legit decided to shit on Gorillaz art? You can clearly see on the concept arts of the last works that he still got the edge, but he just decided to pursue this weak ass style. Don´t get me wrong, but i cant be the only one noticing that its a a DECISION and not just lack of capacity.Is that just marketing? Is he tired? Is it even him?
>>7888412Are you talking about the THIRD PARTY animators who ADAPTED his concept art using 3D MODELS? And you're wondering why it looks different?
>>7888418>third party animators But he didn´t do all alone back there, did him?
I don't follow animations, but his new art style feels incredibly tranny coded
>>7888461Don't act surprised the dude who drew fucking Tank Girl has art that looks like this. It's been almost 40 fucking years. Get over it.
>>7888412He was pretty old when it started. He's almost 60 now. His tank girl stuff was his creative peak, Gorillaz had plenty too but it's like less and less every year now. This has just been a slow descent into mediocrity and we're finally approaching the bottom.
>gorillazlmao what year is it?
>>7888412Embrace the slop, stop fighting it, it's useless.
>>7888476I mean, i´m not that old to know how life changes but isn´t Gorillaz his main art outlet? Why not care just a bit more?>>7888503Please no
>>7888412do you just want something to moan about or do you have a legitimate problem with the style? it looks really good to me.
>>7888412>Is he tired?I get the feeling he is. Does he even do anything outside of Gorillaz? I know most of the projects he wanted to do with the franchise (movies, animated series, etc) all fell through - even a lot of the music videos he wanted to make were cancelled. I believe the initial reason the Gorillaz (Hewlett and Albarn) broke up was because Hewlett felt that the art side wasn't appreciated enough, and all the money and attention went to the music side (which is fair enough, but the art is what set the band apart is a strong part of their appeal).So to sum it up, I think he's getting a good paycheck while being creatively shat on, so he just doesn't really care anymore. It's a shame, because I think he has the talent to make something really special, if he put his best foot forward again.He could probably get a animated movie greenlit, that isn't gorillaz, just on his name alone - probably even government funded, given his accolades. >Is it even him?I know, or at least it used to be the case, that all the digital work was done by others. So Hewlett works with a studio to make all the Gorillaz art.I doubt he even does all the storyboards for the music videos himself these days.
>>7888703>which is fair enoughis it? who the fuck actually listens to gorillaz? they're known for the characters and the clint eastwood and feel good inc videosI literally haven't heard them since tv (and thus mtv) became irrelevant footnotes of history
>>7888725They're a band, signed to a music label, a music label which is the one funding the production of all the music and animation production. What do you think would be their priority?Also, their first three albums were big hits, Demon Days in particular, and are still likely big money makers. The music is the product, the art is just the advertising, so of course the music companies want to cut back on the extra expenditures as much as possible - and that's the art.
>>7888770>What do you think would be their priority?whatever gets them the most publicitydemon days was over 20 years ago, dude
>>7888792They had an album out in '23, and have one coming out this year. My point about Demon Days was that they had a massive album, which in turn makes them have a fairly large audience for their music - their albums still chart strongly.So yes, people still think of music when they think of Gorillaz, most people who know them probably.>whatever gets them the most publicityAnd not the actual product? The thing that makes them money?You can argue that Gorillaz should diversify and have more avenues for profit (games, films, comics, etc.), and I'd agree, but to expect them to spend more on the advertising despite already having enough publicity to be a very profitable product is silly - they probably see it as diminishing returns.Gorillaz isn't a prestige project, it's a product, and the music companies want to make as much money out of it as possible.
>>7888792>demon days was over 20 years ago, dudeMan.....
OP here. I´ve watched and it was peak, unironically.
>This threadHoly fuck westerners are so bad at art. Look at the ugly slop they worship.
>>7888476i think he peaked during the early 2000s with gorillaz actuallyhis tank girl stuff was pretty meh and derivative looking, too overworked
>>7889551
https://youtu.be/ucRulNQsuYQAs usual, OP is a faggot
>>7888412Personally, I think the artstyle for gorillaz was at its best during the first album/phase. He was really pushing those thick and thins with his linework. Now his lines are fairly standard, and have lost some of that unique stylisation.There was also something about the earlier simpler work, that was not only better suited to animation, but I just found more appealing overall - his art often comes across as a bit overworked by comparison to me.
>>7889763Phase two, the artstyle for the second album, for comparison
>>7889754This was made with actual animation cells by the way. Keep seething OP
>>7889754>>7889816>>7889544>OP here. I´ve watched and it was peak, unironically.
>>7889764Teen noodle was cute tho
>>7889754it's kinda lame 2bhmaybe it's technically amazing, idk but both the music and the video are just waiting room noise
>>7890017I agree. Actually, his character design skills are still great, it's just his overall stylisation that I feel degraded... or well, changed in a way I don't like as much, at least.
>>7889551was this concept art for concord?
>>7889551this looks like someone trying to imitate moebius (D and F in particular) but he doesn't understand what makes moebius' designs work
>>7890171Damn how did you clock that? Truly an iconic style for it to be recognized like that.
>>7890203I was there shitting on it, also the floating wheelchair was a big give away.
>>7890203it's pretty recognizeable for how bad it was
>>7888412i said the same thing on /co/ and got shit on for it. glad to know im not the only one that hates where the gorillaz artstyle has gone as of latephase 2 was peak for me, i love the dingy street art look of it all. its almost a little unnerving in a good way. like who are these creepy weirdos?
>>7888412idk whats going on but i like Gorillaz
>>7888725>is it? who the fuck actually listens to gorillaz?a lot of people honestly, specially because they collab with basically anyone who's even mildly relevant in indie for all their recent stuff, so even thru cross pollination they get some decent numbers and hits here and there
Its literally the same fuckin shit>oh but the lines are thinneror some other meaningless shit o algoNo you're not a perceptive artistic mind you're just a petty sub 100 iq retard with ADHD and AIDS with too much free time on xeir handsHow about you pyw so we can laugh some more at your inept nigger life lol
Don’t know the band or the artist but this was really cool as an outsider. Loved how weird everything was
>>7891217>Don’t know the band or the artistZoomer or thirdie?
>>7891144definitely agree the op looks like tumblr art compared to your pic
>>7891225Gorillaz are most popular in a country with a population density 7% lower than india and a capital that's 30% white and plagued by roving rape gangs that you get arrested for posting about on the internet
>>7891228Why are you people blatantly ignoring that what OP posted is a frame from an animation and all the other Gorillaz stuff is official art, as in fully realized illustrations?
>>7891225I’m 35. I only listen to heavy metal and hardcore punk from a local record store mostly. Just never got into rap or pop
>>7891262What difference does that make? Compare the latest video to something like Feel Good Inc, the heavy stylization and playing with perspective and foreshortening are long gone. It's incredibly sterile now
>>7891288Does Jamie Hewlett still storyboard the entirety of the music videos like he used to? They used to trace of and turn his storyboards into keyframes, and if he isn't doing the storyboards like he used to, that may go some way to explain to quality or style changes.
>>7888725>who the fuck actually listens to gorillaz?Are you fucking serious? Is this a genuine question?
>>7891317lol look at this scandalized boomer with his capeshit cartoon reaction GIF thinking he's hip ahahahahaahha bet he fucks his old lady to the sound of madonna AHAAHHAHAAHAHAHA
>>7891319This coming from the retard that literally thought people didn't watch Gorillaz for the music is quite amusing.Go be a knuckle dragging nigger elsewhere, you retarded faggot.
>>7891322boomers aren't people. lmaosounds like I struck a nerve, you definitely know the words to a madonna song kek
>>7891327Pretending to be retarded isn't striking a nerve, newfaggot. That gif has been posted on 4chan longer than you've been born. Lurk more retard.
>my boomer GIF (LMAO) is really old!lollmao boomers actually think this is a w
>newnigger doubling downKek. How embarrassing.
>>7891288this is easily explained by who produced each music video, Feel Good Inc is passion pictures, directed by jamie+pete candeland, also Robert Valley doing animation on this, which looks like a carbon copy of his style. new video is Titmouse which is known for the more commercial almost league of legends- videogame cinematic inspired take on things.
>>7888725>I literally haven't heard them since tv (and thus mtv) became irrelevant footnotes of historyClassic self centered 4chan anon who does not realize that there are entire worlds outside of their knowledge, nothing to see here.
>>7889816>This was made with actual animation celsHoly fuck
>>7891809Wait nevermind, they just did one as a reference. The rest is digital with handpainted backgrounds.
>BRO the artstyle in this fully animated short with over thousands of individual frames is like so simplified>just look at it compared to these fully rendered promotional illustrations that I dug up
>>7892425who are you quoting and where are these highly rendered illustrations
>>7888412People that don't understand intentions and style choices within individual works and just wanna bitch, the post.The video and the album was made in direct response to how fucked up the world is and just wanting to have some whimsy and life despite the world burning down around us. A concept people on four chan dot org don't seem to get anymore.
>>7892644>People that don't understand intentions and style choices within individual works and just wanna bitch, the post.God forbid people have preferences and like the older work more - no, we must just accept that the artists have "intentions" and are thus above any form of criticism.I swear, people on this site constantly take subjective opinions and treat them as if it's a debatable objective fact. They like the older stuff, who gives a fuck about WHY the newer stuff looks the way it does, how does that change what the anons feel?
>>7892908Sorry that people eventually grow out of the era of edgy and angry artstyles when being angry just becomes way too tiring.
I want to fuck grown up Noodle.
>>7892918Edgy? Are you calling the artstyles from >>7891144 or >>7889763 edgy? Really!?
>>7893049nta but it is pretty edgy like the early 2000s were when this was made and you were not born yet. Hell, in some of those illustrations Murdoc is straight up wearing a nazi uniform. Not edgy, you say?
>>7893068>artstyles>ARTSTYLES!<As in, it's not about WHAT is drawn, but HOW it is drawn.If Gorillaz's artstyle is edgy because of a few edgy things drawn in the style, then Scooby Doo must be edgy as well, given the amount of ghosts and ghouls drawn on that show, right?So yes, I do say, not edgy.
>>7888725>who the fuck actually listens to gorillaz?Me sometimes
>>7891268As if you've never heard Clint Eastwood or feel good inc in your entire life. These songs were iconic and everywhere when they came out
>Clint EastwoodAll the little snypes want to be like ClintThey all want to be like ClintBut I want to be like Lee Van Cleef
>>7894590feel good inc is such a good fucking song. I wouldn't even consider Gorillaz rap, it's more chill but has that Linkin Park similarity were someone raps for like ten seconds once throughout the song. It's never obnoxious.
the best gorillaz song is Empire Ants
>>7888412Murdoc most definitely went to a Diddy freakoff and Epstein Island
>>7888412Jamie most definitely went to Diddy freakoffs and Epstein Island, don't tell me he didn't abstain from those vices
