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'''Stylized Character Designs''' are intentional variations to the normal character models. [[The Brothers Chaps]] will play with line weights, colors and proportions to achieve a unique look for specific cartoons. These are not part of the gradual [[:Category:Character Evolution| evolution]] of the characters, but rather a fresh experimental design.
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'''Stylized character designs''' are intentional variations to the normal character models. [[The Brothers Chaps]] will play with line weights, colors and proportions to achieve a unique look for specific cartoons. These are not part of the gradual [[Character Evolutions|evolution]] of the characters, but rather a fresh experimental design.
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|align="center"| [[Image:sbevolution bubs.png|100px]] || A distorted Strong Bad with no shading. Only one arm is visible. || [[Dancin' Bubs]] || 2000
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| [[Image:thereddestradishgrouppic.png|150px]] || The characters are paper cut-outs, colored in with crayons. ||[[The Reddest Radish]]|| 2000
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| [[Image:snes2.PNG|150px]] || [[Super NES]] was drawn in Mario Paint. The colors were very odd. [[Pom Pom]] has a white head occasionally, [[Strong Sad]] is orange and blue, and [[Strong Mad]] is wider than ever. What's more, Strong Bad is given a green tongue and teeth in one scene.
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| [[Image:YelloDelloGroupPic.png|150px]] || The characters are drawn with bright colors and no shading. The proportions were also very inconsistent, especially with Homestar Runner and [[Coach Z]]. According to [[In Search of the Yello Dello Storyboards#Commentary Transcript|the DVD commentary]] for the Yello Dello storyboards, this is because Matt drew the storyboards very quickly and messily. However, Mike ended up liking those versions of the characters better, and so they were kept that way in the final cartoon.|| [[In Search Of The Yello Dello]] || 2000
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| [[Image:KoT People.PNG|150px]] || An updated version of early toon [[The King of Town DVD Old Version|The King of Town]], the new version also has a unique drawing style that is slightly more colorful and cartoonish. While [[The King of Town Evolution|the King of Town]] and [[The Poopsmith Evolution|the Poopsmith]]'s designs in this toon can be counted as part of their evolution, [[Homestar Runner]] and [[Pom Pom]] have different proportions and are drawn in an off-kilter manner. || [[The King of Town DVD New Version]] || 2001
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| [[Image:stylizedpoopsmith.png|150px]] || An illustration of [[The Poopsmith]] with irregular proportions. His big eye is white instead of black, and his small eye is black instead of white. He has an extra hair on his head. He has a small amount of [[whatsit]] on his gloves. The wood on his shovel is brown instead of yellow. <br/> A potential partial explanation for his appearance is that TBC altered his head to resemble a Pom head, due to all other characters in the slideshow having Pom heads. || [[A Jorb Well Done]] || 2001
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|[[Image:Needlepoint.png|150px]] || Homestar and Strong Bad on a sewn needlepoint picture. || [[Needlepernt]] || 2001
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|align="center"|[[Image:strongbadplantingfishcornbushes.png|100px]] || A [[Strong Badia]]n pilgrim illustrated in {{w|woodcut}} style. || [[colonization]] || 2003
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|[[Image:HR_Doreauxgard_show_title.png|150px|"Brought to you by Hollerin' Jimmy Hobby Kits!"]] || An exaggerated cartoony Homestar and [[Doreauxgard]], as seen in the title card for "The Homestar Runner and Doreauxgard Show".<br/>A similar version is later seen in [[The Actions You Can Do (video)|The Actions You Can Do]]. ||[[lackey]]<br/>[[Main Page 25]] || 2004
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|[[Image:SB_TC_cartoony.png|150px]] || Strong Bad and The Cheat drawn in a simplified vector style, with Strong Bad having a [[green tongue]]. Strong Bad refers to these figures as "[[Senor]] Muybueno" and "The Cheato Bandito".|| [[lackey]] (Strong Bad only)<br/>[[pop-up]] || 2004 (Strong Bad), 2006 (The Cheat)
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|[[Image:Castle funnies1.png|150px]] [[Image:old comics screenshot.png|150px]] || The characters in the ''[[The Castlefunnies]]'' strips are drawn with small eyes and large noses, among other distinctive stylistic choices. ||[[old comics]]|| 2004
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| [[Image:sbevolution bubs.png|150px]] || A weird, badly drawn [[Strong Bad]] with no shading and one arm. Appeared in [[Dancin' Bubs]]. || 2000
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| [[Image:faq_issue2.JPG|150px]] || The characters are illustrated with colored pencil, drawn in a different style than usual.<br/>This picture was not created by The Brothers Chaps, but by a fan named Audrey. ||[[FAQ]]|| 2005
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| [[Image:thereddestradishgrouppic.png|150px]] || In [[The Reddest Radish]], the characters were paper cut-outs that looked like they were colored in with crayons. || 2000
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| [[Image:stylized_stinkogame.PNG|150px]] || In cutscenes, characters appear pixelated. They occasionally lack detail, and consistently do not have all their standard shading or reflection. || [[Stinkoman 20X6]] || 2005
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| [[Image:YelloDelloGroupPic.png|150px]] || In [[In Search Of The Yello Dello DVD|In Search Of The Yello Dello]], the characters were drawn with bright colors and no shading. The proportions were also very inconsistent, especially with [[Homestar Runner]] and [[Coach Z]]. || 2000
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| [[Image:stylized stinkomanual stinkoman.png|150px]] || Characters are drawn in a simplified, loose cartoon style. || [[Stinkomanual]] || 2005
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| [[Image:KoT People.PNG|150px]] || [[The King of Town DVD]] had its own unique drawing style, which was slightly more colorful and cartoonish. While [[The King of Town Evolution|the King of Town]] and [[The Poopsmith Evolution|the Poopsmith]]'s designs in this toon can be counted as part of their evolution, Homestar looked very different and Pom Pom had some proportional issues. || 2000
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| [[Image:Exaggerations.png|150px]] || The characters are reimagined in exaggerated, bizarre ways utilizing varied art styles. || [[Exaggerations]] || 2005
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| [[Image:stylizedpoopsmith.png|150px]] || A weird, badly drawn [[The Poopsmith|Poopsmith]] who looks bigger than normal. His big eye is white instead of black, and his small eye is black instead of white. He has an extra hair on his head. He has a small amount of [[Whatsit|whatsit]] on his gloves. The wood on his shovel is brown instead of yellow. Appeared in [[A Jorb Well Done]]. || 2001
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|[[Image:Stylized space captainface.PNG|150px]][[Image:Strap.png|150px]] || Hand-drawn marker illustrations of [[Space Captainface]] and Harold "Strap" Coopmore, used in the [[SBASAF]] slideshow. ||[[space program]]|| 2005
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|[[Image:strongbadplantingfishcornbushes.png|150px]] || A [[Strong Badia|Strong Badian]] pilgrim from [[colonization]]. || 2003
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|[[Image:Deutch masters.PNG|150px]] || Strong Bad as painted by a [[German|Deutsch]] master. ||[[portrait]] || 2005
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|[[Image:SB_TC_cartoony.png|150px]] || Strong Bad and The Cheat drawn in a cartoony style. Strong Bad first appeared in [[lackey]], and The Cheat appeared in [[pop-up]]. || 2004 (Strong Bad), 2006 (The Cheat)
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|[[Image:Newspaper_sb.PNG|150px]] || {{w|Hedcut}} portrait of Strong Bad in the rich-guy newspaper. ||[[portrait]] || 2005
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|[[Image:Castle funnies1.png|150px]] [[Image:old comics screenshot.png|150px]] || In [[old comics]], the characters in [[Castlefunnies|The Castlefunnies]] strip were depicted with small eyes and large noses, among other deformed and odd features. || 2004
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|[[Image:Trailer SB.PNG|150px]] || A velvet painting of Strong Bad. ||[[portrait]] || 2005
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| [[Image:stylized_stinkogame.PNG|150px]] || In the [[Stinkoman 20X6]] cutscenes, the characters are pixelated, and sometimes badly detailed, without all normal shading or reflection. || 2005
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| [[Image:Ladyfanvars.png|150px]] || Strong Bad and Homestar in a soap opera comic style. || [[lady fan]] || 2006
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| [[Image:stylized stinkomanual stinkoman.png|150px]] || In the [[Stinkomanual]], the characters look very cartoony and sometimes inaccurate. || 2005
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| [[Image:sbemail150storyboards.PNG|150px]] || Coach Z, Strong Bad, and Homestar drawn in pencil for a storyboard. || [[Sbemail 150?!?]] || 2006
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| [[Image:mario_paint_homestar.PNG|150px]] || In [[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy]], the characters are, again, drawn in [[Mario Paint Character Variations|Mario Paint]]. Their updated look is used, but they appear different. || 2005
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| [[Image:KOT very own show characters.png|150px]] || [[The King of Town]] and servants are drawn in a rounded, free-flowing style that lacks outlines. || [[The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show]] || 2007
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|[[Image:Stylized space captainface.PNG|150px]] || A hand-drawn version of Space Captainface, used in the email [[space program]]'s slideshow. There were many similar drawings also used. || 2005
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| [[Image:169 Deleted Scene Storyboard Designs.PNG|150px]] || Strong Bad and Coach Z are drawn in the ''[[Dullard]]'' comic strip style. || [[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]] || 2007
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|[[Image:Deutch masters.PNG|150px]] || Strong Bad as painted by a Deutch master in [[portrait]]. || 2005
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| [[Image:hygiene stylized characters.PNG|150px]] || Strong Mad, Coach Z, [[Bubs]], and Pom Pom are drawn with blonde hair and without shading or outlines. || [[hygiene]] || 2007
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|[[Image:Newspaper_sb.PNG|150px]] || [[Wikipedia:Hedcut|Hedcut]] portrait of Strong Bad in the rich-guy newspaper as shown in [[portrait]]. || 2005
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| [[Image:Rocoulm inside.PNG|150px]] || When Homestar and [[The Goblin]] enter the [[Jibblies Painting]], their style changes so that {{w|Primary color|subtractive primaries}} are their dominant hues. They are drawn with thicker, rougher outlines and hand-drawn shading. || [[Jibblies 2]] || 2007
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|[[Image:Trailer SB.PNG|150px]] || A velvet painting of Strong Bad from [[portrait]]. || 2005
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| [[Image:snarling hungry sheep.png|150px]] || The [[Carnivorous Undead Sheep]] and [[Homsar]] are drawn with thick, black outlines, rather than the normal outlines. || [[Most in the Graveyard]] || 2008
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|[[Image:highschool.png|150px]] || The main characters, supposedly from highschool and joined in [[The Homestar Runner Mysfit-steries]], from [[highschool]] || 2006
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| [[Image:Captainface Strap.png|150px]] || During the [[The Strong Badian Administration of Some Aluminum Foil|SBASAF]] educational film, ''What's your Captainface?'' Space Captainface and Strap Coopmore are drawn in an extremely cartoony style with bold colors, rounded shapes, and a lack of outlines. Additionally, Strong Bad has visible eyeballs, teeth, and a cleft chin. || [[Career Day]] || 2009
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| [[Image:pbtcsb_crystalfortress3.png|150px|"I'm-a gonna throw a brick at your cellist."]] ||Strong Bad in the style of ''[[Whaddaya Know, Haddi-Man?]]''. He appears as a simplified, rounded head with ears and pupils. || [[Crystal Fortress]] || 2009
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|align=center|[[Image:Stinkoman20X6 Intro Screen.png|150px|"Stinkoman... FIGHT!"]] || The [[20X6]] cast is reimagined in a slick, modern [[anime]] style. Various extra details are added, such as giving Stinkoman more defined musculature and a mullet, or Pan Pan being animated with longer limbs that can bend at the elbows and knees. || Stinkoman 20X6 Intro Cinematic || 2020
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|[[Image:Babies.png|150px]] || Coach Z, Strong Bad, Strong Sad, The Poopsmith and Pom Pom as a bunch of melon-headed babies with gigantic eyes and enormous imaginations; Homestar as a striped-britches nanny, from [[highschool]] || 2006
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| [[Image:TwitterCheatAssemblyDesign.png|150px|Scratching the finish!]] || The Cheat in the style of {{w|IKEA}} self-assembly furniture instruction manual diagram art. || {{postref|1662909062034407429|28|May|2023}} || 2023
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|[[Image:Homestarmecium.png|150px]] || Strong Bad, Homestar and Bubs as microorganisms, from [[highschool]] || 2006
 
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==See Also==
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[[Category:Character Variations]][[Category:Lists]]

Current revision as of 19:55, 4 January 2024

For other uses, see Styles.

Stylized character designs are intentional variations to the normal character models. The Brothers Chaps will play with line weights, colors and proportions to achieve a unique look for specific cartoons. These are not part of the gradual evolution of the characters, but rather a fresh experimental design.

Image Description Seen in Created
A distorted Strong Bad with no shading. Only one arm is visible. Dancin' Bubs 2000
The characters are paper cut-outs, colored in with crayons. The Reddest Radish 2000
The characters are drawn with bright colors and no shading. The proportions were also very inconsistent, especially with Homestar Runner and Coach Z. According to the DVD commentary for the Yello Dello storyboards, this is because Matt drew the storyboards very quickly and messily. However, Mike ended up liking those versions of the characters better, and so they were kept that way in the final cartoon. In Search Of The Yello Dello 2000
An updated version of early toon The King of Town, the new version also has a unique drawing style that is slightly more colorful and cartoonish. While the King of Town and the Poopsmith's designs in this toon can be counted as part of their evolution, Homestar Runner and Pom Pom have different proportions and are drawn in an off-kilter manner. The King of Town DVD New Version 2001
An illustration of The Poopsmith with irregular proportions. His big eye is white instead of black, and his small eye is black instead of white. He has an extra hair on his head. He has a small amount of whatsit on his gloves. The wood on his shovel is brown instead of yellow.
A potential partial explanation for his appearance is that TBC altered his head to resemble a Pom head, due to all other characters in the slideshow having Pom heads. 		A Jorb Well Done 2001
Homestar and Strong Bad on a sewn needlepoint picture. Needlepernt 2001
A Strong Badian pilgrim illustrated in woodcut style. colonization 2003
"Brought to you by Hollerin' Jimmy Hobby Kits!" An exaggerated cartoony Homestar and Doreauxgard, as seen in the title card for "The Homestar Runner and Doreauxgard Show".
A similar version is later seen in The Actions You Can Do. 		lackey
Main Page 25 		2004
Strong Bad and The Cheat drawn in a simplified vector style, with Strong Bad having a green tongue. Strong Bad refers to these figures as "Senor Muybueno" and "The Cheato Bandito". lackey (Strong Bad only)
pop-up 		2004 (Strong Bad), 2006 (The Cheat)
The characters in the The Castlefunnies strips are drawn with small eyes and large noses, among other distinctive stylistic choices. old comics 2004
The characters are illustrated with colored pencil, drawn in a different style than usual.
This picture was not created by The Brothers Chaps, but by a fan named Audrey. 		FAQ 2005
In cutscenes, characters appear pixelated. They occasionally lack detail, and consistently do not have all their standard shading or reflection. Stinkoman 20X6 2005
Characters are drawn in a simplified, loose cartoon style. Stinkomanual 2005
The characters are reimagined in exaggerated, bizarre ways utilizing varied art styles. Exaggerations 2005
Hand-drawn marker illustrations of Space Captainface and Harold "Strap" Coopmore, used in the SBASAF slideshow. space program 2005
Strong Bad as painted by a Deutsch master. portrait 2005
Hedcut portrait of Strong Bad in the rich-guy newspaper. portrait 2005
A velvet painting of Strong Bad. portrait 2005
Strong Bad and Homestar in a soap opera comic style. lady fan 2006
Coach Z, Strong Bad, and Homestar drawn in pencil for a storyboard. Sbemail 150?!? 2006
The King of Town and servants are drawn in a rounded, free-flowing style that lacks outlines. The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show 2007
Strong Bad and Coach Z are drawn in the Dullard comic strip style. Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene 2007
Strong Mad, Coach Z, Bubs, and Pom Pom are drawn with blonde hair and without shading or outlines. hygiene 2007
When Homestar and The Goblin enter the Jibblies Painting, their style changes so that subtractive primaries are their dominant hues. They are drawn with thicker, rougher outlines and hand-drawn shading. Jibblies 2 2007
The Carnivorous Undead Sheep and Homsar are drawn with thick, black outlines, rather than the normal outlines. Most in the Graveyard 2008
During the SBASAF educational film, What's your Captainface? Space Captainface and Strap Coopmore are drawn in an extremely cartoony style with bold colors, rounded shapes, and a lack of outlines. Additionally, Strong Bad has visible eyeballs, teeth, and a cleft chin. Career Day 2009
"I'm-a gonna throw a brick at your cellist." Strong Bad in the style of Whaddaya Know, Haddi-Man?. He appears as a simplified, rounded head with ears and pupils. Crystal Fortress 2009
"Stinkoman... FIGHT!" The 20X6 cast is reimagined in a slick, modern anime style. Various extra details are added, such as giving Stinkoman more defined musculature and a mullet, or Pan Pan being animated with longer limbs that can bend at the elbows and knees. Stinkoman 20X6 Intro Cinematic 2020
Scratching the finish! The Cheat in the style of IKEA self-assembly furniture instruction manual diagram art. @StrongBadActual Tweet (28 May 2023) 2023

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