Character Design Appreciation - Blog Posts

friendship is magic EATS beware giant tag wall of text below Character design appreciation she looks normal yet lanky in a delicate way mmm I see those ears looking wing-like mmmm triangle is a very sturdy shape. put two together and you've got a diamond like how twilight builds a stable circle of friendship for herself and learns to be a responsible friend and leader triangles used to hold up bridges and back to the triangle diamond thing that would give 3 points per triangle 6 for the six friends or maybe it's a pattern on a horse appreciate the hair looking both squarelike and trianglelike closed body language in the arms but she also looks very curious curved horn not a rigid horn twilight in early seasons needed to learn to be less rigid in terms of her studies and qualms about friends the horn is the source of magic so it's like subtly saying (forgive me for this) the horn is tall though as the source of her magic which is one of her strengths what she studied for it's only slightly curved as well like she found a balance between friends and her studies you can tell it is sometime between 12am and 4am right now

tma simon fairchild Character design appreciation he is thin he is scraggly he looks as described in canon yet still in a cartoony way he is so delightfully round like his bubbly demeanor and free spirit very lanky and the fur’s all misaligned which goes with both the old age and the flying around stuff the oversized hat and goggles are just the cherry on top

tma jonmartin Character design appreciation incredible monster design The pages half melting into him half cascading off? the statement pages serving as wings long whiskers to gain more sensory information can’t make out the face eyes are everywhere but the face which is the one area that would humanize him to have and Martin standing there looking so stoic and tired the shot composition is awesome frames Jon as both a protector and a looming threat

congrats Character design appreciation h a h forgot to tag this just love the shape language in this one and the artstyle is such eyecandy Martin in general is just so perfectly soft and squishy looking look at Jon’s angular jawline and nose ridge Jon slays so hard with that dress/skirt even Jon’s stubble is more organized than Martin’s Jon is more neat looking than Martin like for example Martins dress shirt poking out from the bottom while Jon’s doesn’t

gravity falls dipper and mabel Character design appreciation after getting over the whiplash of seeing them grown up outfits are phenomenal along with the colors which stay in theme and also play into the characters Mabel has more color while Dipper is more neutral over all the different body shapes whilst keeping the same jawline also waddles is here

Character design appreciation It’s a bird!!! Just appreciating the color choices here Such a gorgeous palette And keeping the bird anatomy whilst making it anthro Some really great stuff Plus the outfit is so fire

tma jon sims jarchivist really pretty Character design appreciation appreciate the character design work here a lot look at how lanky he is