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Rank: Super Veteran Joined: 02 Oct 2009 Posts: 6733

Witch would be better? 2D?, or CGI 3D like?.

And what types

2D's:
Fully hand drawn.
Flash made.
Disney style lol.

3D's:
ClayMation. http://www.flickr.com/photos/23049409@N06/3727925192/
Cgi
Pixar like style with that realistic and toony look. http://bolt-american-dog.com/bolt.jpg you know the toony shape body models with real lookin hair and textures
The Cgi cell shaded look http://xdbit.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/domo1.jpg or almost like sly cooper or http://citizengame.ca/wp-content/uploads/bog2.jpg
and storm hawks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzJGrH4duKU look

or something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODIeqp2rBQU

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 1556

I'd say 2D, traditional hand drawn

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 28 Jan 2008 Posts: 4122

2d and Vannessa will become the art director.

Maybe be the voice overs of the owners of the avatars.

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Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 31 Dec 2007 Posts: 3215

Yeah I would say have it hand drawn. CGI just wouldn't seem to fit with PBB.

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 6010

I think anime style would actually be better. The japanese art styles used there seem better suited towards this kind of story/

Rank: Veteran Joined: 10 Jun 2009 Posts: 803

Anime is hand drawn Rune ^^

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i would pick 2D

Rank: Super Veteran Joined: 02 Oct 2009 Posts: 6733

Yeah 2d full hand drawn seems the best, lol i almost thought

that cellshaded style was a good one, if it blends the 3d look to make it look like it's 2d.

Rank: Super Veteran Joined: 30 Sep 2009 Posts: 9138

well what i would is if we could have tha fursona we will be and do the voise for them now that would be fun

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 28 Oct 2009 Posts: 4247

dude if bon bon were a cartoon that be awsome. Crowchild would be perfect for the job if he only was reliable ah well

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 6010

Actually, anime is rarely hand drawn anymore, although the more classic ones were done in that fashion, its mostly computarized now to make a higher tone of sleekness.

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 28 Oct 2009 Posts: 4247

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 6010

I am afraid I don't get what you mean adept.

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 28 Oct 2009 Posts: 4247

the macantosh computer or labtop. pc to untrustworthy to do do art and graphic designs.

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Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 6010

I don't really understand macs too much so I don't use them.

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i thought macs were for creative stuff like art and design while pc's are for more serious work like office stuff. hehe i suppose these days the only thing pc's have over macs is gaming power

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 05 Jan 2009 Posts: 4287

PC's are for work too. >_>

Just they're kept in secret.

Rank: Veteran Joined: 10 Jun 2009 Posts: 803

the only reason pcs have more "gaming power" is becaues alot developers just want to slam out games as fast as possible with minimal effort so they can make a profit. Mac actually certifies the vast majority the programs that run on their systems. windows doesnt', hence bug issues on windows.

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 30 Aug 2008 Posts: 1521

I could rant on how much I hate Macs, but this isn't really the thread for that. I would love to do Samuel's voice for a cartoon, regardless of the style chosen. I think 2D would be better.

Rank: Veteran Joined: 10 Jun 2009 Posts: 803

yeah no that i've done y little rant, back on topic. 2 d would work best, and likewise i'd enjoy voicing my char if he showed up in it.

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 648

If it were a cartoon, it'd have to be hand drawn in Vanessa's style, otherwise it's only "inspired by BonBon". Wink

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 4668

I would choose 2D and I agree with Tursi, it would have to be drawn by Vanessa. No other would do.

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 1556

Well those Japanese animators are pretty good at copying styles and would do much of the heavy lifting.

Rank: Senior Member Joined: 21 Apr 2007 Posts: 159

To be honest, it's rarely pretty when you take something 2D and then try to "upscale" it to 3D.

PBB is a pretty detailed comic so if you were to try to make it 3D, then it would require incredibly ornate wire models and then you'd have to skin them. Also, if you watch most 3-D animation, unless it's somebody like Pixar who has an entire staff working full time on animation, then things like water effects and such always looks incredibly bad.

As an aside, Japanese animation isn't technically hand-drawn anymore. They started going with digital animation, which is very different from the old days where artists had to hand-paint cels, about ten years ago. Now it's pretty much the standard. I think the last show to feature any kind of hand-drawn animation was Spirited Away.

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 30 Aug 2008 Posts: 1521

I'm trying to remember if it was the Spanish or the Italians that had to handle the underwater hair effects for "The Incredibles". My brother went into 3D drafting and design, if not some other similar major, and as such he paid special attention to the animator's commentary of the DVD. The idea of Edna's hand going through the hole in Bob's suit was absolutely absurd to the animators, but they managed to pull it off. In the long run, 3D has many more problems and details that can easily ruin the work if it isn't done on a majorly professional scale and that would be so expensive that you would need to have a pretty big payoff intended, i.e. a full-length movie. If anyone wants to see some examples of poorly coordinated 3D effects, peruse IMVU's catalog. Some of the products are either horribly textured or the meshes are #$%^ed up enough that it creates Z-fighting. And to think I was crazy enough to want to try to design 3d products for that site.