Pinned thread Art Style analysis in Spongebob and various other shows

[SpongeyMind]

I don't understand why SpongeBob's head color is so inconsistent with the series, Maybe the model sheets never specified what color it was

 

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I don't understand why SpongeBob's head color is so inconsistent with the series, Maybe the model sheets never specified what color it was

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It makes more sense for it to be green. Makes it feel more even

 

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Season 2-3 look like they’re in some weird purgatory that’s halfway between traditional cel animation and digital ink and paint.

 

[SuperSponge1234]

Well while rewatching spongebob I found something Spongebob Shaked so hard He became perfect square So squarebob?

 

[Ho-Oh]

Something like that can happen.
Some title cards can get errors and mistakes, such as in the title card for Sir Urchin and Snail Fail, there is a shadow part of the title card's blank if you zoom in closely to see it. Another example is: Gary's Got Legs' title card text has a tiny dot between the "G" and "O"

 

[SuperSponge1234]

Something like that can happen.
Some title cards can get errors and mistakes, such as in the title card for Sir Urchin and Snail Fail, there is a shadow part of the title card's blank if you zoom in closely to see it. Another example is: Gary's Got Legs' title card text has a tiny dot between the "G" and "O"

Well its in a episode Idk But for a couple of frames He became a perfect square

 

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I think the backgrounds and title cards are still hand painted, just scanned digitally which is why they’re not dark like they are in season 1.

 

[SuperSponge1234]

 

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He’s only a perfect square because that’s markerbob. If that episode had normal animation, SpongeBob would’ve had uneven edges

 

[SuperSponge1234]

He’s only a perfect square because that’s markerbob. If that episode had normal animation, SpongeBob would’ve had uneven edges

Well its because He posed As a perfect Square cereal box

 

[SpongeMountain]

Season 2-3 look like they’re in some weird purgatory that’s halfway between traditional cel animation and digital ink and paint.

I have that feeling with the episode Forced Kin, the last cel episode of The Powerpuff Girls, which seems to me a mix between cel and digital color.

 

[SpongeyMind]

I have that feeling with the episode Forced Kin, the last cel episode of The Powerpuff Girls, which seems to me a mix between cel and digital color.

They probably just used high quality scanners and equipment, making it look digital, like the later cel seasons of Ed Ed n' Eddy

 

[SpongeyMind]

Season 2-3 look like they’re in some weird purgatory that’s halfway between traditional cel animation and digital ink and paint.

Only Season 2 had that issue in my opinion, it had some weird moments that looked like they were supposed to be in Cel animation

 

[SpongeyMind]

It makes more sense for it to be green. Makes it feel more even

I mean it is the top of his head so maybe the animators made it yellow from the assumption that it was lighting rather then his skin color

 

[SpongeyMind]

Well while rewatching spongebob I found something Spongebob Shaked so hard He became perfect square So squarebob?

That's just a visual gag rather then an animation style

 

[SpongeyMind]

Does anyone else think Fear of a Krabby Patty looks older then Pranks A Lot?
Seeing how off-model the 2004 episode is compared to a 2002 episode makes it look a lot more comparable to season 2

 

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Does anyone else think Fear of a Krabby Patty looks older then Pranks A Lot?
Seeing how off-model the 2004 episode is compared to a 2002 episode makes it look a lot more comparable to season 2

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Pranks a Lot looks older because it has a lower FPS and lower resolution

 

[SpongeyMind]

Pranks a Lot looks older because it has a lower FPS and lower resolution

Maybe the Greenblattbobness is making it look older to me

 

[SpongeyMind]

I'm still shocked that they've been using toonz premium until season 8, i guess a massive update happened between 2002-2004, or they simply hired new animators

 

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I'm still shocked that they've been using toonz premium until season 8, i guess a massive update happened between 2002-2004, or they simply hired new animators

I know right. Season 2-3 look entirely different from season 4. There also has to be some logical explanation as to why there’s no markerbob beyond 2002