Comments on: The eyes have it http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/2007/09/05/the-eyes-have-it/ Cartoon Central on the Internet. Thu, 24 May 2012 04:52:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Surf Bean http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/2007/09/05/the-eyes-have-it/#comment-2305 Surf Bean Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/2007/09/05/the-eyes-have-it/#comment-2305 Is it just me, have I been spending way too much time on "alternative" relationship sites, a probable combination thereof or are the black button-eyed characters usually submissive? (Wilma is to Fred, Barney is to Fred and Betty and Pooh is stuffed altogether...) Is it just me, have I been spending way too much time on “alternative” relationship sites, a probable combination thereof or are the black button-eyed characters usually submissive? (Wilma is to Fred, Barney is to Fred and Betty and Pooh is stuffed altogether…)

]]> By: Robert Alvarez http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/2007/09/05/the-eyes-have-it/#comment-2306 Robert Alvarez Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/2007/09/05/the-eyes-have-it/#comment-2306 It is interesting that you ask about my opinion on this one Fred, as I had thought about responding to it when I first read the statement from Floyd.<br />I really never had any problem with the fact that Barney has different eyes from Fred or that Wilma has the same eyes as Barney yet not the same as Betty. I accepted that design as part of the show as I accept it in any show. I really don't think that people outside the industry who watch these shows care about these details. I can understand how some artist in the industry can be bothered by the difference amongst characters within their own universe. I have been at this for 39 years and I've come to the conclusion that the audience will accept anything that you give them. Some things will be accepted better then others. In the end the fans, the audience, will not look at a show and wonder why some characters have different types of eyes. <br />Do what you like and don't worry about what someone else will think.<br /><br />Just one man's opinion.<br /> It is interesting that you ask about my opinion on this one Fred, as I had thought about responding to it when I first read the statement from Floyd.
I really never had any problem with the fact that Barney has different eyes from Fred or that Wilma has the same eyes as Barney yet not the same as Betty. I accepted that design as part of the show as I accept it in any show. I really don’t think that people outside the industry who watch these shows care about these details. I can understand how some artist in the industry can be bothered by the difference amongst characters within their own universe. I have been at this for 39 years and I’ve come to the conclusion that the audience will accept anything that you give them. Some things will be accepted better then others. In the end the fans, the audience, will not look at a show and wonder why some characters have different types of eyes.
Do what you like and don’t worry about what someone else will think.

Just one man’s opinion.

]]> By: Dan Meth http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/2007/09/05/the-eyes-have-it/#comment-2299 Dan Meth Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/2007/09/05/the-eyes-have-it/#comment-2299 I don't mind this. Sometime a certain personality calls for a certain kind of eye, despite a different character's eye. I don’t mind this. Sometime a certain personality calls for a certain kind of eye, despite a different character’s eye.

]]> By: Floyd Bishop http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/2007/09/05/the-eyes-have-it/#comment-2300 Floyd Bishop Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/2007/09/05/the-eyes-have-it/#comment-2300 These types of eyes in general always bugged me, since you can't easily tell where a character is looking. These types of eyes in general always bugged me, since you can’t easily tell where a character is looking.

]]> By: Tyler Esselstrom http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/2007/09/05/the-eyes-have-it/#comment-2301 Tyler Esselstrom Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/2007/09/05/the-eyes-have-it/#comment-2301 For myself personally I always thought it was a way to convey some level of intelligence. For myself personally I always thought it was a way to convey some level of intelligence.

]]> By: eddieleahey http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/2007/09/05/the-eyes-have-it/#comment-2302 eddieleahey Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/2007/09/05/the-eyes-have-it/#comment-2302 haha, i dont mind it at all. i think the designs are perfect, i mean, imagining them with eyes like fred flinstone. theres plenty more design like this in the rest of bedrock. i dunno, it's never bothered me. variety in style is definitely what i love in cartoons. haha, i dont mind it at all. i think the designs are perfect, i mean, imagining them with eyes like fred flinstone. theres plenty more design like this in the rest of bedrock. i dunno, it’s never bothered me. variety in style is definitely what i love in cartoons.

]]> By: TV's Kyle http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/2007/09/05/the-eyes-have-it/#comment-2303 TV's Kyle Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/2007/09/05/the-eyes-have-it/#comment-2303 Think of it this way: If you tried to draw a cartoon character of Conan O'Brien (think more of an iconic cartoon representation rather than anything that could be considered a full caricature), it'd almost HAVE to have dot eyes. It wouldn't look like him if it didn't. Now, if you then went to make a character for the same show of Andy Richter, you COULDN'T use dot eyes. It would never look like Andy Richter with dot eyes! People have different eye shapes, sizes, and colors in real life, and so they can in a show, too. I don't think a show needs to have the Garfield design crutch of the same eyes on every character. Think of it this way: If you tried to draw a cartoon character of Conan O’Brien (think more of an iconic cartoon representation rather than anything that could be considered a full caricature), it’d almost HAVE to have dot eyes. It wouldn’t look like him if it didn’t. Now, if you then went to make a character for the same show of Andy Richter, you COULDN’T use dot eyes. It would never look like Andy Richter with dot eyes! People have different eye shapes, sizes, and colors in real life, and so they can in a show, too. I don’t think a show needs to have the Garfield design crutch of the same eyes on every character.

]]> By: Alex D. http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/2007/09/05/the-eyes-have-it/#comment-2304 Alex D. Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/2007/09/05/the-eyes-have-it/#comment-2304 In art school, someone told me I shouldn't give my characters the same style of eyes, and now someone's suggesting otherwise.<br />What's a guy to do?<br />T_T In art school, someone told me I shouldn’t give my characters the same style of eyes, and now someone’s suggesting otherwise.
What’s a guy to do?
T_T

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