both.

 

[CarlosTankEngineBoi]

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Season 9A is starting to look a little outdated. The line quality is very rough (contradictory to what I said before, I know).

But SpongeBob had a better design in Season 9A than in Season 9B

 

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You know, I think SpongeBob SquarePants should stop being hand drawn animated, and should switch to being animated with either Adobe Animate (Flash), Toon Boom Harmony, or maybe both.

How come? I like it better being frame by frame. It makes it look more crisp.

 

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Season 9A is starting to look a little outdated. The line quality is very rough (contradictory to what I said before, I know).

I'm starting to see what you mean. The color pallet also looks more limited. The differences now just look more subtle.

 

[CarlosTankEngineBoi]

I'm starting to see what you mean. The color pallet also looks more limited. The differences now just look more subtle.

In fact, that’s what I have for my profile picture. This is the full version:

 

[CarlosTankEngineBoi]

How come? I like it better being frame by frame. It makes it look more crisp.

Adobe Animate (Flash) and Toon Boom Harmony are easier to work with, and the animators will be allowed to animate without paper and pencil.

 

[Mr. What Zit Tooya]

Actually it would look like this:

And it's curious how the KCA 2021 short used the traditional animation of the show instead of Flash like the one from 2019.

 

[CarlosTankEngineBoi]

And it's curious how the KCA 2021 short used the traditional animation of the show instead of Flash like the one from 2019.

SpongeBob sounded a bit different too

 

[CarlosTankEngineBoi]

How come? I like it better being frame by frame. It makes it look more crisp.

Adobe Animate (Flash) and Toon Boom Harmony are much easier to work with, and it just makes animating SpongeBob easier

 

[Mr. What Zit Tooya]

Adobe Animate (Flash) and Toon Boom Harmony are much easier to work with, and it just makes animating SpongeBob easier

Yes but it looks very simple and less detailed like frame by frame animation.

 

[CarlosTankEngineBoi]

Yes but it looks very simple and less detailed like frame by frame animation.

You can call frame by frame digital ink and paint

 

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SpongeBob sounded a bit different too

They probably had more time to animate it due to the pandemic causing the KCA to be virtual.

 

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Spongebob's body is funnel shaped here like it is in markerbob.

 

[CarlosTankEngineBoi]

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Spongebob's body is funnel shaped here like it is in markerbob.

I like the early Season 4 design seen here