Can someone tell me why the term "CalArts style" stuck with most people and not "beanmouth style"? I look at a lot of CalArts submission sketchbooks and CalArts student films and they all draw closer to faux Disney than beanmouth.
I know the term got popular cause Alex Hirsch or Pen Ward or whoever attended CalArts, but even so, the phrase "beamouth" or "bean-shaped" is still way more accurate.
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because the artstyle is bad and california is also bad
Calarts style stuck because of the video pointing out how everyone who made shows with the style went to Calarts and that just stuck because of that.
Really the bean mouth style has been around for a while. Before any of the shows pointed out were even made or the creators even had any foot in the industry.
This type of mouth can be observed in plenty of older animation.
And rubberhose can be found in a lot of modern-day shows, but we refer to rubberhose as an old art style.
Because most of these shows were coming from people who graduated from Calarts.
IMO Beanhead sounds more derogatory toward the style, CalArts makes it sound as if there's some education behind it. So it should be called Beanhead/mouth whenever possible.
It's over
Genuinely never got why Gumball was included in this image, it showcases a number of styles intentionally and Gumball himself barely fits the bill; he's even more off-model than Star in that image.
Beanmouth sounds like a stupid name. Calarts style is just a moniker born out of ignorance because somebody hated California or read John K's blog and decided they knew better than most people.
Because shitting on California faggots is based
>beanmouth
Because it's bit more intricate than that. Shitty noodle anatomy or the staff being physically incapable of following a simple character sheet is an integral part of calarts style. Calarts has a better mouthfeel than beanmouth as well.
>never got
Because it's a shitposting image designed to make people mad. Anyone who's given the show half an episodes chance will realize this.
It was supposed to be "beanhead" to begin with. The mouths themselves were said to be worm- or grub-shaped. You can never convince people to use any new terminology properly and they always get it wrong as soon as it starts getting popular.
Calarts Simpsons is beyond cursed as Matt Groening's artstyle at times has bean mouth. Ever seen a character of his grin?
It's association with CalArts also means it makes lesser talented artists like myself feel better about themselves.
"I draw like garbage, but at least I'm not CalArts."
Who’s the Viking character?
>cal-arts tin tin
Why must you do this to me?
Exactly. I remember the original version included Sans from Undertale. But people cut him out to try to make it look more legitimate.
People are so committed to the CalArts meme that they'll deny that Gravity Falls' artstyle is emulating The Simpsons (perfectly round eyes, sausage-shaped nose, the mouths, etc.) and instead blame it on Adventure Time.
Because calling it CalArts style makes NPCs seethe
>HeMan
>Homer
>Goku
>Fred Flintstone
>?
>Captain Planet
>?
>Chucky?
>TinTin
Who are the other two?
This, it was getting called out way too much so shitposters cropped that part out. I guess enough people haven't actually seen Gumball for them to call it out here either.
Barbarian kid from the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon. Usually shown with a baby unicorn
1. Main guy from Saint Seiya
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One of those isn't even a studio show.
The only one that even looks good there is Mao Mao.
Artists like Leiji Matsumoto and Hideo Azuma (of lolicon fame) were already drawing these sorts of characters long before it became 'cool' to do in the west, so I just consider it another step in the whole "animesque" trend, just taking more inspiration from older sources this time around.
IIRC, not EVERY character in older anime did the beanmouth. Whereas current cartoons have bean mouth for almost every character wnen they do use the style.
>not EVERY character in older anime did the beanmouth
Yeah, but that doesn't negate the point that such designs were already utilized long before CalArts, or whatever other school's artists touched it.
It's not about who did it first, it's about who popularized it.
Americans did bean mouth before animes too
