I dont know how to say this but I recognize that frozen characters are stylised in their weird cat-face giant-eyes disney 3d style thing, and I feel like stylized 3D animation is really cool when done right. And by done right I mean “the characters aren’t all identical twins”
Frozen (2)’s stylised animation:
Its.. its flashy for sure, proves their budget is gigantic, and the clothes are nice, but they have the exact same face with the exact same expression. Sisters typically don’t look like carbon copies of each other, even with the same parents. My sister and I are varied by skin tone, facial proportions, and weight distribution in the body.
All the characters have clear & distinct silhouettes. The two un-masked male characters (miles & Peter b) look distinct, and not just by skin color and height. Miles’ facial proportions and hair texture are unquestionably afrolatino, while Peter B has the classic Broken-Nose greasy unwashed hair look. Miles is a very skinny 14 year old and Peter, well, he looks like an adult. Cannot believe you can guess characters ages and be correct in this movie. Important to note they both have different expressions and body language that portray similar emotions to the character behind the camera.
(I didn’t wanna compare Gwen & Penny because they have fundamentally different 3D art styles)
The characters here are distinct. Penny is a 12 year old Japanese preteen, Gwen is a ballet dancer and drummer and you can tell from her shoulders she’s built, Peter porker is an actual 2 foot pig, miles is a 14 year old whom surprisingly doesn’t look like superman (looking at Disney here) Peter B has maintained the shoulder strength but his core is flat- he looks like he doesn’t even wanna waste the energy, and spider noir is built like a fucking tree i just realised how tall he actually is. See kids, if you punch nazis you gain an extra 2 inches from God as a reward.
What I’m trying to say is: studios all have the ability to make memorable, compelling and diverse characters in 3D models, they just don’t want to stop making White Disney Princess.
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