Alright, we're almost at 2020, and this design trend is still far and away the most dominant force in the industry. You can't kill something until it is named, so what should this be called?
inb4 "Calarts Style". That name has gotten nowhere, allowing people to deflect it to different subject matters like John K. and who does and doesn't go to that school. Drop that term.
Beanface
>most of these characters are insufferable cunts
Huh
How about cancer
That's fair, does it just refer to faces? It has to be bullet proof.
Where the fuck is Finn or Rigby?
> inb4 "Calarts Style". That name has gotten nowhere, allowing people to deflect it to different subject matters like John K. and who does and doesn't go to that school.
No. Lineage/academic background are irrelevant in the discussion. It's still CalArts style even if the artists didn't go there for the same reasons Japanese/Euro styles aren't dictated by the physical location they're drawn in.
I don't think that'll go over well.
They are around. Most agree that the genesis of whatever THIS is came about in Chowder/Flapjack, got huge with AT/Regular Show and got solidified with Steven Universe.
I agree, but don't die on this linguistic hill. The term has allowed so many non arguments to fester in every discussion. Drop the term.
If we're being serious, the problem is "calarts style" used to refer to something different and will again, it's not a concrete name
For reference it used to refer to things like Iron Giant