Animated or Live-Action?

[SuperBlue]

I actually wouldnt mind an Iron Giant-type artstyle. As long as Jake doesn't have ears that are almost larger than his face.

[Alex Oiknine]

LOL.

I think Hogarth has huge ears 'cus he's a pre-teen. Awkward growth stage, his feet and hands are pretty big too!

[Chad32]

Yeah, that's probably why he's drawn like that. He's hit puberty, and you know all your body doesn't grow at the same speed.

[Alex Oiknine]

Sadly everyone knows that phase D: I know... some... of my body parts came in before other body parts. I hated it.

Maybe Jake should be drawn awkwardly at first and get consistently more normal looking as he reaches 16/17.

I also want certain scenes where you know the news article was purely put in to emphasize the scene:



Ah that cracks me up every time.

[Dameg]

Blue, I don't really see why you say that (it's quite close to manga animation), but it's your opinion... And as you're the only one who answered, I suppose the other RAFians think like you ^^'
What is your favorite animation (for drawings)?

[LisaCharly]

I haven't seen Iron Giant in years, but doesn't it avoid the usual expressive shorthands most anime uses (the single sweatdrop on the head, the pulsing temple thing, the colorful blur as the character practically teleports to another location so the audience knows they're moving quickly, so on)? The proportions and motions look like they're done differently from anime too. It doesn't look all that anime-ish to me at all.

Iron Giant Trailer. Beautiful!

Personally, I'm not big on the Totally Spies and Martian Mystery animation. Too many of those shorthands.

[Dameg]

I haven't seen Iron Giant in years, but doesn't it avoid the usual expressive shorthands most anime uses (the single sweatdrop on the head, the pulsing temple thing, the colorful blur as the character practically teleports to another location so the audience knows they're moving quickly, so on)? The proportions and motions look like they're done differently from anime too. It doesn't look all that anime-ish to me at all.

Iron Giant Trailer. Beautiful!

Personally, I'm not big on the Totally Spies and Martian Mystery animation. Too many of those shorthands.

"shorthands"??

The Iron Giant's kind is beautiful, but I don't like the big ears either ^^'

[LisaCharly]

The little visual tropes used in different styles of animation to depict certain things without really trying. For example, in anime, the bead of sweat, the pulsing temple, or the red line over the cheeks and nose to denote blushing.



Instant anger! Instant worry!

Western animation totally has these too, but for some reason I don't notice them and they don't distract me, probably because I was raised with Western animation and am used to those shorthands. It's just a personal preference for me, I really don't like a lot of the manga ones.

[SuperBlue]

What is your favorite animation (for drawings)?

I thought that was obvious. I'm an anime man all the way lol. And I'd like to point out that those "shorthands" Lisa's talking about are only used for comedic purposes. Never in serious situations. The "pulsing temple thing" would actually be perfect in Rachel/Marco scenes

[Dameg]

Oh I see!! I didn't know they were called like that! Well, I think I also notice more the manga ones but I don't care. I'm used to manga now. And I know what it comes from... (the anger one is from the veins when the character is angry, and they made it simpler and simpler through the time... except some artists, who prefer the "realistic" drawings). The "shorthands" are OK in a funny anime. But for Animorphs, I think I wouldn't like to have too many of them... May be only for some Marco-Rachel dialogs

lol Blue! We answered in the same time and I thought exactly the same ^^'
And I wanted to know the title of your favorite series...

[SuperBlue]

And I wanted to know the title of your favorite series...

Well my favorite series(right now, I tend to switch) is Soul Eater but that art style definetly doesn't fit Animorphs

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMK_xzkYM8s[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGmqn51xQ1g&feature=related[/youtube]

If I were to pick my favorite series based on realistic Art Styles I'd have to go with Wolf's Rain or Bleach

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoQuu7GPxAI&p=CA5D058B5290CC56&playnext=1&index=12[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3JC-lhTHEY[/youtube]

[Dameg]

OK ^^ I was surprised that Soul Eater is made by the same guy who made Get Backers (I really like Get Backers ^^ but I like less the drawings in Soul Eater). Anyway, maybe I'll watch it later, the story may be interesting... even if I usually prefer seinen over shounen...
The style of Wolf's Rain (it's the style of many anime nowadays ^^) would fit very well to Animorphs. Well, except if you don't like the Japanese style for an Occidental series... I wouldn't mind, but some RAF seem they would.

[SuperBlue]

Oh yay! I got Sealie watchin Soul Eater too. You'll love it!

[Dameg]

Oh yay! I got Sealie watchin Soul Eater too. You'll love it!

lol yeah but later, I already have a lot of things to watch before that.

[Gyt Kaliba]

o.o

So I really aren't the only anime fan here? YAY!

It'd never happen, but I could totally go for something using Masakazu Katsura's art-style, it's a nice mix of realism and manga-normal artstyles.

Examples!




Ohh...and don't even get me started on what his battle scenes would look like! *fanboy drools*

Oh, and he drew the guy in my avatar and the people in my sig too lol, so he's got the humor side down too.