What is up with butterflies???

Lyrs · Post by **Lyrs** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 1:15 pm

The eye and nose question was simply a sarcastic remark at what "makes" anime, anime...in a sense. Butterflies may or may not be "trademark" of anime.

the STD one was....something.

/end thought

AbsoluteDestiny · Post by **AbsoluteDestiny** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 1:19 pm

Otohiko wrote:Eyes, as I understand it, are primarily drawn this way because they are the most expressive part of the face.

Nah, it's more a tradition borrowed from western animation.

Tezuka, for example, grew up drawing the western cartoons of the 30s, 40s and 50s. Betty Boop and Mickey Mouse have pretty big eyes, as you can see:

http://www.bettyboop.com/

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Set/1344/physic.html

So yeah, the style was borrowed from the west and developed from there.

Ein_the_dog · Post by **Ein_the_dog** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 1:22 pm

I've seen those butterflies before in the new Bebop movie...Or whenever I get high.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 1:47 pm

Yea, you're right on that AD.

but don't you think that's the reason Western animation did that in the first place?

I tell ye, good old uncle Walt was no foo... Quite certainly, that's the reason he gave his characters big eyes. I'm aware anime did not invent this, but it developed the concept to some great extent...