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Published: 2014-03-01 16:07:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 8405; Favourites: 223; Downloads: 4
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I was originally going to post this back on February 17, which if you don't recall marked the 10th anniversary of Disney's acquisition of the Muppets. I decided instead to have this kick off March, which is set out to be a very Muppety month, indeed. I know there's a consensus of die-hard Muppet fans who aren't really fond of some of the newer puppet designs or their current slick Apple-looking logo, so I really felt like giving the newer character/logo designs a retro-modern look. My signature is even stylized after the 'Waltograph' font, as a nod to Disney.Technically speaking, believe me when I say this took a long time to put together. The original drawings actually date back some months before the last Muppet film came out (almost three years!) and I had wanted to convert them to Illustrator for a year now. The Muppets themselves marked the first time I finalized the coloring and effects in Illustrator; which I previously had done in Photoshop (I still used it here, but mostly in refining the background).
Now, with that out of the way, who else is stoked for Muppets Most Wanted? A show of hands, please!
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Amazing fanart here, everybody looks reimagined to be a real cartoon character made to be in a cartoon. Hopefully the Muppets will do some sort of fanart thing like what Pixar did with Inside Out, this submission would be a guarantee!
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Cool work! During that show back in that day,I wish they could have gotten Michael Jackson to be a special guest star too (while he was still his original black self of curse during his "Off the Wall" album) HE could've sanga little something for Piggy!
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this is the most sensational inspirational celebrational Muppetational artwork ever
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I like how you merged the classic logo with the newer one that has the Kermit-ized 'M'. Although when you say newer character designs, you mean simply the newer-built looks? Because I think all the puppet builds go by the classic look and I don't see anything truly different about them except with how they're built. Well, except for Sam Eagle who has been resculpted to look more like he did back in his earliest appearances.
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Yeah, that's precisely what I mean. A few of the newer builds still do get scrutiny from fans. I've read some complaints about the new Fozzie and Gonzo being too mushy-looking, although I'm not that bothered with them myself. I'll say, though, one thing I haven't seen people acknowledge is that Rowlf, thankfully, still looks the same as he did thirty years ago
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He sure does! He seems to be a character that if tampered with in terms of build, the world would end lol. And Beaker looks pretty much unchanged, too. Scooter's new build is actually a step in the right direction, as it actually harkens to the original design.
Now as for the aforementioned Fozzie and Gonzo, Fozzie's current puppet isn't terrible while it's just Gonzo's eyes that seem to have changed the most.
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I honestly don't know what's so bad about the new Fozzie puppet. Yes, it has a different type of fur than previous versions but I don't mind. At least it looks better than the 2004-2010 puppet, that looked just too skinny all over, especially for the head img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20… . Only thing I don't get is his brighter-toned eyebrows.
As for Gonzo, I did have a few problems, but I got used to it.
At first ever glance, he had gotten bigger, but it doesn't make him look THAT puny compared to some of the others. With his face, I thought his bottom jaw looked like it was shoved deeper in, same goes for his eyeballs. The color of his nose I think looks better as blue instead of peach. Actually, the combo of both colors looks better. But his single eye-mech is still great.
PS, for the drawing, where'd you get the pattern for the background and how are you able to get the color tints perfectly right?
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I think Gonzo's nose/muzzle works best as purple, but yeah there isn't anything too terrible about him. Especially since he's not meant to be a physically attractive heartthrob to begin with lol!
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& I'm also satisfied that he's gotten back to his sweater vest/purple tux instead of those weird shirts he had in the mid-90s & 2000s.Submit Comment
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Gonzo's wardrobe never bothered me lol
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