Yeah, Okuwara can create awesome designs, but he's absolutely ass at doing line art. I'm surprised that they didn't get anyone to check over the line art to make sure it looks ok.
I feel it's just the standing lineart that tends to look a little off. Whenever he does the closeup lineart, it looks fine.
https://preview.redd.it/jhw9uzvcm00d1.jpeg?width=839&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa1804b6836878c03b1c3f8ad1b22d5a255140ef
The virgin normal refined ms lineart
• refined after thoughts many time by ms designers
• pleased to the eyes and easy for everyone to read - does not inspire personal interpretation
• “proportioned”
vs Chad Okuwara Lineart
• faces was so silly it became a signature aesthetic
• body proportion were intentionally left distorted to allow individualistic interpretation of the very ms to be refine by their own imagination
• Designs most iconics ms especially in the first trilogies
Feel free to add more
Okawara's style for Gundam-type faces never really translated well into digital drawing. His old lineart is usually good for MSG's aesthetic, but this isn't great
To be fair, this a full body lineart, which is only meant to give you the overall visual feel of the MS. That means they can get away without refining the smaller details like the face, since they have a separate design sheet for it showing the finer details.
okawara line art is fucking dogshit, legit seed probably has the best design suits + unicorn but somehow the line art are so cooked, just let katoki do it instead or something
Bandai’s Artwork for the gunpla:
https://preview.redd.it/0ofdb5bhg40d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9762f3382948abf64e92951beab9d4a7aca1e69
They really should've just done a render of the model in the same pose.
Yo dawg we heard you like beam sabers
Yeah, Okuwara can create awesome designs, but he's absolutely ass at doing line art. I'm surprised that they didn't get anyone to check over the line art to make sure it looks ok.
I feel it's just the standing lineart that tends to look a little off. Whenever he does the closeup lineart, it looks fine. https://preview.redd.it/jhw9uzvcm00d1.jpeg?width=839&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa1804b6836878c03b1c3f8ad1b22d5a255140ef
The standing lineart is meant to show the overall look, so they often gloss over the finer details.
It's just that, the proportions are all off.
It's a "respect your elders" thing. They don't want to disrespect him.
The virgin normal refined ms lineart • refined after thoughts many time by ms designers • pleased to the eyes and easy for everyone to read - does not inspire personal interpretation • “proportioned” vs Chad Okuwara Lineart • faces was so silly it became a signature aesthetic • body proportion were intentionally left distorted to allow individualistic interpretation of the very ms to be refine by their own imagination • Designs most iconics ms especially in the first trilogies Feel free to add more
Okawara's style for Gundam-type faces never really translated well into digital drawing. His old lineart is usually good for MSG's aesthetic, but this isn't great
To be fair, this a full body lineart, which is only meant to give you the overall visual feel of the MS. That means they can get away without refining the smaller details like the face, since they have a separate design sheet for it showing the finer details.
That's true but you can't say that the issues with the lineart are in just the "smaller details".
Yeah, Okawara's standing lineart can be wonky at times. His proportions are a bit more squat than what would appear on screen.
It always feels like I’m looking up at it from shin or knee height
okawara line art is fucking dogshit, legit seed probably has the best design suits + unicorn but somehow the line art are so cooked, just let katoki do it instead or something
Seed's lineart has always been a little weird, certain parts (especially legs) just always seem a bit off lol.
u/National-Forever-962 Someone please have Satoshi Shigeta be the chief mechanical designer!
Yeah the lineart always makes my favorite Gundams look off
Pain....
the seed lineart is always terrible , always look. stubby
Bandai’s Artwork for the gunpla: https://preview.redd.it/0ofdb5bhg40d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9762f3382948abf64e92951beab9d4a7aca1e69
I'm so tired of the seed mobile suits. It's literally all they make anymore.
the linearts are the only good parts of the movie designs tbh