These are my favorite styles to imagine my projects in:
Photoreal Human (Almost Real) → Resident Evil CGI → Love, Death & Robots (Aquila Rift)
Realistic Anime Hybrid (Best Balance) → Final Fantasy → Alita
Stylized Human (Art-Driven Realism) → Arcane
Every project lives somewhere on this spectrum; it shapes the tone, emotion, and how real the world feels.
Where do your visuals naturally land? What anime influences how you visualize your projects?
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I love 2D aesthetics. Anything from 80’s GI Joe style to Castlevania, to invincible to Arcane 3D to 2D style
Love that Kevin Jackson, Arcane’s 3D-to-2D style is actually my favorite right now too, especially with how it pushes new visual territory while still feeling artistic. It’s exciting seeing new material evolve in that space and how far studios are taking it. What do you think about stop-motion animation as a style?
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I'm all about 2D animation, with a strong preference for 80s to 2000s anime feel. If I could get Studio Madhouse to animate any of my projects, I'd be in Heaven.
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Wow, Studio Madhouse is amazing Banafsheh Esmailzadeh I admire their anime style! I’m definitely going to binge more of their work; is there a specific project of theirs that inspires you most?
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Same Dwayne Williams 2~ I love that they did CLAMP’s animes so Cardcaptor Sakura and Clover, and what I saw of X. Of course their work on Satoshi Kon’s stuff is also wonderful, like Millennium Actress, and Redline is one of my absolute favourites. Their work on NANA is also gorgeous. If I had to choose between them I’d say Redline is my favourite example. Every single frame is pure art.
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Thanks for sharing those, Banafsheh Esmailzadeh I just checked out Redline, and it looks amazing! Definitely something I’d spend time diving into. I appreciate you putting me onto that. :D
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You’re welcome, Dwayne Williams 2~ enjoy Redline!