This is why every successful animation needs a movie every now and again – so they can take the shading guy out of storage and make sure he’s still working correctly.
ZebrAlpha on
IIRC – They do that because animated movies don’t have to worry about reusing the same assets given they have a larger budget. If cartoons all were shaded they would have to rerender every asset under different lighting conditions.
oilness5 on
Petah… the rendering artist is here
amb1er on
CGI budget treatment
SugarReyPalpatine on
Haha I remember realizing this as a kid when I saw the Rugrats in Paris movie in theaters
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Wasnie on
The new Avatar movie goes hard. It was such a breath of fresh air compared to the dogshit animation of Invincible that I am used to.
millerlite63 on
The fist SpongeBob movie
Erlkoenig_1 on
That’s so true.
And I always prefer the look of the cartoon than the movie. It’s just more familiar, therefore better
Eviles_da_demonic on
Thats just what family guy now
KeepWatching_ForMe on
It’s interesting to see how minimal lighting changes alter the perception of the character
BroadyVeryCoolio on
This is the MLP Movie for me
AscendedViking7 on
Accurate
One-Earth9294 on
I feel like Homer Simpson would be the much better example to use here since that’s probably the biggest offender in this category.
FabianGladwart on
The Bob’s Burgers movie actually put me off because the animation is so much cleaner, detailed and fluid than the show
ElLoboNeverDies on
Otherwise people will say ‘it felt just like watching a long episode in the theaters’
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That’s actually very accurate
This is why every successful animation needs a movie every now and again – so they can take the shading guy out of storage and make sure he’s still working correctly.
IIRC – They do that because animated movies don’t have to worry about reusing the same assets given they have a larger budget. If cartoons all were shaded they would have to rerender every asset under different lighting conditions.
Petah… the rendering artist is here
CGI budget treatment
Haha I remember realizing this as a kid when I saw the Rugrats in Paris movie in theaters
rtx on
The new Avatar movie goes hard. It was such a breath of fresh air compared to the dogshit animation of Invincible that I am used to.
The fist SpongeBob movie
That’s so true.
And I always prefer the look of the cartoon than the movie. It’s just more familiar, therefore better
Thats just what family guy now
It’s interesting to see how minimal lighting changes alter the perception of the character
This is the MLP Movie for me
Accurate
I feel like Homer Simpson would be the much better example to use here since that’s probably the biggest offender in this category.
The Bob’s Burgers movie actually put me off because the animation is so much cleaner, detailed and fluid than the show
Otherwise people will say ‘it felt just like watching a long episode in the theaters’
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