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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. | '''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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- | | [[Image:sbevolution bubs.png| | + | |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]] || | + | | [[Image:thereddestradishgrouppic.png|150px]] || The characters are paper cut-outs, colored in with crayons. ||[[The Reddest Radish]]|| 2000 |
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- | | [[Image:YelloDelloGroupPic.png|150px]] || | + | | [[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]] || [[The King of Town DVD]] | + | | [[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]] || | + | | [[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: | + | |[[Image:Needlepoint.png|150px]] || Homestar and Strong Bad on a sewn needlepoint picture. || [[Needlepernt]] || 2001 |
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- | |[[Image: | + | |align="center"|[[Image:strongbadplantingfishcornbushes.png|100px]] || A [[Strong Badia]]n pilgrim illustrated in {{w|woodcut}} style. || [[colonization]] || 2003 |
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- | |[[Image: | + | |[[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: | + | |[[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: | + | |[[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:faq_issue2.JPG|150px]] || | + | | [[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: | + | | [[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: | + | | [[Image:stylized stinkomanual stinkoman.png|150px]] || Characters are drawn in a simplified, loose cartoon style. || [[Stinkomanual]] || 2005 |
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- | |[[Image: | + | | [[Image:Exaggerations.png|150px]] || The characters are reimagined in exaggerated, bizarre ways utilizing varied art styles. || [[Exaggerations]] || 2005 |
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- | |[[Image:Strap.png|150px]] || | + | |[[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:Deutch masters.PNG|150px]] || Strong Bad as painted by a Deutsch master | + | |[[Image:Deutch masters.PNG|150px]] || Strong Bad as painted by a [[German|Deutsch]] master. ||[[portrait]] || 2005 |
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- | |[[Image:Newspaper_sb.PNG|150px]] || | + | |[[Image:Newspaper_sb.PNG|150px]] || {{w|Hedcut}} portrait of Strong Bad in the rich-guy newspaper. ||[[portrait]] || 2005 |
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- | |[[Image:Trailer SB.PNG|150px]] || A velvet painting of Strong Bad | + | |[[Image:Trailer SB.PNG|150px]] || A velvet painting of Strong Bad. ||[[portrait]] || 2005 |
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- | | [[Image:Ladyfanvars.png|150px]] || Strong Bad and Homestar in a comic style | + | | [[Image:Ladyfanvars.png|150px]] || Strong Bad and Homestar in a soap opera comic style. || [[lady fan]] || 2006 |
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- | | [[Image:sbemail150storyboards.PNG|150px]] || Coach Z, Strong Bad, and Homestar in | + | | [[Image:sbemail150storyboards.PNG|150px]] || Coach Z, Strong Bad, and Homestar drawn in pencil for a storyboard. || [[Sbemail 150?!?]] || 2006 |
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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 | + | | [[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:169 Deleted Scene Storyboard Designs.PNG|150px]] || Strong Bad and Coach Z are drawn in the [[Dullard]] style | + | | [[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:hygiene stylized characters.PNG|150px]] || Strong Mad, Coach Z, [[Bubs]], and Pom Pom are drawn with blonde hair and without shading or outlines | + | | [[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:Rocoulm inside.PNG|150px]] || | + | | [[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:snarling hungry sheep.png|150px]] || | + | | [[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:Captainface Strap.png|150px]] || During the [[The Strong Badian Administration of Some Aluminum Foil|SBASAF]] educational film, ''What's your Captainface?'' | + | | [[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."]] || | + | | [[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: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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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 |
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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 | |
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 | |
Strong Bad in the style of Whaddaya Know, Haddi-Man?. He appears as a simplified, rounded head with ears and pupils. | Crystal Fortress | 2009 | |
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 | |
The Cheat in the style of IKEA self-assembly furniture instruction manual diagram art. | @StrongBadActual Tweet (28 May 2023) | 2023 |