>>7888412
Are you talking about the THIRD PARTY animators who ADAPTED his concept art using 3D MODELS? And you're wondering why it looks different?

>>7888418
>third party animators
But he didn´t do all alone back there, did him?

I don't follow animations, but his new art style feels incredibly tranny coded

>>7888461
Don't act surprised the dude who drew fucking Tank Girl has art that looks like this. It's been almost 40 fucking years. Get over it.

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>>7888412
He was pretty old when it started. He's almost 60 now. His tank girl stuff was his creative peak, Gorillaz had plenty too but it's like less and less every year now.
This has just been a slow descent into mediocrity and we're finally approaching the bottom.

>gorillaz
lmao what year is it?

>>7888412
Embrace the slop, stop fighting it, it's useless.

>>7888476
I mean, i´m not that old to know how life changes but isn´t Gorillaz his main art outlet? Why not care just a bit more?

>>7888503
Please no

>>7888412
do you just want something to moan about or do you have a legitimate problem with the style? it looks really good to me.

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>>7888412
>Is he tired?
I get the feeling he is. Does he even do anything outside of Gorillaz?
I know most of the projects he wanted to do with the franchise (movies, animated series, etc) all fell through - even a lot of the music videos he wanted to make were cancelled. I believe the initial reason the Gorillaz (Hewlett and Albarn) broke up was because Hewlett felt that the art side wasn't appreciated enough, and all the money and attention went to the music side (which is fair enough, but the art is what set the band apart is a strong part of their appeal).

So to sum it up, I think he's getting a good paycheck while being creatively shat on, so he just doesn't really care anymore. It's a shame, because I think he has the talent to make something really special, if he put his best foot forward again.
He could probably get a animated movie greenlit, that isn't gorillaz, just on his name alone - probably even government funded, given his accolades.

>Is it even him?
I know, or at least it used to be the case, that all the digital work was done by others. So Hewlett works with a studio to make all the Gorillaz art.
I doubt he even does all the storyboards for the music videos himself these days.

>>7888703
>which is fair enough
is it? who the fuck actually listens to gorillaz? they're known for the characters and the clint eastwood and feel good inc videos
I literally haven't heard them since tv (and thus mtv) became irrelevant footnotes of history

>>7888725
They're a band, signed to a music label, a music label which is the one funding the production of all the music and animation production. What do you think would be their priority?
Also, their first three albums were big hits, Demon Days in particular, and are still likely big money makers.
The music is the product, the art is just the advertising, so of course the music companies want to cut back on the extra expenditures as much as possible - and that's the art.

>>7888770
>What do you think would be their priority?
whatever gets them the most publicity
demon days was over 20 years ago, dude

>>7888792
They had an album out in '23, and have one coming out this year. My point about Demon Days was that they had a massive album, which in turn makes them have a fairly large audience for their music - their albums still chart strongly.
So yes, people still think of music when they think of Gorillaz, most people who know them probably.

>whatever gets them the most publicity
And not the actual product? The thing that makes them money?
You can argue that Gorillaz should diversify and have more avenues for profit (games, films, comics, etc.), and I'd agree, but to expect them to spend more on the advertising despite already having enough publicity to be a very profitable product is silly - they probably see it as diminishing returns.
Gorillaz isn't a prestige project, it's a product, and the music companies want to make as much money out of it as possible.

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>>7888792
>demon days was over 20 years ago, dude
Man.....

OP here. I´ve watched and it was peak, unironically.

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>This thread
Holy fuck westerners are so bad at art. Look at the ugly slop they worship.

>>7888476
i think he peaked during the early 2000s with gorillaz actually
his tank girl stuff was pretty meh and derivative looking, too overworked

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>>7889551

https://youtu.be/ucRulNQsuYQ

As usual, OP is a faggot

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>>7888412
Personally, I think the artstyle for gorillaz was at its best during the first album/phase. He was really pushing those thick and thins with his linework. Now his lines are fairly standard, and have lost some of that unique stylisation.
There was also something about the earlier simpler work, that was not only better suited to animation, but I just found more appealing overall - his art often comes across as a bit overworked by comparison to me.

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>>7889763
Phase two, the artstyle for the second album, for comparison

>>7889754

This was made with actual animation cells by the way. Keep seething OP

>>7889754
>>7889816

>>7889544
>OP here. I´ve watched and it was peak, unironically.

>>7889764
Teen noodle was cute tho

>>7889754
it's kinda lame 2bh
maybe it's technically amazing, idk but both the music and the video are just waiting room noise

>>7890017
I agree. Actually, his character design skills are still great, it's just his overall stylisation that I feel degraded... or well, changed in a way I don't like as much, at least.

>>7889551
was this concept art for concord?

>>7889551
this looks like someone trying to imitate moebius (D and F in particular) but he doesn't understand what makes moebius' designs work

>>7890171
Damn how did you clock that? Truly an iconic style for it to be recognized like that.

>>7890203
I was there shitting on it, also the floating wheelchair was a big give away.

>>7890203
it's pretty recognizeable for how bad it was

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>>7888412
i said the same thing on /co/ and got shit on for it. glad to know im not the only one that hates where the gorillaz artstyle has gone as of late
phase 2 was peak for me, i love the dingy street art look of it all. its almost a little unnerving in a good way. like who are these creepy weirdos?

>>7888412
idk whats going on but i like Gorillaz

>>7888725
>is it? who the fuck actually listens to gorillaz?
a lot of people honestly, specially because they collab with basically anyone who's even mildly relevant in indie for all their recent stuff, so even thru cross pollination they get some decent numbers and hits here and there

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Its literally the same fuckin shit
>oh but the lines are thinneror some other meaningless shit o algo
No you're not a perceptive artistic mind you're just a petty sub 100 iq retard with ADHD and AIDS with too much free time on xeir hands
How about you pyw so we can laugh some more at your inept nigger life lol

Don’t know the band or the artist but this was really cool as an outsider. Loved how weird everything was

>>7891217
>Don’t know the band or the artist
Zoomer or thirdie?

>>7891144
definitely agree the op looks like tumblr art compared to your pic

>>7891225
Gorillaz are most popular in a country with a population density 7% lower than india and a capital that's 30% white and plagued by roving rape gangs that you get arrested for posting about on the internet

>>7891228

Why are you people blatantly ignoring that what OP posted is a frame from an animation and all the other Gorillaz stuff is official art, as in fully realized illustrations?

>>7891225
I’m 35. I only listen to heavy metal and hardcore punk from a local record store mostly. Just never got into rap or pop

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>>7891262
What difference does that make? Compare the latest video to something like Feel Good Inc, the heavy stylization and playing with perspective and foreshortening are long gone. It's incredibly sterile now

>>7891288
Does Jamie Hewlett still storyboard the entirety of the music videos like he used to? They used to trace of and turn his storyboards into keyframes, and if he isn't doing the storyboards like he used to, that may go some way to explain to quality or style changes.

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>>7888725
>who the fuck actually listens to gorillaz?
Are you fucking serious? Is this a genuine question?

>>7891317
lol look at this scandalized boomer with his capeshit cartoon reaction GIF thinking he's hip ahahahahaahha bet he fucks his old lady to the sound of madonna AHAAHHAHAAHAHAHA

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>>7891319
This coming from the retard that literally thought people didn't watch Gorillaz for the music is quite amusing.
Go be a knuckle dragging nigger elsewhere, you retarded faggot.

>>7891322
boomers aren't people. lmao
sounds like I struck a nerve, you definitely know the words to a madonna song kek

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>>7891327
Pretending to be retarded isn't striking a nerve, newfaggot. That gif has been posted on 4chan longer than you've been born. Lurk more retard.

>my boomer GIF (LMAO) is really old!
lol
lmao
boomers actually think this is a w

>newnigger doubling down
Kek. How embarrassing.

>>7891288
this is easily explained by who produced each music video, Feel Good Inc is passion pictures, directed by jamie+pete candeland, also Robert Valley doing animation on this, which looks like a carbon copy of his style.

new video is Titmouse which is known for the more commercial almost league of legends- videogame cinematic inspired take on things.

>>7888725
>I literally haven't heard them since tv (and thus mtv) became irrelevant footnotes of history

Classic self centered 4chan anon who does not realize that there are entire worlds outside of their knowledge, nothing to see here.