Image Links / Art Evolution

Anime and Manga

• The 25-year art evolution◊ of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
• From Ah! My Goddess: Keiichi◊, Belldandy◊
• Kenshiro◊ from Fist of the North Star
• Yu Yabuchi◊'s works
• Shiori Fujisaki◊ from Tokimeki Memorial
• Characters◊ from One Piece
• Kotaku did a compilation of numerous series.
• A few Bleach◊ examples.
• Katekyo Hitman REBORN!◊
• Pretty Cure:
  • Cure Bloom's appearance in 2006 (Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash★Star), 2014 (HappinessCharge Pretty Cure!), and 2018 (Pretty Cure All Stars).
  • Cure Mint's initial appearance vs. updated for GoGo!.
  • Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure: Cure Spicy's initial pose background in Episode 4 vs. its update in Episode 5.

Asian Animation

• The timeline of 2010 to 2017 of the title mascot of Pinkfong.

Comic Strips

• This Square Root of Minus Garfield strip, showing Garfield's increasingly bipedal nature.

Films — Animation

• Box art for Barbie in the Nutcracker: Original 2001 release, 2010 rerelease, 2014 rerelease.
• Box art for Barbie as Rapunzel: Original 2002 release, rerelease.
• Box art for Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper: Original 2004 release, 2017 rerelease.
• Box art for Barbie Fairytopia: Original 2005 release, 2016 rerelease.
• Box art for Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia: Original 2006 release, rerelease.
• Box art for Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses: Original 2006 release, rerelease.
• Box art for Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow: Original 2007 release, 2016 rerelease.
• Box art for Barbie as the Island Princess: Original 2007 release, 2017 rerelease.
• Box art for Barbie: Mariposa: Original 2008 release, 2016 rerelease.
• Box art for Barbie in A Christmas Carol: Original 2008 release, rerelease.
• The 14 year difference of The Incredibles.
  • Second Example
• Compare the Twenty Four Year Journey of not only the series but the Art Form of Computer Animation as a whole with Toy Story.
  • Compare the workflow of The First Installment (1995) and The Fourth Installment with the shot of Woody and Bo Peep◊.

  • Compare the bizarre and dreadful looking like the toys themselves to the consistent and flowing and just plain better Andy Davis:
    • 1995

    • 1◊

    • 2◊

    • 1999

    • 1◊

    • 2◊

    • 2010

    • Child

    • 1◊

    • 2◊

    • Adult

    • 1◊

    • 2◊

    • 2019

    • Child

    • [1]◊

    • Adult

    • [2]◊

  • Compare the consistency shot of Andy Davis and His Mother
    • 1995

    • [3]◊

    • 1999

    • [4]◊

    • 2010

    • [5]◊

• The series of videos by Insider explains how far Computer Animation experienced by Pixar and years later Walt Disney Animation Studios has gone:
  • Pixar
    • 1

    • 2

    • 3

    • 4

    • 5

    • 6

    • 7

  • Disney
    • 1

    • 2

Literature

• Rainbow Magic has its own page.

Toys

• The evolution of Barbie: 1959 to 1967◊, 1968 to 1976◊, 1977 to 1985◊, 1986 to 1994◊, 2004 to 2012◊, and 2013 to 2015◊.
• Monster High:
  • Frankie Stein in 2010 and in 2016.
  • Draculaura in 2010 and in 2016.

Video Games

• Moo Moo Meadows in Mario Kart Wii and its redesign in Mario Kart 8.
• Aran Ryan in 1994 and in 2009.

Web Animation

• The titular character◊ from Homestar Runner has gone from a crude to a more realistic and athletic look.

Western Animation

• Austin before and after his redesign to look cuddlier◊.^note If the changes aren't immediately seen, his skin is lighter, his face is shorter and rounder, he has a larger and darker nose, and he is slightly chubbier
• Share Bear in her original greeting card form from 1983, as she appears in the 1985 movie, her 2003 redesign, which changed her tummy symbol from a milkshake to lollipops, her look in 2007 from Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot, simplified again in 2012 with the release of Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot, and her current appearance as of 2019 and the release of Care Bears: Unlock the Magic.
• Wild in Season 7 vs. in Season 9.
• Woody Woodpecker: [6]◊

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