Ok I might be totally wrong here but Pixar’s animated character designs just seem shockingly recycled lately. Inside Out, Soul, and now Elemental all feature largely monochrome, vaguely bulbous/geometric cutesy figures that all have that shimmery effect (which I read was incredibly expensive to develop and maybe why it’s being used constantly) and are abstractions of some kind or another (emotions, elements, souls). Am I the only one who finds them weirdly similar and (with the exception of their first use in Inside Out) kind of dull?
Agreed. When I first saw the adds for Soul, I assumed it was going to be a lazy cash grab banking in on Inside Out’s success, because the art style was near identical. Only ended up watching because a friend talked me into it-- and it was a great movie!
Honestly, I think it would have done better if Pixar had put more effort in to distinguish it visually from Inside Out.
Ok I might be totally wrong here but Pixar’s animated character designs just seem shockingly recycled lately. Inside Out, Soul, and now Elemental all feature largely monochrome, vaguely bulbous/geometric cutesy figures that all have that shimmery effect (which I read was incredibly expensive to develop and maybe why it’s being used constantly) and are abstractions of some kind or another (emotions, elements, souls). Am I the only one who finds them weirdly similar and (with the exception of their first use in Inside Out) kind of dull?
For Inside Out and Soul I thought they both made sense artistically. But I simply don’t understand what new story Elemental is telling.
Fire is attracted to ice! It’s so wacky! They’re from totally different cultures! How could they possibly get together?!?
Agreed. When I first saw the adds for Soul, I assumed it was going to be a lazy cash grab banking in on Inside Out’s success, because the art style was near identical. Only ended up watching because a friend talked me into it-- and it was a great movie!
Honestly, I think it would have done better if Pixar had put more effort in to distinguish it visually from Inside Out.
Yes, we have noticed it also. It’s either as you said because they were expensive to develop or due to lack of talent.
Manga artist each have their own style, which is recognizable from book to book. Pixar is basically one artist doing many books.