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Dakota Bob
Member Since 12 Mar 2008Offline Last Active Apr 17 2011 03:48 PM
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In Topic: Guilty Pleasures
12 October 2010 - 07:37 AM
I...I really like Lordi...
In Topic: Sally's Initiation
10 September 2010 - 01:49 PM
Holy hell what did I just read
In Topic: And You Thought Your Hobbies Were Weird
25 August 2010 - 10:21 AM
My favorite is number 2, I was wondering why I kept seeing him on TV
In Topic: Tails Adventure
18 August 2010 - 02:28 PM
QUOTE (Cheezmatt @ Aug 18 2010, 03:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well to be fair, he has provided some nice emoticons... 
Okay, to give a proper answer: Yardley's strength is his 'comical' style, or at least the ability to draw stupid faces, and is best suited for lighthearted slapstick plots. That approach fit the Sonic X comic like a glove, for instance. Unfortunately, that style completely falls short when the plot takes a more serious tone. Almost all attempt at dramatic tension is diffused when the art is permanently goofy. He's seemingly incapable of reigning it in - the characters are drawn with obnoxiously over-the-top expressions so often they actually become mundane, which is a pretty big feat. And for all the praise Yardley gets over his 'consistent' style, he's also had a big hand in homogenizing the cast's visual design even further, such as Sally being given the same cookie-cutter proportions of almost every other Sega character. With much of the cast looking so samey and a reliance on exaggeration rather than subtlety, it really does smack of laziness, albeit a different sort than being just plain bad.
Although it is pretty funny to see just about every character drawn with the exact same aghast expression of horror, at some point or another, over his tenure on the comic.
Okay, to give a proper answer: Yardley's strength is his 'comical' style, or at least the ability to draw stupid faces, and is best suited for lighthearted slapstick plots. That approach fit the Sonic X comic like a glove, for instance. Unfortunately, that style completely falls short when the plot takes a more serious tone. Almost all attempt at dramatic tension is diffused when the art is permanently goofy. He's seemingly incapable of reigning it in - the characters are drawn with obnoxiously over-the-top expressions so often they actually become mundane, which is a pretty big feat. And for all the praise Yardley gets over his 'consistent' style, he's also had a big hand in homogenizing the cast's visual design even further, such as Sally being given the same cookie-cutter proportions of almost every other Sega character. With much of the cast looking so samey and a reliance on exaggeration rather than subtlety, it really does smack of laziness, albeit a different sort than being just plain bad.
Although it is pretty funny to see just about every character drawn with the exact same aghast expression of horror, at some point or another, over his tenure on the comic.
I've never really thought of it that way before, it's a good point. although to be fair, how long has it been since they have done a "dramatic" issue? 176 maybe?
QUOTE (randomizer @ Aug 18 2010, 05:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
When did Antoine become the judge of manliness?
Probably when he started banging a cyborg
