Toony vs Realistic
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What’s your preference of style? This week we discuss variations in styles artists use for their work and comment on the emotional differences they may evoke. As it turns out, several of us like the more toony side of things, although at least one is quite fond of realism in artwork.
Some of the artists mentioned this week include:
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levi
I am the coyote of the group! This means I am the handsome one, the intelligent one, the one who says all sorts of positive things about himself because he can even though he may be stretching the truth a little. When I'm not hosting or editing the show, you can find me writing the next great furry novel.
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Hi everyone !
I’m glad to announce you that you are listened by at least one french guy !
It’s been almost a year I’m having big sessions where I sit down, start drawing and just listen to 3 / 5 episodes of your podcast. ( I had a lot of catching up to do…)
It’s always nice to listen to you talking of all of those topics.
I could probably add a full list of realistic or toony artists but there is one I particularly like you probably have heard of. It’s Tracy J. Butler the author and drawer of the lackadaisy comics. I’m most definitely digging her style, all in expressions and beautiful dialogs. Have a look !
I would like to suggest a topic for another podcast too. I was thinking of “International clichés” and “Furry across the World”. What are the most common things you hear when talking of another country, and what reveal itself to be true or false ? The second part is more about time zone and how you live with it when exchanging with someone on the other side of the planet. Can it become a problem ? etc…
You are doing great with the beginning of this season, see you later !
P.S. : I wanted to apologize for the eventual presence of grammatical errors in this text. 😛
Glad you’re enjoying the shows so far! Hopefully we don’t melt your eardrums in later episodes.
You’re right, there are many others we could have mentioned, and probably should at some point or another. The artist you mention is one I am only vaguely familiar with; I know of Lackadaisy but have never actually read it. (That might should be corrected.)
It’s funny that you mention that topic because believe it or not that’s one we’re wanting to do! The reason we haven’t yet is because we’re all located in North America (except for those rare times we can get someone from Wales), so we don’t have live, first-hand experience available to us. There are workarounds though and our plan for this season is to feature your topic.
Well if you need someone to get an exterior viewpoint I would be glad to help in any way I can. I’ll try to stick around the wagztail chat during the upcoming days.
All right!
Don’t be surprised if you join and it’s dead. People very rarely use the #wagztail room and besides the network doesn’t really get active until evenings on the east coast, which may be on the late side for you. On weekends though there should be more activity during the day.
Do not worry. I took a little peak last week and I discovered the mainroom with joy. I’m used to chat and draw according to East Coast timezone, especially during week-ends. ^_^
I like toony styles for some applications, it really brings out humor by not distracting the viewer from the joke, but i gotta say, i absolutely love realistic furry and fantasy art. it makes me feel like anything really is possible.
For my own art, I try to stay on the simple but realistic side of things, going with realistic colors and proportions, other than when I make a mistake.
When it comes to other art, I tend to favor the realistic side. I think Crimson Flag got too Toony. With something telling a story, once it gets too toony, it’s hard for me to take it seriously. This goes for non-furry related stuff too. Lion King is good but once it gets much more toony than that, it’s going to far for me to take it seriously.
Legend of the Guardians is a good example of a realistic animal film. To my happiness, they even got the owls’ wings right, avoiding the usual finger feathers. (Those things drive me crazy.)
The one complaint I have about the very realistic or live action animation is that, other than falling into uncanny valley, it sometimes seems like the makers forget the story in favor of focusing on the art. Yes, the scenery and characters are beautiful but the story needs to be told.
There’s also very detailed toony. I think this has to be done right but there are some examples. http://imaginism.deviantart.com/art/Bath-Time-87969135 http://www.deviantart.com/art/cheers-to-all-262892635 It’s whimsical but detailed.
With the uncanny valley, I rarely see drawings fall in that category. I saw a video of a fursuit and it did seem to get a bit close to that. The furstuit itself was very pretty. The problem was it was so realistic it looked like a stuffed animal that moved. I think most of the time, the uncanny valley is caused by our brain recognizing the costume as an inanimate object due to it being stiff and not moving like a normal living thing. I’ve seen animated shows cause this too, mostly due to something being just realistic enough to confuse the mind into not knowing if the thing is human or not. At least that’s my opinion.