This Tumblr User “Normalizes” Cartoon Characters And Now People Can’t Decide Which Is Better – Design You Trust

This Tumblr User “Normalizes” Cartoon Characters And Now People Can’t Decide Which Is Better

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Have you ever wondered what makes the animated characters so cute? Sure, the colors and the fluff help, but the key selling point have always been their child-like features. And over the years animation companies like Disney have made that adorable look an industry standard.

h/t: boredpanda

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Illustrator Roosa Karlsson aka TheNamelessDoll, calls it the “baby face”:

“The reason I call the phenomenon “baby-face” has nothing to do with a round face shape, but more with ‘huge eyes+big head+tiny body’,” writes Roosa.

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“Basically, when animated women are designed to have the same main features as babies/children. This has recently started appearing a lot in CGI animation, but has been very common in manga/anime for a while (especially shoujo).”

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To highlight the technique Karlsson has Photoshopped a series of images where she gave famous animated characters a more realistic face proportions. The changes are subtle, but the overall impression actually changes quite a bit.

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