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The silhouette test: the true secret to good character design or animation meme used to promote Disney products?
Character silhouette's are fucking useless for animation dipshit.
>>84021186
I don't know, I can tell all of these characters Disney or not. And I'm kind of thinking popularity of the character kind of has something to do with that.
I think a better example would be the silhouettes of similar types of characters and then see if they're still as distinctive.
>>84021186
Who is second row last column?
>>84021534
Super Mouse. Cheap parody of Superman.
>>84021722
Mighty Mouse
>>84021186
It's often misunderstood. A good character design will have a distinct silhouette, but that alone doesn't make a character design good.
>>84021534
>>84021722
Meant to say Mighty Mouse.
>>84021186
Was Bobby's World even that popular? I question his standing with the rest of those characters.
>>84021758
well, I think this is mostly about design qualities but if Arnold can be there then yea, Bobby gets a seat at the table.
>>84021758
Bobby's World ran for 8 seasons and a continuation is apparently in some form of production.
>>84021186
Is bottom row, third from the left supposed to be Casper?
>>84021880
Mickey, Daffy, Fred, Ren & Stimpy, Bart, Spongebob, Felix, Road Runner
Marge, Yogi, Stewie, Popeye, Mr. Krabs, Chuck, Bugs, WWWWWWWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, Mighty Mouse
Bullwinkle, Odie, Goofy, Squidward, Dexter, Snoopy, Mojo Jojo, Olive Oil, Pink Panther
Betty, Arnold, Casper, Sherman and Mr. Peabody, Taz, Bobby, Pinky and The Brain, Marvin.
I think I got these right.
>>84021186
never held hello kitty back.
>>84021186
better question
WHERE's DONALD?
>>84021186
I thought Olive Oyl was Coach Z at first.
>>84021271
>Character silhouette's are fucking useless for animation dipshit.
>>84023802
Jimmy Exam
>>84023006
right next to mickey...
>>84023802
Joey Quiz
>>84023802
Jeremy Questionnaire
>>84024384
That's Daffy, anon.
>>84023802
Jackie Survey
>>84023802
Jason Evaluation
>>84023802
James Inquiry
>>84023802
Niall Trial
>>84023802
Joni Testicles.
>>84021186
>He wasn't alive during the goat shadow thread
>>84021271
>lying
prove it
>>84021186
THEY ARE ALL DIPPER!
>>84028310
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>>84026848
That's Stevie Wonder
>>84022045
Nice work anon, you beat me by one. I've never heard of this bobby character before.
Maybe Mighty Mouse's problem is that he's not recognizable, he looks like every other fucking cartoon mouse.
>>84021744
Like so many animation principles, it's very misunderstood and you're absolutely correct.
It's like "high framerate"... lots of drawings don't make animation good in and of themselves, they have to be employed properly. Timing and spacing is essential to animation and it's probably more important than going over 8 or 12 drawings per second (on twos).
Similarly a good silhouette makes the character read better when it's small on screen or when it's doing an action, and a good silhouette also makes the character distinct, but it's not the most important aspect of character design. "Look and feel" are much more important, and animate-ability. Look and feel are really hard to quantify, but when you can tell something about a character by how it looks and its art style, that's the look-and-feel
>>84021186
For whatever it's worth, I've usually seen the silhouette thing mentioned in reference to character design by saying that characters /within the same cartoon/ should be distinguishable by that method, not that a character design is bad unless it's immediately iconic and recognizable by silhouette.
I'm sure people can find characters in animated films or whatever who are designed and animated well but whose silhouettes wouldn't be as recognizable as Bugs Bunny or something. Obviously a shitton of characters' silhouettes are more recognizable than others just because they're shown in standard poses or are popular characters.
Recognizing silhouettes has nothing to do with character design, you're SUPPOSED to be able to recognize them, that's how your brain works.
I want this meme to stop.
>>84030651
There's only two in there that any denizen of /co/ wouldn't recognize. That merchild in the centre is from bubble guppies or something, and bottom row 4th from the right with the antenna(?).
>>84023802
Joe Project
>>84024349
>>84024441
>>84024459
>>84024493
>>84024527
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>>84025935
I'm sorry but the answer we were looking for is *whipcrack*
>>84021186
when you see it
>>84030765
Bravest warriors
>>84021186
Is that Bobby third from the right on the bottom?
>>84030811
Wow, didn't see that one coming.
>>84021186
Now do a silhouette test of every Disney princess and tell me again how much it matters to Disney. The Silhouette test doesn't mean all that much.
>>84023802
Jonny Quest
>>84030880
The blonde guy with the gauntlets and the blue outfit? I meant the big headed girl with the curly hair/antenna. Actually I think she's from that show about dolls with woollen hair and buttons for eyes. I think it's made to sell toys.
>>84030712
Faggot
It has everything to do with how the brain works and with the major concern of cartoon makers: marketing.
You're a tv channel director. How will you make sure little Jimmy, who is zapping trough channels with his remote, will not zap over your cartoon? Touch his instincts before he even start thinking.
Take a guess: what is the closest thing to 2D animation in nature, around us, since forever?Shadows
>>84032197
Way to be an adult, you still haven't proven me wrong. You literally can't tell any Disney princess apart if you have just the silhouette. They just look like a women in a dress, great marketing.
![spongebob_tute_01_silhouette_by_shermcohen[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/jg38sMK.jpg "spongebob_tute_01_silhouette_by_shermcohen[1].jpg")
You guys are using it wrong
>>84032381
You don't get it. Shadow is only a fishing hook.
The thing that will make sure you start caring about this character over a thousand others.
>>84032478
This guy gets it. The actually "uniqueness" of the character silhouette isn't what matters, its the what the silhouette is trying to tell you and how well it does, is that matters.
>>84032497
See >>84032527
Tell me who is who, then remember these movies made millions of dollars. I guess their unique shadows is what hooked everyone.
>>84021186
A good silhouette is just one of many things in a character design. It doesn't make a character design good on its own and its usually more of a result of a good character design than a cause. From what I can tell some people just learned it as an interesting bit of trivia and then started spouting it around while parroting each other until it got misconstrued into being some sort of ultimate secret test to decide whether a design succeeds of fails.
>>84023802
>>84023802
Juan Interrogation
>>84030879
is this a 9/11 joke?
>>84030651
Let's do this.
Wonder over yonder, Whimsicott, Uncle Grandpa, Snotty Snake Charmer, Billy Budd, Either Phineas or Ferb, Some fucker waving at me, Louise Burgers
Shredded Moose, Reptar, the vampire from adventure time, Steven Fuckverse, The Littlest Mermaid, Evil Pigpen, that raccoon from Regular Show, Snow King, Clarence
Pizza Steve, Gumball, The Violator, Jake and Adventure Kid, Francine Smith, Ch'p, The duck from phineas and Ferb, Lesbian crystal from Steven Fuckverse
The Groak, another crystal lesbian whose name escapes me, another fucking lesbian, Flamedramon, another fucking lesbian, Bubbles, blue jay from Regular Show, Disco Devil, TV Ted
>>84021186
For a moment I thought Felix the Cat was Astroboy.
>>84023802
Didntseethatcoming McWhipcrack
>>84021332
This. We should compare silhouettes of the Disney Princesses and see if they're easy to differentiate
>>84021186
I knew the all but bottom row 3rd to the left.
>>84030651
Wait, a silhouette of a platypus?
>>84021186
>>84035843
Bane?
