the absolute state of anime
The absolute state of anime
Mason Watson
Jason Hall
Tell me about it.
Isaac Gomez
This has always been a thing though.
Cameron Johnson
Brayden Cook
Define "always." Lots of anime have used real life places as reference, but straight up using the photo with a filter over it has never been common in the past. There's a BIG difference between painting from a photo and using photoshop to make a picture look painted through filters.
Wyatt Lee
they used to draw it. Not just use a photoshop filter
Alexander Butler
I remember as a kid there was a photograph of a topless woman in a Disney movie. They couldn't even be assed to draw 2d titties the lazy cunts. It's not just an anime issue, stop laughing.
Tyler Smith
For anime in contemporary settings? It has been a thing since the 90s. Great Teacher Onizuka had a bunch of scenes where the background was just a blurred photo.
Nolan Powell
For some reason I'm fine with it and can even like it in manga. But I hate it in anime.
Lucas King
There was a strand of hair found in the cowboy bebop movie.
Mason Torres
Charles Johnson
>rice cakes
I think you mean jelly donuts
Asher Davis
Funny how retards in this site always sperg about efficiency but when animators do it they whine like little bitches.
Evan Fisher
things that never happened
Ryder Kelly
Thomas Gray
Please watch more anime.
This anime released well over 50 years ago is regarded as one of the most classic series ever produced.
Cooper Evans
Efficiancy is always a good thing, is it not? We're not saying they should not be efficient. We're just complaining about the lower quality of work. It's a question of parameters.
David Jones
That's not the same thing. Do you think they hoped audiences wouldn't notice that those men in the background weren't animated? Did they accidentally forget that ships go in the sea, not the sky? No, that was a deliberate artistic choice rather than an "animation" production method.
Bentley Harris
only shitft and crappa do this
Ayden Wood
Most studios do this. In fact it's much easier to point out the exceptions (Ghibli, Kyoani) than the opposite.
Wyatt Collins
>exceptions
Ayden Reyes
It's probably an artistic compromise. Representing that character's WW2 trauma with actual drawings would've been incredibly difficult given the complexity of what they wanted to express. Using photographs has always been extremely common, but it's true they've only begun trying to utilize compositing techniques to make it look less shit rather than deceiving the viewer into not noticing it. Not sure why trying to improve upon old techniques is considered bad.