'Avatar' is a MASTERPIECE... but the Concept Art is WEIRD

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  • @NovaaTheGreat
    @NovaaTheGreat 3 місяці тому +373

    It's so awesome how appa's original design at 1:14 is reused in The Legend of Korra as Korra's polar bear dog.

    • @ZaneTrain92
      @ZaneTrain92 2 місяці тому +1

      That's the first thing I thought as well!

    • @insertchannel666
      @insertchannel666 2 місяці тому +3

      It really was, I missed that part and holy crap. They really dug out some old concepts for Korra. I love that.

    • @localtavernsluteplayer2182
      @localtavernsluteplayer2182 2 місяці тому +1

      Korra's pet looks like it's about to say "Ed..ward" to me

  • @Silencer796
    @Silencer796 3 місяці тому +153

    Excuse me, my siblings do know how to bend! They bend my finger all the time!

  • @Sup-ng7un
    @Sup-ng7un 3 місяці тому +90

    bro what is this aspect ratio? does this even count as a short?

    • @thecaveofcreatures1728
      @thecaveofcreatures1728 2 місяці тому +18

      I think its a compilation of different shorts packaged together

  • @jonremimuziq
    @jonremimuziq 3 місяці тому +164

    That detail about making your character designs with the awareness that someone ELSE down the line will be drawing that character and so it needs to be efficient, is just so darn good! Mind blowingly good. Never thought of character designing like this.
    As a composer myself, this reminds me of what my professors teach us about writing music for live musicians. Make it something that -- while not saying it needs to be only be easy music -- it should be easy to moderately easy to play. Repetition is key for us in the music world too.

    • @Silencer796
      @Silencer796 3 місяці тому +10

      Less is better for animation

    • @FourteenthAngel
      @FourteenthAngel 3 місяці тому +10

      @@Silencer796 Simplicity is also just more iconic.

  • @Oraanu
    @Oraanu 2 місяці тому +10

    "Mom can we get Prince Zuko?"
    "No, we have Zuko at home"
    Zuko at home - 2:55

  • @victornoel36
    @victornoel36 3 місяці тому +15

    I studied animation. Among the many classes I studied character design and I learned that rarely the first design is the definitive one. It's quite common for a character to go through two or three redesigns before entering production.

  • @LIZMGD
    @LIZMGD 3 місяці тому +224

    do we all agree Avatar is a perfect series?

    • @nigelaltmann2598
      @nigelaltmann2598 3 місяці тому +38

      Half of me says: there can never be a completely ‘perfect’ series, but the other half (out of childhood bias) says: Heck ya it’s a perfect series!!

    • @namelesschild3724
      @namelesschild3724 3 місяці тому +11

      no.

    • @jiak-pho5932
      @jiak-pho5932 3 місяці тому +1

      Ya

    • @V.U.4six
      @V.U.4six 3 місяці тому +7

      It’s nice but “perfect” is well ehh

    • @A_Beacon_Of_Hope
      @A_Beacon_Of_Hope 3 місяці тому

      Yes

  • @PenciltipWorkshop
    @PenciltipWorkshop 3 місяці тому +32

    oh yes please do more concept vs final products for animation and talk about why they went with certain creative choices.

  • @happilyevernever4289
    @happilyevernever4289 3 місяці тому +20

    Don't forget the 3rd guy who brought the story elements together.

  • @ALEXACEDEATH
    @ALEXACEDEATH 3 місяці тому +15

    To be fair, I think the fire Nation in general still kept a very Japanese style in most aspects. In my mind the Earth Kingdom was more chinese-inspired specially Ba Sing Se with it's great wall motif. Meanwhile you see the fire nation being a very industrial country, with a large emphasis on their vehicles and well... Firepower (pun intended), not to mention the imperialist WWII style, militarized education system, and the very kabuki-like theatre genre.
    I do agree that if you simplify a classic Chinese armor design (like with Disney's original Mulan) you can get a distinct plated armor style that "could" share a close look to a samurai style armor. But the fire nation armor itself is all around its own thing, combining aspects of various cultures. For example, the helmets do share a lot of the stylization and décor, you'd find in a Chinese high ranking officer helmet, but the face plate (even though you could make an argument about samurai masks) is actually a much more modern and western design akin to a gas mask you'd see on a soldier or a stormtrooper (be it germans or star wars). Then the iconic shoulder pads and chest pieces (and probably those pointy tipped shoes) are apparently inspired by ancient Thai armor. On the other hand, the garbs worn by officials and royals seems to be a combination of a Japanese and Burnese design (the latter specially apparent when it comes the layered and ornamental design of the robes).

  • @CCookies
    @CCookies 2 місяці тому +3

    1:49 I can understand why they changed Appa, but gods i love that first look, the horns, his big nose and his overall shape... 💖

  • @InayaArtist
    @InayaArtist 3 місяці тому +15

    I very much want to see more behind the scenes of the Avatar, I would like to make my own cartoon with a pretty close style, becausw it has perfect balance between cartoon style and realism

  • @pumpkingamebox
    @pumpkingamebox 3 місяці тому +13

    "Fire Nation were samurai, but when the rest of the show became more Chinese, they had to change that." Lmao. Good thing they did, otherwise it would have become rather controversial.

    • @MysteriousGhost378
      @MysteriousGhost378 2 місяці тому +1

      It would’ve been cool though since samurai are badass

    • @pumpkingamebox
      @pumpkingamebox 2 місяці тому +2

      @@MysteriousGhost378 Badass for sure. But Nanking… Unit 731… Japans reluctance to acknowledge its own history… etc.

  • @englishshadrick5296
    @englishshadrick5296 3 місяці тому +6

    i love that bummy's floppy is based on thr original appa

  • @PhyynP
    @PhyynP 3 місяці тому +4

    The Book with these images and info and way more is called "Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Art of the Animated Series"

  • @oj_cruzz4372
    @oj_cruzz4372 3 місяці тому +7

    I like this. You should make a video on Moana's Concept art. I saw some on IAMAG and it would be cool to see you tak=ling about it since you also talked about the water on another video.

  • @cole8834
    @cole8834 2 місяці тому +2

    the concept art is so expressive. all avatar ever needed was a bigger budget with the same animation style.

  • @fev3rdre4m
    @fev3rdre4m 2 місяці тому

    I LOVE seeing how animations are made

  • @hellokikky
    @hellokikky 2 місяці тому

    omg imagine being the young monk in the video and the best show is based on you! so cool!

  • @caris5944
    @caris5944 3 місяці тому

    I WANT MORE CONCEPT ART PLS! 🤩

  • @ChocoRobo71419
    @ChocoRobo71419 3 місяці тому

    LOK definitely needed more collaboration

  • @spotliker123
    @spotliker123 3 місяці тому +3

    The thumbnail makes me a little sad that we never got a zuko with more ethnic features

    • @ibrahimihsan2090
      @ibrahimihsan2090 2 місяці тому +1

      This show is based off of anime and has people with impossible eye colors like golden for some Fire Nation people or blue eyes for people based off of the Indigenes of Far North, what did you expect?

  • @the_magicas
    @the_magicas 3 місяці тому +5

    This was a fascinating video! I'd love to see more concept art from Avatar

  • @BingBangPoe
    @BingBangPoe 2 місяці тому +1

    I had no idea Appa's original design was that of a dog that would eventually become Naga in Legend of Korra. Fascinating.

  • @aej3rd
    @aej3rd 2 місяці тому +1

    "In animation, nothing comes out perfect".. um avatar's perfect sir.

  • @MrRamzapr
    @MrRamzapr 3 місяці тому

    more!! actually I'm intrastent in how to grow a studio team

  • @lucas_bellinazzi
    @lucas_bellinazzi 3 місяці тому

    so cool!

  • @hjalmarthehelmetman
    @hjalmarthehelmetman 3 місяці тому

    I've been tinkering with a character in my head and drawings, the character began as a loud barbarian teenage girl, which is now a 13 year old boy with a rocket skateboard, things change a lot sometimes.

  • @dianaa.53
    @dianaa.53 2 місяці тому

    the fact that they recicle the design of the polar bear dog in korra, for Naga.

  • @ThatGuySquippy
    @ThatGuySquippy 2 місяці тому +1

    This did not need to be a vertical video.

  • @christiansoto6396
    @christiansoto6396 3 місяці тому +4

    growing up is realizing how much Koreans carried and influenced Avatar

    • @ibrahimihsan2090
      @ibrahimihsan2090 2 місяці тому +2

      There is tons of none anime-inspired shows that also involve Korean animators.
      They are rather precious.

  • @christiangrafe8048
    @christiangrafe8048 2 місяці тому

    i would have loved to see samurai zuko

  • @kysa3535
    @kysa3535 3 місяці тому

    masterpiece :D good one

  • @HipsteryDibstery
    @HipsteryDibstery 2 місяці тому

    2:52 looked like a fuse

  • @znedj
    @znedj 2 місяці тому

    Amazing.

  • @szolarpatrik1781
    @szolarpatrik1781 2 місяці тому

    Why is the video cropped like rhat?

  • @shazani18
    @shazani18 3 місяці тому

    If video games have taught me anything, it is that the best work comes from many iterations, and that is what is seen in Avatar, the designs and story were improved until it became the great show it is today.

  • @projp9057
    @projp9057 3 місяці тому +1

    Interesting

  • @ShienlanMiitsues
    @ShienlanMiitsues 3 місяці тому

    You should see my concept art! I'm embarrassed to admit that their mine sometimes XD
    That aside, this is why 2D animation is so special! Limitations often create very interesting stories.

  • @insertchannel666
    @insertchannel666 2 місяці тому +1

    I def wanna see more, but the phone layout is... Bad. Still gonna sub though :3

  • @ezi_qurnia
    @ezi_qurnia 2 місяці тому +1

    they didn't want to make Zuko in a samurai style because they didn't want it to seems like Japanese colonialism in Asia during World War 2, it could be controversial

    • @finboror
      @finboror 2 місяці тому

      the japanese imperialism aspect is still there with the warships, but yeah it's toned down

  • @lautynicholas313
    @lautynicholas313 3 місяці тому +1

    Ah yes, Avatar.

  • @StuShipp
    @StuShipp 2 місяці тому +3

    umm... why is this is portrait mode? ew

  • @loodgack
    @loodgack 2 місяці тому

    "concept art "and "boring" are not fitting in the same sentence

  • @AweryGhe
    @AweryGhe 3 місяці тому

    « Fire nation developed into Chinese style » - there is literally nothing Chinese about fire nation as it is based on Thailand and Indonesia.

    • @ibrahimihsan2090
      @ibrahimihsan2090 2 місяці тому +1

      Have you bothered to search the etymologies of several of their names and toponyms?
      Yes, they have names from other languages as well but Chinese influence is strong.
      Though the same could be said for Japanese with regards to the Fire Nation.

  • @mechajay3358
    @mechajay3358 3 місяці тому

    I rather have more werid concept art of the animated series than watch the Netflix show that's been released now.

  • @quietman208
    @quietman208 2 місяці тому

    I'm watching this on desktop and this aspect ratio is so gross, I hate the tiktokification of the internet I stg,

  • @Bossinette623
    @Bossinette623 3 місяці тому +13

    Can you stop with the fucking vertical videos?

  • @DoubleDowner
    @DoubleDowner 3 місяці тому

    Avatar is great because it wasn't 'too many chefs in the kitchen' it was just two dudes who built this world. When you see the writing rooms now for big franchises it's just one big activist freak show.

  • @Sweenymee
    @Sweenymee 2 місяці тому +1

    Good video, but annoying format. Just sayi'n.

  • @Master-Works
    @Master-Works 3 місяці тому

    I liked Avatar, but Katara was annoying. I mean, people agree with me. She was. She always thaught she knew better than everyone else

    • @finboror
      @finboror 2 місяці тому +1

      that's one of her character flaws

  • @RetroSparkleCatTerritory
    @RetroSparkleCatTerritory 3 місяці тому

    Okay but- the only good actor in the live action so far is Katara

    • @davidakin3840
      @davidakin3840 3 місяці тому

      the live action was trash; i was so hyped on episode 1 but after is garbage

    • @finboror
      @finboror 2 місяці тому +2

      katara was bland af, sokka's actor was the best. sadly the script was rubbish so it doesn't show much.

  • @Redvox57
    @Redvox57 2 місяці тому

    awful format, fully killed my interest in watching sadly

  • @dirtyfilthystinky
    @dirtyfilthystinky 2 місяці тому +4

    This didn't at all explain why you think the concept art is weird