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Brought To You By
Oct 31, 2012

Mr Phillby posted:

It is maddening how often you see animation smears being posted as examples of bad animation or mistakes. I also remember how many people hated the Pain vs. Naruto fight for going off model despite it being legit the best piece of animation in entire run of that stiff rear end show.

Pardon the weeb moment but Pain vs Naruto was one of the laziest fights the entire anime had and shippuden already have some incredibly sloppy quality. Lots of Still frames, monologues and flashback sequences, and when the fighting does happen it's at most a couple of minutes and it doesn't look that good. Sasuke vs Killer-B is a better animated fight as well as The other Akatsuki fights like Sasori vs Chiyi/Sakura.

Although Tte best animated fights in my opinion happen all the way up to the valley of the end fight. After that it becomes Russian roulette.

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Mr Phillby
Apr 8, 2009

~TRAVIS~

Brought To You By posted:

Pardon the weeb moment but Pain vs Naruto was one of the laziest fights the entire anime had and shippuden already have some incredibly sloppy quality. Lots of Still frames, monologues and flashback sequences, and when the fighting does happen it's at most a couple of minutes and it doesn't look that good. Sasuke vs Killer-B is a better animated fight as well as The other Akatsuki fights like Sasori vs Chiyi/Sakura.

Although Tte best animated fights in my opinion happen all the way up to the valley of the end fight. After that it becomes Russian roulette.
Tbh I stopped watching soon after. Still my point is that it was that that one episode featured animation worlds more loose and expressive than anything up until that point and it fukken ruled. And the fans hated it.

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Oct 31, 2012

Mr Phillby posted:

Tbh I stopped watching soon after. Still my point is that it was that that one episode featured animation worlds more loose and expressive than anything up until that point and it fukken ruled. And the fans hated it.

The reason people didn't like it is the same reason people that complain about SU. It looks bad. Having characters warp physically constantly, and excluding cherry-picked smear frames, is something of a turn off for some people. The famous sequence when pain goes for a punch Naruto and turns into play-doh is exactly what doesn't work with going off model. It's expressive yeah but "loose" is a hard sell when visual clarity and consistency are the currency.

Now there are series that play loose with their animation but that is there from episode 1. I remember a series from years ago that had some monster hunter that fell in love with his target and the quality was all over the place, but again, it's an intended aesthetic. It worked in some cases but the show still had a cheap look to it overall.

BravestOfTheLamps
Oct 12, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Lipstick Apathy
My webcomic deals with the sensitive parts of life, and all the little joys of our journey in this world.

the old ceremony
Aug 1, 2017

by FactsAreUseless
friends, i am simply myself

girl dick energy
Sep 30, 2009

You think you have the wherewithal to figure out my puzzle vagina?
The real question here is

Am I allowed to post bird porn and fart pictures

the old ceremony
Aug 1, 2017

by FactsAreUseless


soon the magic will happen and these seeds will blossom into tiny perfect quails

neogeo0823
Jul 4, 2007

NO THAT'S NOT ME!!

Off topic(and how magical it is), I bought and fried quail eggs today for the first time. They were exquisite.

the old ceremony
Aug 1, 2017

by FactsAreUseless
they're so sweet and nutty, much like the birds themselves

MikeJF
Dec 20, 2003




Brought To You By posted:

The reason people didn't like it is the same reason people that complain about SU. It looks bad. Having characters warp physically constantly, and excluding cherry-picked smear frames, is something of a turn off for some people. The famous sequence when pain goes for a punch Naruto and turns into play-doh is exactly what doesn't work with going off model. It's expressive yeah but "loose" is a hard sell when visual clarity and consistency are the currency.

That's not really what's complained about SU, though. SU is inconsistent between episodes, but individual episodes will be be largely internally consistent with their own models.

WrathOfBlade
May 30, 2011

Brought To You By posted:

The reason people didn't like it is the same reason people that complain about SU. It looks bad. Having characters warp physically constantly, and excluding cherry-picked smear frames, is something of a turn off for some people. The famous sequence when pain goes for a punch Naruto and turns into play-doh is exactly what doesn't work with going off model. It's expressive yeah but "loose" is a hard sell when visual clarity and consistency are the currency.
Prioritizing expressivity over consistency is almost the dictionary definition of a cartoon

Brought To You By
Oct 31, 2012

MikeJF posted:

That's not really what's complained about SU, though. SU is inconsistent between episodes, but individual episodes will be be largely internally consistent with their own models.

I'm pretty sure I do remember some of the instances of varying features during episodes that isn't just Amethyst doing her usual shape shifting but I could be wrong. Don't know where on the previous pages I read that it happens in SU during episodes; but whatever I thought combined with the Pain vs Naruto fight being referenced (which is multi-episode but the off-model moments happen within the same sequences as well) led me to believe that it's not just just differences in sizes between episodes and smear frames.


WrathOfBlade posted:

Prioritizing expressivity over consistency is almost the dictionary definition of a cartoon
I'm not saying it's wrong to do this, but I'm not saying that people are going to like it either. And it's a case by case situation that's heavily dependent on peoples tastes. I don't mind it when OK KO goes "off model" because it's as endearing as KO himself and it fits the episodic nature of the show. It was jarring during an initial viewing of the first couple episodes but I settled into it just fine. But in a series that aims for a more coherent narrative, or a series where action is a huge focus I 100% get why people would be put off if they do want some consistency.

Crocoswine
Aug 20, 2010

I'm sorry for what I have wrought

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

this is loving idiotic

Pavlov
Oct 21, 2012

I've long been fascinated with how the alt-right develops elaborate and obscure dog whistles to try to communicate their meaning without having to say it out loud
Stepan Andreyevich Bandera being the most prominent example of that

Crocoswine posted:

I'm sorry for what I have wrought

No, it's my fault. I should have known better than to utter the spell that is "steven universe".

MikeJF
Dec 20, 2003




Pavlov posted:

No, it's my fault. I should have known better than to utter the spell that is "steven universe".

Well on one hand we have people talking about design and animation and artistic fads and things that are fairly relevant to webcomics, and on the other hand people who... just kinda started weirdly screeching the moment it was mentioned?

I mean, come on, this is the Webcomics thread.

MikeJF fucked around with this message at 07:14 on Oct 1, 2017

TwoPair
Mar 28, 2010

Pandamn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta
Grimey Drawer

MikeJF posted:

Well on one hand we have people talking about design and animation and artistic fads and things that are fairly relevant to webcomics, and on the other hand people who... just kinda started weirdly screeching the moment it was mentioned?

I mean, come on, this is the Webcomics thread.

It's because no one mentioned demons and/or Poppy recently, it's necessary for the thread to survive.

girl dick energy
Sep 30, 2009

You think you have the wherewithal to figure out my puzzle vagina?
Quick, someone complain about Questionable Content being unreasonably successful for its mediocrity!

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

Pavlov posted:

No, it's my fault. I should have known better than to utter the spell that is "steven universe".

Power Word: Discourse

Rand Brittain
Mar 25, 2013

"Go on until you're stopped."

PMush Perfect posted:

Quick, someone complain about Questionable Content being unreasonably successful for its mediocrity!

People really need to accept that a healthy industry where people can make a living is going to involve a lot of things you think are mediocre being successful.

Mr Phillby
Apr 8, 2009

~TRAVIS~

Brought To You By posted:

The reason people didn't like it is the same reason people that complain about SU. It looks bad. Having characters warp physically constantly, and excluding cherry-picked smear frames, is something of a turn off for some people. The famous sequence when pain goes for a punch Naruto and turns into play-doh is exactly what doesn't work with going off model. It's expressive yeah but "loose" is a hard sell when visual clarity and consistency are the currency.

Now there are series that play loose with their animation but that is there from episode 1. I remember a series from years ago that had some monster hunter that fell in love with his target and the quality was all over the place, but again, it's an intended aesthetic. It worked in some cases but the show still had a cheap look to it overall.
I think you have a fundamental misunderstanding of what constitutes 'cheap' and 'lazy' when it comes to animation.

Cat Mattress
Jul 14, 2012

by Cyrano4747

Rand Brittain posted:

People really need to accept that a healthy industry where people can make a living is going to involve a lot of things you think are mediocre being successful.

What's funny about a cat that likes lasagna but hates mondays?

girl dick energy
Sep 30, 2009

You think you have the wherewithal to figure out my puzzle vagina?

Cat Mattress posted:

What's funny about a cat that likes lasagna but hates mondays?
I think the kids these days call it "#relatable".

Typical Pubbie
May 10, 2011

Rand Brittain posted:

People really need to accept that a healthy industry where people can make a living is going to involve a lot of things you think are mediocre being successful.

A healthy industry is where lovely artists make 6 figures while good artists make sub minimum wage, got it

girl dick energy
Sep 30, 2009

You think you have the wherewithal to figure out my puzzle vagina?

PMush Perfect posted:

Quick, someone complain about Questionable Content being unreasonably successful for its mediocrity!

Typical Pubbie posted:

A healthy industry is where lovely artists make 6 figures while good artists make sub minimum wage, got it
Six posts! Folks, we may have a record here!

Typical Pubbie
May 10, 2011
I'm here to help.

Tenebrais
Sep 2, 2011

I mean it's not like it's different from literally any other art form. Is there any medium where the most popular things are also well-respected?

Burkion
May 10, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
If quality reflected success, Justified would have been the TV Show of the decade instead of Breaking Bad

Mercury Hat
May 28, 2006

SharkTales!
Woo-oo!



If there's something you like that you want other people to read and pay money for, post about it, make a tweet, whatever, that'll help new stuff more than complaining about someone else's paycheck :shrug:

BravestOfTheLamps
Oct 12, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Lipstick Apathy

Tenebrais posted:

I mean it's not like it's different from literally any other art form. Is there any medium where the most popular things are also well-respected?

Excrement sculpture.

Tenebrais
Sep 2, 2011

BravestOfTheLamps posted:

Excrement sculpture.

Nah, everything in that field's pretty lovely

BravestOfTheLamps
Oct 12, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Lipstick Apathy
Death-camp architecture.

fritz
Jul 26, 2003

Mercury Hat posted:

If there's something you like that you want other people to read and pay money for, post about it, make a tweet, whatever, that'll help new stuff more than complaining about someone else's paycheck :shrug:

Call of the Sentinel Chapter 3 just finished: http://www.callofthesentinel.com/comic/ch3-hiatus/

A Wizard of Goatse
Dec 14, 2014

Typical Pubbie posted:

A healthy industry is where lovely artists make 6 figures while good artists make sub minimum wage, got it

If we're going to call any creative field healthy absolutely

mycot
Oct 23, 2014

"It's okay. There are other Terminators! Just give us this one!"
Hell Gem

Mercury Hat posted:

If there's something you like that you want other people to read and pay money for, post about it, make a tweet, whatever, that'll help new stuff more than complaining about someone else's paycheck :shrug:

How dare you suggest people have agency to fix their problems.

girl dick energy
Sep 30, 2009

You think you have the wherewithal to figure out my puzzle vagina?

A Wizard of Goatse posted:

If we're going to call any creative field healthy absolutely
Hey, at least it's not as bad as being a mangaka!

the old ceremony
Aug 1, 2017

by FactsAreUseless
my webcomic: a harrowing tale of tits, rear end, and the unspeakable place where they intersect

girl dick energy
Sep 30, 2009

You think you have the wherewithal to figure out my puzzle vagina?

the old ceremony posted:

my webcomic: a harrowing tale of tits, rear end, and the unspeakable place where they intersect
Ah, a Rob Liefeld comic.

Crocoswine
Aug 20, 2010

a full body taint

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girl dick energy
Sep 30, 2009

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Crocoswine posted:

a full body taint
Mods, please change my username to 'a full body taint', thank you, that is all.

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