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NovaGreensocks In reply to LittleTaffy [2011-08-17 02:47:43 +0000 UTC]

I dunno? XD

I actually considered drawing them as they appear in-game just to change styles, but it looked too weird XD
My Big Wig paper doll I'm about to re-release, however, is based directly off of the in-game Big Wigs (granted, I softened his face a bit >XD)

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LittleTaffy In reply to NovaGreensocks [2011-08-17 02:58:02 +0000 UTC]

yeah I tend to deviate from the original designs as well. Just some of the head proportions are really odd to me so I try to make them look a little more human-esgue XD.

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NovaGreensocks In reply to LittleTaffy [2011-08-17 03:00:54 +0000 UTC]

Ever since the trading cards, I realized just how expressive and "lifelike" they could be XD
I still don't think the Toons should be as detailed, though. Toons should look like 2-Dimensional cartoon characters XD;;

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LittleTaffy In reply to NovaGreensocks [2011-08-17 16:01:56 +0000 UTC]

Eh I think they're alright, but the Cog models in game are way over due for an overhaul. The Bosses are fine though X3

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NovaGreensocks In reply to LittleTaffy [2011-08-17 23:48:35 +0000 UTC]

As long as they don't end up looking like those creepy models from the UK ads! (That blushing Big Cheese was downright creepy!)

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LittleTaffy In reply to NovaGreensocks [2011-08-19 03:03:24 +0000 UTC]

Blushing Big Cheese? This I've got to see. You have a link?

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NovaGreensocks In reply to LittleTaffy [2011-08-19 03:26:54 +0000 UTC]

It's on TTC, in the downloads forum, in the official Toontown videos section.
It's a UK advert with creepy models that aren't from the game at all (Cogs and Toons alike). The Big Cheese has a bit of blush in his cheeks XD;;

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LittleTaffy In reply to NovaGreensocks [2011-08-19 17:24:05 +0000 UTC]

I can't seem to find it D8 I looked through both pages on the audio/Video forum and didn't see a post pertaining to it

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NovaGreensocks In reply to LittleTaffy [2011-08-19 20:11:25 +0000 UTC]

It's in the thread posted by Batleth himself. Toontown downloads is the forum, Official Toontown Movies is the thread.

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LittleTaffy In reply to NovaGreensocks [2011-08-20 16:03:00 +0000 UTC]

Oh dear sweet Jesus on a pogo stick...what in the happy hell are those? o_o

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NovaGreensocks In reply to LittleTaffy [2011-08-21 14:23:00 +0000 UTC]

Pure nightmare fuel. Be thankful that Toontown was never updated to such models! XD

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NovaGreensocks In reply to LuvDietCoke10006 [2011-08-17 00:10:34 +0000 UTC]

It's weird, but black outlines just didn't look right on him at all once I applied the change in color, so I opted for purple (since Ambulance Chasers and other Lawbots seem to have purple eyebrows XD)

Flat coloring is fun XD
But I still want to do a huge contrast pic one day with the Toons looking 2-Dimensional and thickly-outlined and cel-shaded, while the Cogs look less "fluid" (standing more stiffly than however the Toons would be), looking more 3-Dimensional, and shaded naturally. That's something the game can't really pull off, but it makes sense when you think about it XD

(But it's confusing in some portrayals. Bonkers and Tiny Toon Adventures, for example. The humans are humans and call the Toons Toons, but even though it's in a cartoon, the humans never acknowledge that they are, in fact, in a cartoon. Therefore, I think of them as portrayals as close as the animators could achieve! ...Does that make any sense? XD;; )

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LuvDietCoke10006 In reply to NovaGreensocks [2011-08-17 00:23:46 +0000 UTC]

So in other words, cartoons stay as their 2D selves while cogs take on a more 3D appearance?
3D cogs in a 2D world XD
Kind of flip-flopped from that one episode of spongebob, with his 'doodle buddy.'

And yes that makes sense XD

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NovaGreensocks In reply to LuvDietCoke10006 [2011-08-17 00:28:22 +0000 UTC]

There are a few shows that already apply this in a way. The easiest example of mixed media cartoons would be Gumball, going between 3D, puppets, live action, traditional animation, etc.

(Also, though it doesn't show in my doodles, I think Toons would move fluidly, in that classic rubber hose way, while Cogs would be limited to how they move. I think their faces would still be expressive, though, if only cheating by saying "The trading cards looked that way!" XD)

I still think it would be neat if the cartoon outline effect was somehow applied in TTO. It's been used in several games (including a few MMORPGs), and it would make the Toons look more toony! Too bad we can't make crazy facial expressions, though. We have a few, but there should be an entire tab for just facial expressions to change off and on for the duration of the playing session XD

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