Thought Experiment: 80s Dan: The Cartoon Series!

Admin wrote:

Those ideas are bloody freakin brilliant =)

WOOHOO! Thank you, sir!

--Erin M.

Just thought I'd make a contribution to the best fuggin' idea ever.

I'm not much of an artist; when I'm not drawing outside of a specific style, I tend to get frustrated fast. But I figured this cause was worthy of trying out my artistic chops. Here's my interpretation of 80s Dan and crew!

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Let's start with Dan/Brad...I kept him in a different, slightly more realistic style to emphasize that he's from a different decade. 80s animation used complex character designs that, while cartoony, retained a lot of anatomical similarty. The rest of the characters are simply shaped and more simplified than Dan, based off of some of the smoother designs found in animation today (more specifically shows like My Life as a Teenage Robot, which I'm heavily versed in.) Dan turned out pretty well here; I based a lot of his appearance on the Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures series. For those wondering what insane video he's holding in his hand, it's probably "Max Monroe, Loose Cannon".

Brian is the first person I drew here, and I'm very happy with how he turned out. I was considering giving him red hair as a shout-out to The Real Ghostbusters giving Stantz that and a larger belly ([Only admins are allowed to see this link]), but he's enough of a contrast to Brad that it would be unnecessary, not to mention that it's not in use that much in the modern day. God, I love his expression here. Sums him up perfectly.

Jillian was the last person I drew, and by that time I was burned out from struggling with the others. Her head turned out fine, but I've been struggling to go for the [Only admins are allowed to see this link] look for her, which I failed at tremendously. Looking back on it, I can probably do a far better version, and I'll certainly do more if asked.

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Sarah (Mrs. Crabtree) and ROB were fun to work with. Sarah's a bit more svelte than usual, but apart from that she turned out great. I had a lot of fun with designing her hairstyle and expression. Rob definitely needs some work, though; in the future, I think I'll go for a more retro-cartoony design for him, since he's from the 80s like Brad. Maybe he should have the pork belly and red hair...

After watching the update from Brad on the website, I'm wondering: Is this how the whole 80's Dan cartoon series came to be?

Subterfuge wrote:

After watching the update from Brad on the website, I'm wondering: Is this how the whole 80's Dan cartoon series came to be?

You mean the Game Boys cartoon series? I think that's been in development for a while.

Was that a series based on Game Boys? If so, my bad... I guess I'm getting old hehe... I really thought it was an 80's Dan cartoon series he talked about in the last video update.

After the animated series of game boys, Brad should think of animating 80s Dan.

OR
Pierre Kirby - the animated series

OR
The Cinemasnob 2 as animated..... (or as a porn)

jaltesorensen wrote:

After the animated series of game boys, Brad should think of animating 80s Dan.

OR
Pierre Kirby - the animated series

OR
The Cinemasnob 2 as animated..... (or as a porn)

Yup, that's the wonderful side of animation, you can make stuff happen that could simply not happen otherwise. Example: Kung Tai Ted meets Pierre Kirby. Now! That's something I'd be willing to watch!