Body Types of The Characters
 

So far, we have seen various types of bodies from different charcters. Can you name some of them?

:tlol::tlol::tlol:

But seriously, why make a thread over body types? I don't get it.:tconfuse:

Is this from the same guy that started the fat-shaming thread?

Overly sensitive fat people need to get a grip, for goodness sake.

Now we're talking. Sort of. :tlol:

Lol, what?

Ummm ermmmm... human type.. humanoid type with subtypes of shelled and not shelled...?

I assume it's the fat people who raised the fat shaming or body types issues of this show. If not, my condolences.

I'm sorry with my choice of words. I should have been more specific.

I am trying to describe the types of designs used for the characters for this show. I want to know why the designs make them look unique.

I have examined some examples of the design principles of the charcters, including:

. Some of the male mutant charcters have "flared" feet
.The females usually have big/wide eyes
. The mutants are either muscular or big, but there are a few execptions

Those are the examples that I have for now.

Idiot. It was clearly set up for Karai's butt.

Is it about Judith Hoag's legs again?

Well, personally I wouldn't really consider much of that to be too unique to the character designs. The big feet is a common theme with a lot of cartoon media and toys these days. Overly big, muscular male characters is pretty common as well anymore.

Many female characters have long been give big, childlike eyes; as well as a more limited number of male characters, such as the Turtles - where I assume it probably is used more to be more suggestive of their youth and remaining thread of innocence despite all the craziness in their lives.

I am a bit artistic lol. So I will try to give my thoughts on the turtle's builds.

It seems like the art team is going with the "How To" directions of classic animation characters. Except they did not exaggerate the features like the classic style would.

Raph's muscular build. The classic Disney styled animation would give him a
-stocky chest,
-muscular neck & arms
-smaller hips & legs
-exaggerated jowl and chin
-small eyes
-pronounced bottom lip

These features tend to visualize a muscular character. It seems like Nick followed most of the guidelines and toned down the exaggerated features. The color scheme for Raph is interesting too because in Disney terms green eyes signal an evil character. Green is also complementary to red. Raph isn't evil but the green eyes do complement a badass.

All the turtles follow the guidelines of what makes a good, cute character with features such as
-barely visible neck
-roundish features

However Raph seems to have some angular features which signal an evil character. His head is more angular in comparison with his brothers. The jagged chip on his chest has sharp corners. These features visualize an evil character. Despite the features Raph is not evil instead is just a bad boy. The evil features complement his rage and personality. So they did excellent when it comes to the style of the turtles. They considered their personality and chose the most appropriate body type.

The "evil" part is just textbook term. I spent most of my post writing about Raphael's body type because I know about that specific body type more than the others. I am still trying to figure out the textbook way lol.