tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post116166901063393431..comments2024-03-19T02:27:08.584-05:00Comments on Ghibli Blog: Studio Ghibli, Animation and the Movies: Color Schemes of the Hideous and GarishDaniel Thomas MacInneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01406180871529775448noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post-43677418705913667442013-01-19T02:00:59.576-06:002013-01-19T02:00:59.576-06:00Hey Daniel, I love your blog. I'm glad I'm...Hey Daniel, I love your blog. I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed this. Its been really bothering me. Have you noticed that not only the covers of the Disney movies (and other USA animated films), but some of the film restorations of older films are plagued with oversaturated colors? <br /><br />Also, the film industry in general seems obsessed with trying to make everything 'eye-candy' recently. Take for example this article, on the orange and teal trend: <br /><br />I also wrote about something similar on my blog:<br />http://the-animatorium.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-issue-with-oversaturated-color.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09602211452811328898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post-44330735590077349052007-01-16T22:40:00.000-06:002007-01-16T22:40:00.000-06:00I sorta agree with the last guy's mention about th...I sorta agree with the last guy's mention about the people in the industry who have a problem once they do get out of having learned animation and into the commercialized corporate world where things are dictated the way they are.Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post-1161824094613461082006-10-25T19:54:00.000-05:002006-10-25T19:54:00.000-05:00I agree with just about everything in your post, e...I agree with just about everything in your post, except for one: we need to be re-educating the editors, not the artists or animators. Having known a lot of art school students, it's interesting to see how unique, skilled, and creative they are, up until the point they enter the corporate cartooning industry--because after that, it's often necessary to stop being original and to start being as skillful at copying the lead animator as you can, if you want to keep your job.<BR/><BR/>If it's any indication, the gaining popularity of other styles of animation over Disney is showing that, given a choice, audiences do prefer their colors less sickening. But it'll probably take a major financial disaster for the execs to wake up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post-1161815279991229612006-10-25T17:27:00.000-05:002006-10-25T17:27:00.000-05:00Compare either of the pics you posted to just the ...Compare either of the pics you posted to just the poster of Spirited Away and your point is completely justified. You could probably do the same with almost every Disney Movie with almost every Ghibli MovieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post-1161719482386120882006-10-24T14:51:00.000-05:002006-10-24T14:51:00.000-05:00Hi, I enjoy your blog very much. Thanks a million ...Hi, I enjoy your blog very much. Thanks a million for posting ann that video, I for one really appreciate it.<BR/><BR/>I am working as a colourist for several comic strips, and I have to fight the editor all the time over this exact issue! They want me to typical primary colours, never darker or lighter than your standard paint tubes. And the result is that they end up looking like every other comic on the shelf. So, I refuse!..<BR/><BR/>I do think that garish colours appeal to children. But I think that with a bit of skill and sensitivity, colours can engage them on an even deeper level. It all depend on the story you are telling, but I think if animated features look just like every cheap animated cartoon on Cartoon Network, we're in trouble.Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07440304260017635123noreply@blogger.com