Cute Western art

[Anonymous No.3313321]

Why do we let the Japs have a monopoly on cute? And what are some good Western styles in this vein?

[Anonymous No.3313323]

[Anonymous No.3313324]

Why is Piglet the fucking Scream

[Anonymous No.3313329]

[Anonymous No.3313332]

>>3313321
Why is Piglet the fucking Scream

[Anonymous No.3313337]

All these pics I've found were drawn by illustrators long dead. Seems like the West gave up on cute at some point in the last century

[Anonymous No.3313341]

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[Anonymous No.3313352]

None of these are cute you you seem to be misunderstanding the presence of a child as "cute". This is why the west doesn't do cute, it doesn't understand how.

[Anonymous No.3313357]

>>3313321
I think King Aroo comics are really cute.

>>3313337
Yup, you figured it out anon. You finally learned that the west has fallen to the point where we don't even know what cute is. All the good artists and designers are dead, no one bothered to learn their secrets and theories while they were alive, we are all retarded cavemen trying to invent the wheel again.

[Anonymous No.3313358]

>>3313347
Alright then, post something that you think fits the bill

[Anonymous No.3313362]

>>3313358
Meant for >>3313352

[Anonymous No.3313366]

Western styles are good for gritty, dark, serious or funny stuff. Ive never seen anything really cute though. Disney tries it but it's not that cute. It's more funny or silly.

[Anonymous No.3313368]

>>3313358
I was actually considering not posting because I don't have any western art at all. Just look at the stuff being posted though, it's all kids. The stuff that isn't like >>3313357 which is kinda getting there is just the same character in the same pose with very little change in expression. It relies on the text or the concept of a child to show how "cute" it is instead of aesthetic appeal. I'm sure there are people who think some of these drawing are cute though.

[Anonymous No.3313385]

>>3313368
>It relies on the text or the concept of a child to show how "cute" it is instead of aesthetic appeal.

I think I see what you're saying - the styles themselves aren't inherently cute. True I don't disagree there

[Anonymous No.3313397]

>>3313352
Ah yes, I forgot weebs have no connection to actual other human beings and only find degenerate pedo bait cute

[Anonymous No.3313634]

Calvin and hobbes is pretty darn cute

[Anonymous No.3313729]

>>3313397
this so danm much
this board was once good for concept design, now it's full with weebs, thinking anime is "art"

[Anonymous No.3313735]

>>3313729
Well, it certainly can be, but I know what you mean.

[Anonymous No.3313803]

>this horseshit again

[Anonymous No.3313819]

>>3313321
pic related, this is a hint.
protip: it can even ban you.

[Anonymous No.3313820]

>>3313819
she's chinese

[Anonymous No.3313876]

>>3313820
he means the suibject matter ye dink, and fair point a lot of cute has been resigned to cartoons. Not so much in illustration.

[Anonymous No.3313879]

>>3313321
>Why do we let the Japs have a monopoly on cute?

What?

[Anonymous No.3314017]

>>3313337
What about FUCKING DISNEY

there is not a SINGLE PERSON who does not regard the character designs of Anna from frozen or Hiro from BH6 as cute

Go jump off a bridge

[Anonymous No.3314035]

>>3314017
Go jump off a bridge? You're the one who has an a affinity for terrible Disney movies. You're the one who ought to jump off a bridge

[Anonymous No.3314101]

>>3314017
>disney

[Anonymous No.3314103]

>>3314035
You haven't disproved that their character designs are cute, have you?

[Anonymous No.3314117]

Gooks mastered cute kids, gaijins mastered cute animals.
>tfw have to switch from lewds and mechs to kittens for the children's book my aunt is currently writing
>showed her my first drafts
>she said my kittens look too manly

[Anonymous No.3314181]

>>3313368
Well... could you post an example of a cute eastern drawing then?

[Anonymous No.3314191]

>>3313321
wasn't 99% of furshit both western and cute before the internet

[Anonymous No.3314202]

>>3314017
Never heard of BH6 before, this is supposed to be peak cute western style?

[Anonymous No.3314231]

>>3313352
>>3313368
I'm sorry, but I just can't get behind Japanese style cuteness, or at least post-90s Japanese cuteness. It all feels very "fake", for lack of a better word

They're drawing the scientific formula of what makes something cute: Big eyes, child-like proportions, and coy posing and expressions

They use all of the elements that make a character theoretically appealing, but they never really go anywhere past the most generic form of cute. Remove your waifu's hair and clothing, and I can guarantee you that she will look identical to the zillion other cute anime characters using the exact same cute design.

>>3314017
Disney designs their characters the exact same way anime artists design their characters. As a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure disney created that style to begin with

The sad truth is that nobody anywhere understands true cuteness anymore

[Anonymous No.3314264]

>>3314231
Yes, Hiro is pretty cute https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a0/49/d8/a049d85706f16e171175db405e3d9dde.jpg
If you disagree then you walk straight into 'personal preference', a very hard concept for ic to grasp. A great, great many people think Hiro is cute, he was DESIGNED to be cute
>>3314202
What the fuck is true cuteness, if you're so enlightened?

[Anonymous No.3314266]

>>3314231
Post something that you think is cute

[Anonymous No.3314281]

>>3314264
>What the fuck is true cuteness

This.

[Anonymous No.3314283]

>>3314281
Assuming you're not trolling, our tastes are different. That is just creepy.

[Anonymous No.3314288]

>>3314283

[Anonymous No.3314289]

>>3314288
Yeeeaaaaah, to me that just looks like a horror game enemy with recolorization. Welcome to personal taste.

[Anonymous No.3314293]

>>3314288
why do they use red for shadows? It looks like she has bruises everywhere

[Anonymous No.3314299]

>>3314289

[Anonymous No.3314304]

>>3314299
This one's decent except I have never seen a child of this age make the peace sign, or even do any kind of meme when posing for a photo. It's mostly teenagers and YAs who do it

[Anonymous No.3314307]

>>3314304

[Anonymous No.3314311]

>>3314307
I think now you're wandering straight into proper lolli territory, which is dressed-up pedophilia.

Also why is lolli never ever display any emotions besides blank or simpering smile? Do they ever get bored or enraged or sad?

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1e/8d/25/1e8d2528d3c5a599d3bc9ccefb052c56.jpg

[Anonymous No.3314315]

>>3314311

[Anonymous No.3314318]

>>3314289
>>3314304
>>3314311
>look im posting on 4chan xD

[Anonymous No.3314320]

>>3314318
What?

[Anonymous No.3314321]

>>3314311
)you(

[Anonymous No.3314323]

cuteness is vulnerability, at least here in murricia.

[Anonymous No.3314327]

>>3314323
That's the essence of moe, males of all countries and ethnicities appreciate moe, it's in our DNA.

[Anonymous No.3314329]

>>3313321
Because despite people claiming Japs are the degenerates, it's the west that's obsessed with disgusting porn, with furries at the forefront.

[Anonymous No.3314335]

>>3314266
I like Jim Tyer. His art is lively and fun

[Anonymous No.3314336]

>>3314202

Hiro is adorable, heretic.

[Anonymous No.3314338]

Walt Kelly's stuff is pretty cute, and you can see his influence on Calvin and Hobbes.

[Anonymous No.3314339]

>>3314336
Agreed

[Anonymous No.3314342]

>>3314327
makes a lot of sense for western males to only find an appropriate vulnerability in a foreign country

probably because of the pedo craze here you can't look at a young girl without praying to God for forgiveness

[Anonymous No.3314345]

>>3314335
>Bodkins Bunny and Daffy
My, what an original and creative author

[Anonymous No.3314349]

>>3314281
man of culture spotted

[Anonymous No.3314350]

Actual weeaboos, not anime fans who call themselves weebs, are the fucking pits

[Anonymous No.3314352]

>>3314350
>made by a weeb

so if you do all 4 of those X's, you're not a weeb? sure bud

[Anonymous No.3314362]

>>3314352
a German man enjoys playing Halo on his Xbox, drives a Ford Focus, and loves a good burger. Does this make him an American crazed loony?

[Anonymous No.3314365]

hehe only anime can be cute because western artists are degenerate hehe say goodbye to your thread concerned citizen :)

[Anonymous No.3315748]

>>3314304
I wanted to ask if you’ve ever been around any children lately, but considering most of ic’s demographic...

[Anonymous No.3315753]

>everything in the image you posted is solely made in japan and maybe korea or Thailand.
>everything from video games to ford focuses and burgers are made in lots of different countries.

[Anonymous No.3315757]

>>3314362
Hamburgers are German though

[Anonymous No.3315783]

>>3315757
what are you, 7?

[Anonymous No.3315790]

>>3314362
Does he live in America? Why would a German drive a fucking Ford Focus?

[Anonymous No.3315798]

>>3313321
Japanese commercial art takes a lot of inspiration from pre-war western art, architecture, mythology and fashion.

I came across this the other day. I thought it was odd seeing a 19th century western artist paint a girl in a sailor uniform, which is typically associated with Japanese school uniforms. Of course, I knew of the origin, but it's still strange seeing it in its original context, considering it's solely associated with Japan in the modern era.

[Anonymous No.3315862]

>>3315798
I thought you were being retarded while reading your post, then I opened the image and holy shit it is weird.

[Anonymous No.3315870]

>>3314017
woah man

[Anonymous No.3316086]

>>3315748
Kids don't make the peace sign, trust me, I WENT TO GOD DAMN SCHOOL ONCE

[Anonymous No.3316097]

>>3316086
>what is cultural difference
>t. burgerland is the only country in the world

[Anonymous No.3316217]

>>3313321
I like your taste OP.
Please post more cute western art.

[Anonymous No.3316261]

>>3314017
>reference disney
>brings up their modern 3D works as an argument
lmaooo

[Anonymous No.3316442]

>>3316261
Are the modern character designs not cute?

[Anonymous No.3316449]

>>3314017
Modern Disney is absolute cancer. The characters look creepy as fuck and fall right into the uncanny valley.
The characters also look absolutely retarded when they communicate, because of the excessive emoting. Yes, I'm aware that a hallmark of animation is exaggeration, but the way it's done in Disney movies is awful.

[Anonymous No.3316455]

>>3314017
bambi when he is trying to say" bird" is very cute.

[Anonymous No.3316458]

>>3316449
yeah they dont give a shit anymore. their animations are also all hyper layered. each characters gesture has subgestures that have subgestures, gets me nauseous after a while

[Anonymous No.3316505]

>>3316449
Ah, IC slams right into the problem of personal taste again.

[Anonymous No.3316513]

>>3316505
Only retarded fangirls like Disney nowadays.

[Anonymous No.3316531]

most of these pics are great but i wouldn't call em cute exactly.

[Anonymous No.3316533]

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>>3316533

[Anonymous No.3316536]

>>3316534

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>>3316536

[Anonymous No.3316657]

>>3314202
Western shit is so ugly

[Anonymous No.3317079]

>>3314352
If they leave out that last one, then yes.

[Anonymous No.3317082]

>>3316458
Not giving a shit is doing more work and adding more detail to the animations?

[KT No.3317093]

A lot of stuff from animation is pretty good at cute, the ones with good artists on them. Not everyone is gonna like the same thing, but Disney both modern and in the past have been good at capturing cuteness, in both design and gestures

[KT No.3317095]

[KT No.3317096]

Found her annoying in the movie but her design is pretty darn cute, those cheeks and proportions

[Anonymous No.3317097]

>>3317093
One of my instructors worked on Hotel Transylvania, never knew how damn cute the art was.

[KT No.3317098]

Look at all the nuances in this, the cuteness comes not just from the design but the expressions

[KT No.3317100]

Looking outside animation western art has those sacharine cute illustrations that get put on greeting cards

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[KT No.3317102]

>>3317097
The art in that movie was pretty great in general imo

[Anonymous No.3317103]

>>3317098
disgusting.

[Anonymous No.3317106]

You don't get much cuter than the Chipettes, whose designs are pretty darn moe considering they predate the anime boom of the 90s (when anime aesthetics and concepts started influencing Western art).

I love how darn '80s they look too, and I don't mean the fashion. I mean how rounded it all is. Anime style artwork can be very angular but the Chipettes sport wavy lines and shit.

[KT No.3317109]

Chris Sanders. A bit derivative of Calvin and Hobbes but the resulting art is quite cute. Also sexy cute for his other art

[KT No.3317111]

>>3317109
Also everyone adores this guy designed by him

[Anonymous No.3317112]

>>3317106
Thought of them too, the style is so cuddly and nonthreatening

[Anonymous No.3317115]

>>3317106
I think the model sheets show off how well designed the characters are. Again, look at how soft and rounded everything is. Rounded knees, fabric etc.

I wonder if the character designers worked on anything else like this? If you wanted to do really Western style 'moe' there aren't lots of great examples

[Anonymous No.3317120]

>>3317115
Here is one more

I think you can see some distinct differences between this and Japanese artwork even if it is hard to define

[KT No.3317132]

>>3317115
It's alot like the Carebears, that very rounded, soft cuteness aimed at kids and grandmas. Dont know what it's called, seems to be its own genre.
Not hating on it personally, i think when it's well-balanced it can be great

[Anonymous No.3317136]

Here is Ms Brisby

Over all I would say the West has cuter animal work than Japan. I do think these designs are aided by the animation though, they have some obviously volumetric features (as opposed to 'sticker faces') because of the budget going into them. With this movie at least, a lot of the cuteness comes from how the 'acting' is portrayed. I wouldn't say that Don Bluth is known for restrained or naturalistic animation but it is less dependent on stock expressions and highly stylized expressions

[Anonymous No.3317147]

>>3317136
Ah yeah Don Bluth. He exagerates the hell out of cuteness. Sometimes i love it sometimes it's too much

[Anonymous No.3317151]

>>3317132
a lot of cute '80s stuff looks like that, all plush and doughy. Just look at how different My Little Pony looked then.

[KT No.3317167]

I think a lot of people like the Adventure Time style for that minimalist cutenes

[Anonymous No.3317171]

>>3317103
This. Western animation is killed by half-assed brainless "stylization" and anime mimicking.

[Anonymous No.3317188]

some dreamworks is ok

[Anonymous No.3317247]

>>3314231
This

[Anonymous No.3317249]

>>3317101
More like this

[Anonymous No.3317487]

>>3317098
>wow stronk gurl and weak mens

[Anonymous No.3317489]

>>3317188
Jesus Christ. Her entire body could fit inside her head.

[Anonymous No.3317491]

>>3317098
That is some of the ugliest, most soulless shit I've ever seen.

[Anonymous No.3317493]

>>3317109
There's nothing cute about Down's syndrome.

[Anonymous No.3317495]

Does stuff like this count?

[Anonymous No.3317497]

[Anonymous No.3317505]

>>3317171
Are you just talking about huge eyes? Disney did that before anime was even a thing. The sensibilities Disney uses to charicature faces and expessions are more grounded and based on what real people actually look like. Anime's very simplified faces, atleast the moe kind, barely resemble real people and emote differently. Is why weabos look so cringey when they try to immitate it.

[Anonymous No.3317531]

>>3317505
Modern Disney is shit. Sure, they have bigger budgets and do more "complex" animations and facial expressions, but it usually falls flat and ends up looking grotesque and extremely exaggerated. They don't look like they're portraying emotions, but like they're acting. A lot of it also ends up right int he uncanny valley, particularly when they try to create an emotional scene.

That being said, anime has gone to shit and seems to recycle a handful of expressions. They were far more experimental back in the late 80s and 90s, and the characters were far more expressive.

[Anonymous No.3317534]

>>3317082
stretching the budget doesn't really count as giving a shit, does it?

[Anonymous No.3317554]

>>3317095
F-FUCK IT IN THE ASS

[Anonymous No.3317701]

>>3317495
I quite like it

[Anonymous No.3317823]

>>3317249

[Anonymous No.3317824]

>>3317249
>>3317823

[Anonymous No.3317825]

>>3317249
>>3317823
>>3317824

[Anonymous No.3317827]

>>3317249
>>3317823
>>3317824
>>3317825

[Anonymous No.3318143]

>>3314293
Because it was drawn by Namori, but recolored by a noob. This one's the original

[Anonymous No.3318489]

>>3318143
It's not bad but still kinda mediocre. The shape of the face looks kinda blobby. Ton of superior artists even among cute anime styles

[Anonymous No.3319056]

>>3313323
artist?

[Anonymous No.3319058]

>>3319056
nevermind i see the name now

[Anonymous No.3319092]

>>3319056
>>3319058
Marking as solved, thread closed.

[None !4X8vLLNDE2 No.3319188]

>>3317497
nice post