Art Style analysis in Spongebob and various other shows

[LinesEM]

It's funny because in the flash seasons of Johnny Test, the designs are based on the Animaniacs animation like episodes, but the movements are (or at least try) to look like the Fairly OddParents like animation episodes, at least in season 2.

 

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Season 2 also had traditional animation half of the time, just done in Flash, so the line thickness was always the same then.

Yeah, sometimes season 2 had puppet animation, sometimes it had frame by frame, but it was still vectorized. Season 1 was entirely bitmap traced.

 

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I think Spongebob's color pallet has been the same since mid-season 4

 

[SploderEnigma]

I personally like bright SpongeBob

 

[LinesEM]

Something I noticed that SpongeBob and Johnny Test have in common in terms of art/animation, other than various episodes with a less fluid animation plus on model design, is that in the first few episodes of the first season that was a change for each of them have slightly brighter color palettes, while the later episodes have normal colors, here's what I mean.

 

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Something I noticed that SpongeBob and Johnny Test have in common in terms of art/animation, other than various episodes with a less fluid animation plus on model design, is that in the first few episodes of the first season that was a change for each of them have slightly brighter color palettes, while the later episodes have normal colors, here's what I mean.

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You have a sharper eye when it comes to animation, and are the two Johnny Test images from season 2

 

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When I was little, I used to think that season 1 of Johnny Test used cel animation

 

[LinesEM]

You have a sharper eye when it comes to animation, and are the two Johnny Test images from season 2

Yea they're from season 2

 

[LinesEM]

When I was little, I used to think that season 1 of Johnny Test used cel animation

Eh I didn't, in fact I used to think it looked almost exactly like the Fairly OddParents, and that Butch Hartman created or worked on it.

 

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Eh I didn't, in fact I used to think it looked almost exactly like the Fairly OddParents, and that Butch Hartman created or worked on it.

Ever notice how the first few episodes of the Chris Savino era of Dexter's Lab have bad dot crawl, and poor image quality that makes them look like they're cel animated. Watch the episode "The Grandfather of All Inventions" from 2001, and you'll see what I mean. The only way I can tell it's digital, because it still lacks the artifacts seen in Tartakovsky.

 

[LinesEM]

Ever notice how the first few episodes of the Chris Savino era of Dexter's Lab have bad dot crawl, and poor image quality that makes them look like they're cel animated. Watch the episode "The Grandfather of All Inventions" from 2001, and you'll see what I mean. The only way I can tell it's digital, because it still lacks the artifacts seen in Tartakovsky.

Yea, especially the backgrounds

 

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Yea, especially the backgrounds

I've also noticed that season 5 of family guy looks like a hybrid between classic and modern FG. Some scenes have minimal movement (as if it were an episode that came out today) with characters standing as still as a statue, while other scenes have sporadic movements like seasons 1-4 do.

 

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Yea, especially the backgrounds

Season 5 of Family Guy is also INCREDIBLEY on model

 

[LinesEM]

I've also noticed that season 5 of family guy looks like a hybrid between classic and modern FG. Some scenes have minimal movement (as if it were an episode that came out today) with characters standing as still as a statue, while other scenes have sporadic movements like seasons 1-4 do.

I think season 5 was also the first to have CGI stuff in non special moments.

 

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I've noticed that every cartoon network show that came out after Regular Show, has no change it art styles. Steven Universe may be an exception, but I'm not a fan of that show.

 

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I think season 5 was also the first to have CGI stuff in non special moments.

They had a scene in season 3 of Family Guy with CGI where they did a parody of Tron. Now as for Dexter's Lab, Tartokovsky feels so old school and 90's and retro, while Savino feels like a Kids WB 2000s Saturday morning cartoon. The dot crawl episodes of season 3 look like they came out in 2000, the rest of the season looks like it came out in 2006, with it's bright colors and all.

 

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Yeah, season 5 of family guy is when they started reusing frames

 

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I think the Grim & Evil shorts of Billy and Many in 2001 were cel animated

 

[RangoAnimations]

I think the Grim & Evil shorts of Billy and Many in 2001 were cel animated

from what i've heard. meet the reaper, the pilot was the only episode in the series to be made in the 90's and be cel animated

 

[Combusto82]

i find one

can you guys tell me what kind of art style is this?