FUCK Arcane is so lovingly made. The character models aren't just a copy-paste with different hair styles and eye colors.
They are so unique. You can see how their faces and arms and bodies have different body mass-- and appropriate body mass for what they do. Cait isn't a trophy female femme character. She's buff because she's a cop and you can see how strong she is by the way she carries herself and how her movements are done (Fuck, size alone can't help you with carrying a gun. My arms gave up on me when I tried holding my dad's rifle and Cait and I are about the same height) to portray that she's more than able to fuck you up.
And their faces! The expressions are beautiful. The way their noses wrinkle in dislike or fear and the creases of their cheeks can be seen MOVE to match the emotion they are supposed to portray. God, they even put detail in the teeth. They are crooked, they are different-- so many have imperfect and yellowed teeth and it's so strangely human to see it being that way. I bet if I could put the 3D model in blender and zoomed into anyone's mouth (Even a random bg character!) I could go inside and it would be 3D modelled instead of it being just a plain texture that could be color swapped to match the character.
Arcane is a testament to what animation can be. How animation isn't just for making children media. Fuck. I can't wait for 2022 to be over so we can have season 2-- or not, so these wonderful animators have more than enough time to keep pouring their talents onto a show that seems to never disappoint with what it delivers.
