Pinned thread Art Style analysis in Spongebob and various other shows

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I think season 1 of Rocko's Modern Life looks 1992. Seasons 2-4 look 1994.

What year does each Dexter’s laboratory season look to you.

I think the TBS pilots look 1993.

The rest of season 1 looks 1994. Season 2 looks 1997 (‘96 for episodes with mastering issues) while Season 3 looks 2004 (2000 with dot crawl) and Season 4 looks 2007.

My opinions keep changing because I keep looking back at the episodes. That’s why I’ve made so many posts about them.

 

[SpongeyMind]

Jellyfish Hunter's animators must of forgot they had Night colors

 

[SpongeyMind]

Anyone miss when they use to do silhouette shots?

Squeaky Boots


Nature Pants


Squid on Strike


And the last time they ever done this was in Stanley S. Squarepants in Season 5

 

[Writengran51]

Your Shoe's Untied really looks like a digital ink and paint version of Season 1, specially in this shot

 

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Your Shoe's Untied really looks like a digital ink and paint version of Season 1, specially in this shot View attachment 20181

Ironically the first half of season 2 has better mastering/colors than the second half

 

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Anyone miss when they use to do silhouette shots?

Squeaky Boots
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Nature Pants
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Squid on Strike
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And the last time they ever done this was in Stanley S. Squarepants in Season 5
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Those silhouette shots must’ve been insanely hard to do in cel animation

 

[Graperpetual Pretzel]

Ma and Pa’s Big Hurrah (‘23)

Ma and Pa’s Big Hurrah (‘03)

 

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Ma and Pa’s Big Hurrah (‘23)
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Ma and Pa’s Big Hurrah (‘03)

There’s no markerbob beyond 2002

 

[Graperpetual Pretzel]

There’s no markerbob beyond 2002

I meant released

 

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I meant released

It would’ve had Pranks a Lot markerbob instead of 2001 markerbob.

 

[Sponge64]

Thick n' thin

 

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Thick n' thin
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Yup. Markerbob has bold colored lines but thin black lines

 

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Season 8 SpongeBob appears briefly during Model Sponge:

 

[SpongeyMind]

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Ma and Pa’s Big Hurrah (‘23)
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Ma and Pa’s Big Hurrah (‘03)

Yeah, Markerbob probably would of ditched the trapezoid shape in 2003, though i think he should of had his teethless mouth but with his bottom lip

 

[SpongeyMind]

Season 8 SpongeBob appears briefly during Model Sponge:

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Season 7 SpongeBob appears in Blackened Sponge

 

[SpongeyMind]

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Ma and Pa’s Big Hurrah (‘23)
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Ma and Pa’s Big Hurrah (‘03)

What program?

 

[SpongeyMind]

This Scene in Plankton looks Digital

 

[Graperpetual Pretzel]

What program?

IbisPaint

 

[Sponge64]

This Scene in Plankton looks Digital
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Plenty of shots in Season 1 look near digital! Especially backgrounds. These are some of my favorite shots from Hooky, where they were already working digitally and cel, anyways.

 

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Plenty of shots in Season 1 look near digital! Especially backgrounds. These are some of my favorite shots from Hooky, where they were already working digitally and cel, anyways.
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It looks cel to me. It still has the graininess in the background