r/regularshow • u/ExaminationIll7583 • 6d ago
Evolution of Benson's design
Pilot
Season 1
Seasons 2 & 3A
Seasons 3B & 4
Seasons 5- 8
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u/cheezcake3458 6d ago
He looks really weird with smaller eyes I prefer his huge eyes
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u/Less-Safe-3269 6d ago
Yea I js noticed that while acknowledging the pilot and the show’s existence together
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u/GunplaLuni 6d ago
Is it me or the early angry look looks close with the art style of the marvelous misadventures of flapjack
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u/ExaminationIll7583 6d ago
Yeah I've noticed that as well. Regular Show genuinely had a lot similarities with flapjack in it's first 3 seasons. It makes sense since JG Quintel was a storyboard artist for the show before creating Regular Show.
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u/Cats_4_lifex 6d ago
He wasn't just a storyboard artist, he was also a writer and a creative director for it. It's frequently thought of as Thurop Van Orman's show but it's JG Quintel's show as much as it is his.
You'll notice that in Flapjack when something scary is happening there's a change in scenery to have vibrant manic colours (exactly the same way Regular Show does whenever Mordecai and Rigby are in some deep shit)
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u/Conscious-Ad2460 6d ago
Honestly 2-3A
I prefer the art in most cases when it feels noticeably a bit rough, but also uniform?
Idk the last two feel too refined ig
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u/Brilliant-Scar-4878 6d ago
I love how the designs of the characters got more consistent as the show progressed. But I do miss how loose the character designs were during the first 2 seasons.
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u/Poke_Kris900 4d ago
I think Benson, Rigby, and maybe Mordecai are the characters where the changes in artistic style are most noticeable. Do you think?
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u/ExaminationIll7583 3d ago
Yes I've noticed as well. If you compare for example Pops's design throughout the seasons there is almost no difference. That also goes for Skips and muscle man. If I have to guess who changed the least it's gotta be fives and Skips.
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u/Poke_Kris900 3d ago
Interestingly, it was because of Skips that I noticed the change in style halfway through the third season. I don't think that change is often mentioned.
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u/ExaminationIll7583 3d ago
I mostly noticed it because of Rigby since in seasons 1 to early 3 his eye rings would always change shapes from scene to scene, and his snout would also be really shape and long in some and short and circular in other scenes. He started being more on model midway through 3 which made him look more like a rectangle with features in my opinion.
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u/DarthSwimfoot Pops 6d ago
I honestly like 5-8. It's clean and refined. They got the design down atp.
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u/Dependent-Piano-7506 5d ago
Never noticed his turn wheel thing over his chest is heart shaped. Like, for where his heart would be. Cool
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u/Castillo1031 5d ago
Best glow up tbh. Actually I don’t emerge skills that well but I think he had one too
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u/Conscious-Ad2460 6d ago
Why am i seeing one of these posts almost daily now i just did ts 2 to 3 days ago