Cartoon characters designs

[Jelly Bean]

Is it me, or does it seem like cartoon character desgins have gotten more and more simple over the years. I mean look at the detail on the faces and bodies from cartoons from the 80's and 90's compaed to the ones from the now.












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Is there a reason for this? I mean you see this kind of blocky design like in Total Drama Island alot more lately and even the better looking animation has simplitic facial and body designs.



I was watching some cartoons from the 80's and 90's and a friend of mine said the more detailed look makes the character look ugly and "dated." Do you agree? How come the detail and quality in character designs have gone down over the years? The last cartoon I saw with detailed character designs was the 4KIDS show before the Fast Foward remodle. I mentioned before that during the turtles cross over movie I found the old school turtles more detailed and realistic looking than even the more serios 4KIDS turtles.