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The Visual World of 'Samurai Jack'

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Re: The Visual World of 'Samurai Jack'

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Post by Forgeties79 »

duxup wrote: post #4

Samurai Jack is so beautiful and being able to portray things / have the confidence in the art really seems to cut back on unnecessary / clumsy dialogue that so many shows have today.

The episode with the three blind archers guarding the well that grants wishes is a master class in gesticulates at everything

Whenever I think of Tartakovsky I also think of his clone wars micro series he did for Cartoon Network. The episode with the special forces clone troopers that has no dialogue after the first 30-60 seconds or show is just so unbelievably good. So much tension.

Re: The Visual World of 'Samurai Jack'

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Post by Forgeties79 »

AtlasBarfed wrote: post #5

The star wars clone wars shorts are just amazing animation. The way he caught the essence of the characters in animation that was superior to the human portrayals was a testament to his talent. It made the cgi clone wars look so amateurish. The best sam jack imo is the light vs dark. My jaw dropped at that. He's definitely one of the few creators where I can feel him tickling my mind, overwhelming me with creativity.

Clone Wars was so fun. The episode with the special forces troopers that’s mostly silent immediately comes to mind, as well as the one where General grievous just goes to town on a group of surrounded Jedi.

It was also pretty cool watching Mace force crush grievous‘s chest lol

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Post by photonthug »

Forgeties79 wrote: post #11
duxup wrote: post #4

Samurai Jack is so beautiful and being able to portray things / have the confidence in the art really seems to cut back on unnecessary / clumsy dialogue that so many shows have today.

The episode with the three blind archers guarding the well that grants wishes is a master class in gesticulates at everything Whenever I think of Tartakovsky I also think of his clone wars micro series he did for Cartoon Network. The episode with the special forces clone troopers that has no dialogue after the first 30-60 seconds or show is just so unbelievably good. So much tension.

Ok I’m rewatching that one soon, forgot about it. The flashback of like, all heroes including Vishnu and zeus fighting aku was also rad. Maybe even the pilot, or the start of the reboot? Awesome

Re: The Visual World of 'Samurai Jack'

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Post by thatguy0900 »

lelandfe wrote: post #9

For a lot of great behind the scenes artwork: https://characterdesignreferences.com/art-of-animation-8/art... I used to have an artist roommate obsessed with the art style of the show. If anyone hasn't yet watched the rebooted season from 2017, I highly recommend it. Edit: one great clip from S5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFDkcvrSaYU

I wasn't much a fan of the rebooted series, I thought the inclusion of the new character took too much focus. Almost felt to me more like a fan fiction ending with someone's OC

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Post by keeganpoppen »

TuringTourist wrote: post #10

I never watched Samurai Jack when it was coming out as a child. I have begun watching it recently and it is absolutely a breathtaking piece of work.

same. i did watch the more recent "last season", or whatever it is that they made, and i thought the artwork was absolutely fantastic.

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Post by photonthug »

throw_a_grenade wrote: post #7

Tangential: does anyone know if there is a site that collects backgrounds from cartoons? Those would be gorgeous wallpapers.

May I also recommend ren and stimpy in this category ? Beyond that you may even have to go back to looney tunes for more watercolor style layering.

Re: The Visual World of 'Samurai Jack'

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Post by k__ »

thatguy0900 wrote: post #15
lelandfe wrote: post #9

For a lot of great behind the scenes artwork: https://characterdesignreferences.com/art-of-animation-8/art... I used to have an artist roommate obsessed with the art style of the show. If anyone hasn't yet watched the rebooted season from 2017, I highly recommend it. Edit: one great clip from S5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFDkcvrSaYU

I wasn't much a fan of the rebooted series, I thought the inclusion of the new character took too much focus. Almost felt to me more like a fan fiction ending with someone's OC

I watched the whole series because of some clips from the new season.

The new stuff felt more mature to me and the old stuff more like a kids show.

Overall I liked both, but I get it, the new stuff felt a bit off.

Re: The Visual World of 'Samurai Jack'

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Post by stevenwoo »

duxup wrote: post #4

Samurai Jack is so beautiful and being able to portray things / have the confidence in the art really seems to cut back on unnecessary / clumsy dialogue that so many shows have today.

His first season of Primal has almost zero dialogue and works really well, but it's a caveman and a dinosaur buddy show.
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