Along with the loading screen. Paper Mario PaRappa the Rapper Rakugakids a Konami Fighting Game for the Nintendo 64 has character sprites drawn this way, clashing with the realistically drawn backgrounds. Super Smash Bros. Skullgirls Scribblenauts WarioWare Yoshi's Island has this as a large part of the distinctive art style, though the thick lines are most noticeable on background objects.
Yoshi's Story uses this in cutscenes. Web Animation. Pucca is a non-American example. Later episodes have the assets refined and thinner, as well as the outlines being thinner and hand drawn in TPOT. Brain Pop. El Goonish Shive : As the artwork began to improve, the outlines became thicker.
Penny Arcade used to have thick outlines especially in the strips , up until about , in which the outlines slowly became thinner. Almost nowhere to be seen in later comics. Western Animation. Fleischer Studios used this for the bulk of their cartoons house style. It was apparently a holdover from Max Fleischer's years as a newspaper cartoonist. The cartoons of Van Beuren Studios likewise used this, but ditched it around when Burt Gillett arrived at the studio and overhauled the art direction.
The films made by UPA codified the style as we know it today. The studio was revolutionary in its application of modern design to animation, which included bold lines and simple graphic shapes for the characters.
Hanna-Barbera had an appealing style such as this in the late '50s to early '60s. Their resurrection after several years in the wilderness in the '90s led to the renaissance of the style and its increased use in modern animated series.
Their earliest shows used this style to show up well on small black and white television sets. Dexter's Laboratory Mainly Seasons 1 and 2, the revival was ran by CNS but the animation was still thick lined, if to a slightly lesser extent Johnny Bravo The Powerpuff Girls The reboot , however, averts this by using thin outlines.
Puppy An odd variant with Nelvana 's futuristic shows Blaster's Universe and Cyberchase : The animation of the characters and objects tends to have black bold outlines, but the backgrounds are so heavily vectorized and detailed that they feature no outlines whatsoever, making it seem that they don't match with the actual animation. This was a common animation style with Canadian series done in Adobe Flash from the mids to the early s.
A little different from the others, but still counts. Supernoobs The Total Drama franchise. This one does have official behind-the-scenes justification as Word of God is that Clone High was a major influence on the show and its artstyle. Wayside Yin Yang Yo! The ZhuZhus The works of Genndy Tartakovsky : Dexter's Laboratory Samurai Jack is an inversion; while the show's character designs are very angular and blocky as is typical for the style, the thick lines themselves are absent.
In fact, the art style is known for having no lines. Aqua Teen Hunger Force featured this from time to time, especially in later seasons. If an object wasn't moving, it was a part of the background. If it is to be animated, it is no longer part of the background and has to be now drawn on the cel to be moved in each frame. Drawings on the cels, as seen on the picture are outlined with ink and that is why they seem highlighted or standing out from the background.
Source: Weiner Elementary , consulted on 27 November Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Why the highlighted outline in animated cartoons? Ask Question. Asked 1 year, 11 months ago. For example, shows that air on Nickelodeon are made in California, but the people responsible for marketing and deciding how it will air are in New York.
It gets even worse with new media and the ever-changing technological landscape. Thanks, Owen! My tip is to watch an episode while at the same time looking at its storyboard. These books are relatively inexpensive and contain a thorough look at the way cartoons are made at that specific studio. Pick your favorite cartoon and give it a read!
Krew Blog! Both blogs post about how episodes are made, along with art made by the crew and actual production pieces from the show. But oh well. That was quite a read, huh?? Well, it was quite a write too. I hope this short article has enlightened you about the making of your favorite TV shows, and I hope it has made some of you understand production troubles a little bit better!
If you have any questions, please send me an ask! As a last little disclaimer, my intention with writing this was not to glamorize or put cartoon-making on a pedestal, but rather inform people about how these things are made and what kind of pitfalls a production can fall through. Crediting me as Anonymous with no other clarifications is what I prefer. I would ask other writers for portfolio tips.
My only advice would be to watch a lot of movies and TV shows you like and analyze what makes them good in the writing department.
Not too much info unfortunately; I do not have an agent. Maybe it is more in feature, but again, I would be guessing. Some freelance you can get by just applying to regular positions, some you get from being well known amongst specific circles, some you get because someone recommended you. Yes, there are script-driven cartoons, where the writer s are in charge of every line of dialogue. Even in board-driven shows, writers still form part of the crew writing outlines and contributing plot ideas.
CalArts is in California, its alumni are put through a very intensive admission process, and a lot of studios are able to visit the school for portfolio reviews. So CalArts students make up a lot of the anim industry, which in turn means that they make up most of the current showrunners.
However, you are not guaranteed a job if you go to CalArts, your odds are just slightly better. FAQ Archive. Pitching a Cartoon The Idea Starting at the very beginning, all cartoons have to come from somewhere. The Short A. Stuff that usually gets talked about in this part of the process includes: Overarching story.
Any seeds you want to plant earlier on in your show basically foreshadowing that reference future plot points usually get figured out here, unless you had it all ready prior to the studio greenlighting your show. Episode ideas. I will explain what an outline is as we enter into production! Character arcs and motivations. Should one of them break out of their shell as the show goes on? Maybe one of them turns evil eventually! Who knows. Figuring this out early is important to making a show with relatable characters and real, endearing moments.
Hiring Staff Whether it be background artists, color stylists, storyboard revisionists, etc, you need people to actually make this thing with you. Without mincing words, based on observation and personal experience: The best and most sure-fire way to get tests is knowing someone in the studio or show who can put in a good word for you and recommend you.
Episode Outline Before anything can begin, the writers, with the aid of the showrunner, need to write an episode outline. Storyboarding Hoo boy! A storyboard consists of sequences, scenes and panels. Board Revisions and Line Pickups After the animatic has been reviewed and all the changes and notes have been made, the episode gets passed on to the storyboard revisionists. Outsourcing Shipment Now that the episode is boarded, recorded, revised and designed, it gets animated!
Making a Cartoon - Post-Production Here it is, the part of making a cartoon I know next to nothing about! Compositing Compositing refers to any combination of elements that form a single, unified picture. Most crews have an on-site compositor that partakes in this process throughout every episode. Audio Mixing Remember how before, we had a workprint with just dialogue and nothing else? Thanks for reading!
Anonymous asked: im doing an assignment on making animations for my senior final in high school and i'lll be adding your post how-tv-cartoons-are-made but i was wondering if you could link your credentials? Do you need to be an artist as well? Anonymous asked: I was unaware that some of the people in the industry have agents or people who represent them and i was wondering if you could explain a little more about that if you have any info.
Anonymous asked: Hello there! I love your blog and I wanted to thank you its been a really big help! I also wanted to ask if you had any tips for starting to freelance in animation? How do you even get your first gig? And again thank you so much for all the info. I hope to go to the best animation university in our country next year and I am curious about something, would studios give a job someone from Turkey or any other country except Americas?
I would move to the LA without moving payment of studio's. But I am nervous about never getting a job in US because my country. Is there any opportunity in cartoons for writers, or any other position that isn't art driven? Anonymous asked: Would it be fair to say CalArts has a bit of a monopoly over the animation industry? Anonymous asked: Is there any particular reason why that CalArts alumni are most likely have a show? I know theres some showrunners that didnt go and have shows but majority its CalArts.
Anonymous asked: I know you stated that you don't necessarily need a degree to be an animator See this in the app Show more. Watch the credits at the end of "The Simpsons" sometime. Why not use a computer to do all the coloring?
Hand-painting gives scenes a different look, Mr. Slater says. Hand-painted backgrounds have a "deeper texture," he says.
The completed frames used to be photographed with a special movie camera. Now they are scanned into a computer. The finished cartoon is a digital tape that is the equivalent of 1, feet of film. It takes the Korean studio about three months to do the "in-betweening" on a typical "Hey Arnold! Now the episode has voices and images. The final step is adding a little music and a little noise. For a cartoon like "Hey Arnold! He takes cartoon music seriously.
The music "creates a groove and supports dramatically what is going on. Jim Lang composes all the music for "Hey Arnold! Listen for the violin music at moments when gruff Helga shows that she has a secret crush on Arnold. And what would a cartoon be without noise? That's where the "foley" team come in. Foley artists named for Jack Foley, a movie sound-effects pioneer add or create the sound effects. When Helga throws a pie at a cafeteria bully, the foley team adds the noise you hear in the final cartoon.
Some of the sounds are prerecorded. You can buy sound-effects CDs by mail. Instead, Horta engineers use a library of sounds they've collected over the past 30 years. Such sounds might be traffic noises, voices on the street, dogs barking, a trash truck, or a motor scooter going by. Other sounds are specific to each show.
Footsteps and crashes are always performed and recorded by the foley team as they watch the cartoon. The foley room is full of every soundmaking item you can imagine: pots and pans, squeaky gates, old wrenches, water tanks.
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