I can't tell the difference between the seasons art styles but I see people talk about it a lot, is it an artist thing? 🤔
OK THIS ASK IS LIKE A MONTH OLD BUT
im not sure if its an artist thing but to me its really recognizable! to me you can really tell the difference when you compare the seasons with each other but maybe ive just watched too much ososan. this is all my opinion but this is how i usually tell them apart
season 1 art style is cartoony and squishy, the sextuplets are very round and have cartoony proportions. they were still figuring out their defining traits and stuck to the “six same faces” thing the most, osomatsu and todomatsu were drawn incredibly similar very early on in the season
season 2 i dont really know how to describe because ive only seen it once or twice, but its more... on model? they emphasized their defining traits (karamatsu’s eyebrows, todomatsu’s bigger pupils) and gave them bigger heads but more realistic proportions
season 3 kind of went back to the round cartoony look of s1, it just feels more loose and off model and maybe thats just cause of the director and cause of covid lol. but i feel like i could squish them like putty again
the movie has a different art style too because of the budget, its more polished, and had more realistic body proportions like s2! it just looks really nice
i feel like its easier to tell the difference when theyre lined up next to each other like this
or maybe im just insane! and of course im cherrypicking for group scenes and styles that i like, but i dont know anything about storyboarding or conventional art stuff, so id love to hear what other people think :D