Marzipan Evolution
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This page tracks the evolution of Marzipan.
| Image | Remarks | Created | Appearances | What's Changed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early sketches
| Unknown | Sketchbook (museum)
flashback (bottom middle); alternate universe; Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold | N/A | |
| First design
| Marzipan was not named until "She Loves Me!" | 1999 | Marshmallow's Last Stand; She Loves Me!; Old Characters Page | N/A |
| Second design
| 2000 | Character Cards; Dancin' Bubs; The Reddest Radish; Yearbook Character Page (in photo) | Her look has become more refined, with clean vector shapes rather than hand-drawn lines. Her eyes have the appearance of black circles with white highlights rather than simple black-outlined circles. Her dress has a more refined "bell" shape curving backwards, and her ponytail has more of a curl. Her shading has been adjusted, with some shadows being replaced with gradients; colors have been adjusted as well, with a pinker skin tone, warmer hair, and much darker and more saturated purple dress. | |
| Third design
| May 2000 (or earlier) | Theme Song Video; Homestarloween Party; A Holiday Greeting; The Luau; Audition with Marzipan; Yearbook Character Page; A Jorb Well Done; The House That Gave Sucky Treats; Why Come Only One Girl? | Marzipan's design is more loose and cartoony. Her eyes are now unfilled black ovals, with the left eye being noticeably larger, and her mouth is shaped slightly differently and placed slightly lower. Her dress and hair no longer have gradients. Her skin tone is a more natural flesh tone than the brighter pink, and her purple clothes are warmer and less saturated. She is now drawn with thinner, colored outlines. | |
| Fourth design
| This is the current design. | 2001 | Toons from The Best Decemberween Ever; various Strong Bad Emails starting with helium; Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 10.2 | Her neck is shorter and thinner, her eyes are slightly smaller with her right eye being consistently larger, no matter which direction she's facing. Her dress and hairtie are again a darker, cooler, and deeper purple in tone, and she has a much glossier forehead, similar to Strong Bad's torso. Her hair has some highlights, and the curl at the end is more rounded out. The bells on her dress are much larger and are a lighter shade of gold. Her dress is smaller and is drawn in three shades instead of two, while her hairtie is larger, her head shape is more rounded, and her outline is thicker, adding more dimensionality.
Starting around 2002 or 2003, her mouth is now animated in a different style (although it does revert to the previous shape whenever she's not speaking or is just about to, especially during holiday toons). |
| Character Evolutions |
|---|
| Homestar Runner · Strong Bad · Pom Pom · Coach Z · Bubs · The Cheat · Strong Mad · Strong Sad · Marzipan · The King of Town · The Poopsmith · Homsar |
