Pinned thread Art Style analysis in Spongebob and various other shows

[Graperpetual Pretzel]

I actually like Season 9-present but I do agree that sometimes the animation is too over-the-top. But I actually ruled down modern SpongeBob's designs down to three.

Modern SB art style 1 - Probably the most on-model design. SpongeBob's eyes are a bit smaller but not really in the same way as Season 6-8. Seen in episodes like Stormy Weather and Pat Hearts Squid

Modern SB style 2 - This design kind of looks a little compressed. SpongeBob's eyebrows are thinner and his eyes are like ovals, kind of like Gumball season 2, and his cheeks are stretched. This is a VERY common style in modern SB

Modern SB style 3 - This is more of a wacky facial expression, and it kind of reminds me of C.H. Greenblatt's art. Seen in episodes like Karen's Baby.
The first two pictures were from Pat the Dog, and the third from Karen's Baby. It kind of feels like the animators are making SpongeBob's shade of yellow a little darker in the past few episodes, and I give them kudos for that. But one thing to note is that these three styles constantly shift, even in one episode. In fact, it feels like SpongeBob's design shifts multiple times every episode.

 

[SlipperytheTotodile]

I think the scene of squidward cooking himself in Under The Small Top is Markerward or Normalward

 

[Squidward1999]

Squidward still looks like his Season 1 design in Your Shoes Untied and (maybe) Squids Day Off...

 

[Graperpetual Pretzel]

On a side note, what style would you consider my profile picture to be?

 

[Graperpetual Pretzel]

Squidward still looks like his Season 1 design in Your Shoes Untied and (maybe) Squids Day Off...

In what way?

 

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Squidward still looks like his Season 1 design in Your Shoes Untied and (maybe) Squids Day Off...

Those episodes are basically what season 1 would look like if it wasn’t cel animated.

 

[Squidward1999]

I do wonder what Season 1 would have been like if the staff switched earlier (either during mid season or late season)

 

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I do wonder what Season 1 would have been like if the staff switched earlier (either during mid season or late season)

I don’t like the inconsistency, I like the fact that the entire season was cel animated.

 

[Squidward1999]

Yeah, me too...

 

[Squidward1999]

I should probably rephrase my question, what if all of Season 1 (with the exception of Help Wanted) was digitally animated?

(Also the reason Help Wanted is exclusively cel animated in my case is the same reason as to why some of the pilot episode of Family Guy is animated in cel)

 

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I should probably rephrase my question, what if all of Season 1 (with the exception of Help Wanted) was digitally animated?

(Also the reason Help Wanted is exclusively cel animated in my case is the same reason as to why some of the pilot episode of Family Guy is animated in cel)

The family guy pilot was digital

 

[Squidward1999]

Oh, well I've heard that the first couple minutes of the pilot is in cel (but I could be wrong)...

 

[Squidward1999]

Also if you had to give a name to the early Spongeboy Ahoy artwork, what would it be?

 

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Also if you had to give a name to the early Spongeboy Ahoy artwork, what would it be?

Ahoybob

 

[Squidward1999]

I wonder what the show would have been like if it was called Spongeboy Ahoy?

 

[SlipperytheTotodile]

What about the stop motion look of spongebob would that be called StopMotionBob or StopBob?

 

[Graperpetual Pretzel]

Springerbob (Aaron Springer style)

 

[SlipperytheTotodile]

One slight side of spongebob in this scene of patrick's tantrum looks kinda like markerbob

 

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One slight side of spongebob in this scene of patrick's tantrum looks kinda like markerbob
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Coloring wise

 

[Graperpetual Pretzel]

I made Markerbob