Character Evolutions
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Over the years, homestarrunner.com characters have undergone a number of changes to their appearance. Below are links to charts for individual characters as they have changed.
[edit] Character Evolutions by category
[edit] Main Characters |
[edit] Old-Timey[edit] 20X6[edit] Storybook World |
[edit] Other |
[edit] General design trends
Many characters were initially designed for children's books. These designs were simple and loose, with thin outlines and bold, solid colors:
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When The Brothers Chaps began using Flash, character designs still kept the hand-drawn feeling (images may have been digitized with Adobe Streamline) with thick, irregular lines. Coloring was often done with gradients:
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Around the time of A Jumping Jack Contest, characters were redesigned to use cleaner vector lines with more precise shapes. This art style primarily used black outlines, flat colors, and limited shading:
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Characters' current designs are typified by colored outlines and the use of shadows, highlights, and varying line width to add depth:
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Most character designs have not significantly evolved since 2001. Post-2001 changes typically include minor adjustments to facial or body proportions, additional facial expressions, or reworking how a character is animated, not major changes to how the character is drawn.
