Does Spongebob have the best art direction of any cartoon?
Yes
>>150252992I don't know about the best but it's definitely up there. The original seasons of Samurai Jack, Batman TAS, and Invader Zim also immediately come to mind, although they're all obviously going for very different things.
>>150252992Right now yes, but back when it came many shows where as good.
>>150252992It has beautiful background art, and especially when it debuted in 1999 and during its prime in the 2000s, there was nothing like it
>>150254555Sad but truePlus it looks worse now than it did
>>150252992Bumping your thread just because I saw your complaint in "that" thread. And personally, I'd say no.
>>150254627I mean post-sequel SpongeBob's expressive Ren & Stimpy-like animation I don't feel is the most fitting artstyle for the show, but compared to any other cartoon that's on right now, it looks amazing. You can tell that the artists behind it are having an absolute blast working on it.Every other kids show these days is beanmouth shit with lame ass art directions and little variety.
>>150252992It's possible
>>150252992Spingebinge is probably one of the most “complete” cartoons of all time in a way that I feel like is really understated, things like the background art, the sound effects, especially the music, even things like the bubbles transition for cuts is incredibly uniquehttps://youtu.be/Aolvkt1EMYc?si=2_pnh9kOntDf4h8AThis song alone is legitimately more memorable than 99% of entire cartoons
>>150256504You are a zoomer.
>>150256623Stfu
>>150252992early spongebob was so comfy
>>150256644And modern Spongebob isn't?
>>150256623>>150256634turn the botchain off
>>150254730Animating a crazy face and movement makes sense when the character is reacting to something emotionally or physically. But every single movement being over the top is just uncanny and serves to replace jokes or actual slap stick. Sure it's a good animation on its own but there is no intention and no style to it. There are also no interesting angles and framing, everything is flat. New SpongeBob animators are doing a poor imitation of better works without understanding what they are copying from and skipping almost all the steps.
>>150256663not really
>>150256901A funny drawing is a type of joke.
>>150252992one last bump for the road
>>150258364For the road leading to Rock Bottom?
>>150259815"Bathrooms"? More like BACKrooms amirite?
>>150260901Shut up, ___rick.
>>150253040Samurai Jack's definitely in my top 5. Genndy teaming up with Scott Wills was the best decision he's made across his career
>>150257344What changed?
>>150262127FATrick
>>150252992One of them.
>>150252992No? It looks like any other ugly 90s cartoon clinging to the coattails of John K. You just have nostalgia goggles on
>>150256504you are correct. Spongebob had a specific vibe it was going for and really captured it
I like Rocky's Modern Life
>>150266182Fuck you autocorrectForgive me, I am old
>>150266079anime wonned
>>150253040how do you even use those buildings?
>>150266093everything is nautical in nature, particularly pre-20th century. the song he posted for example is done in the style of a traditional Royal Navy work song.
>>150266249There are a few episodes where we see the interiors. The elongated parts with windows are basically apartment blocks, the narrow parts are elevator shafts, and the big bulbous parts on top that look like eyes are private penthouses.
>>150266203No worries, anon. I like that show's art direction as well.
>>150266079kys faggot
>>150266079>>150266206Stfu mongrels
>>150266500>>150266508Nothing going on upstairs huh? Just "Show I liked when I was baby is da besss"
>>150254730They want to catch the lightning in a bottle again so bad
>>150266500>>150266508Botchain
>>150266619You are a retarded faggot simple as that
>>150266671No u
>>150266480how do they stop from falling over in a stiff breeze
>>150266880Projecting fag
HB had good backgrounds by Art Lozzi.ever since digital came around everyone wanted to make backgrounds clean and sterile.
>>150252992>>150256504I'm surprised that this sort of thing doesn't have one of those 2+ hour long autism deep dives going over everything from the character designs to the backgrounds to the sound design and so on, that's a video I'd actually watch
>>150267978Let alone artbooks.Why is there a lack of demand for stuff like that and background paintings for TV shows?
>>150266079>>150266079>>150266500>>150266619>>150266654>>150266671>>150266880>>150267535
>>150267978sorry bro, we need a 4+ hour long video on "how [insert cartoon] BROKE me"
>>150253040>>150263228
>background KINOgood thread
>>150268659I can hear this image...
>>150268435My god was that ending awful
>>150252992Unironically yes in the earlier seasons, If you tasked artists today with that shit they'd have a stroke
>>150252996Fpbp
>>150270206The NuBob episode "A Fish Called Sandy" was made to visually look a season one episode, and I feel they did a pretty good job
>>150271363for 2 seconds
>>150266946Same way those pencil-looking skyscrapers in NYC do, strong building materials.
>>150263998Modern has no pacing. It's idea/idea/idea and voiceline/voiceline/voiceline. Classic SB does a lot more with a lot less.
>>150268196ugly flat brown turd cartoon
>>150272461Stop looking at the monitor
>>150271979pretty sure it was a whole sequence actually
>>150254627Changing to digital really ruined animation.
>>150252992I always wondered what those big flower things in the sky were. Any ideas?
>>150252992No, but it had one
>>150274556They're supposed to be a very artistic rendition of clouds IIRC.
This might be cheating since it's a TV-to-film adaptation, but I think the Bob's Burgers movie looks amazing. Every frame was gorgeous
>>150257344WRONG !
>>150275484Prove it then.
Meh it alright
>>150276644>it ain't gonna suck itself, Squidward
>>150275280Pretty movie, script could've used a few more rewrites
>>1502713633 was probably the best looking pre movie but 1 also has a different charm and 2 changes a lot. I didn’t mind 2010-14 too much though
>>150274526plump squirrel RUMP
