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The Key To Character Design In Veggietales

-Introduction- 

Veggietales was an American television program on air from 1993-2015 popular for its christian themes, distinct humor and 3d animated style. Despite this, arguably the most important element of Veggietales was its easily recognizable cast of characters. So what made the design of these characters so timeless and memorable?

-Color and Interrelationships-

Color in character design is arguably one of the most important aspects in making a character easily recognizable and show the viewer who the character is. In Veggietales they use color to show the relations between characters. For example, Larry is the exact opposite on the color wheel as Bob signifying that they're supposed to be complete opposites in personality and often at odds with each other. The colors weren’t selected randomly however, color also displays the two character’s opposing personalities. Red is a passionate, dominating and angry color which correlates to Bob's powerful demeanor, common sense and anxiousness. On the other hand, Larry is an easygoing and happy character signified by his green coloration.

-Shape and Simplicity-

Another important aspect of character design is the shape of a character. Squares are usually level-headed, circles are usually strange and triangles are usually cunning. Bob on paper should be shaped mostly using squares to signify stability, but paradoxically he's shaped like a circle as to highlight the interesting contrast between his level-headedness and childish sarcasm. While still a circle, Larry is an elliptical circle which is an odd and humorous shape.

The character designs are but also have recognizable differences which them easily memorable. Bob's body is a circle with four circles for his eyes/pupils and one adaptable shape for his mouth. The uniformity and simplicity of each character’s color is also a contributing factor, not just shape. If put on a 2d grid Bob is one red and Larry is two greens, on their own they mean nothing but paired together they’re immediately recognizable.

-Closing Statements- 

Veggietales, accidentally or not, uses recognizable, simple shapes and colors to wordlessly tell you who the characters are and make them stick in your memory. 

Here's some more VeggieTales brain rot.....

This time, a humanized Awful Alvin (he used to freak me out as a kid)

And some more Sam sketches.

Well, ya'll have spoken, so here's my human VeggieTales OC Samantha!

She's a 27 year old college graduate who moved into the house where the Veggies lived

Th Veggies didn't want a human to be living in the house, and Sam didn't want to leave because said house was the only thing she could afford.

So Bob struck a deal with her: Help him film and produce a kids show, and she can live there as long as she wants.

At first, Sam wasn't thrilled at the idea, but over the years, she started to love doing the show and working with the Veggies. She even gave acting a try and starred in a couple episodes.

(I'm OBSESSED with drawing her in the Larryboy universe)

If ya'll have any questions, feel free to ask!

Ya'll, the VeggieTales brain rot has taken over me so much that I made a human OC who is the director/executive producer/cameraman ect...

SEND HELP......

More VeggieTales cus why not???

This is why I don't do late night sketches....

Cause I come up with shit like this...

As far as I'VE heard the veggies do not have souls. They aren't allowed to go to heaven, or at least, none of them imply that they CAN. The early stuff is mostly Old Testament stuff so they don't have to actually talk about it but the Veggies probably go to hell.

When I’m bored I paint arms onto VeggieTales screencaps

Our new song cover, I Want It That Way is out now! Thanks to Bob The Tomato to help us produce this song. We had so much fun recording it. Enjoy!

Waterbuffalo? Nah, Kinito (JUMPSCARE WARNING)

can we bring back songs written for kids media that actually sounds super good but makes so many references to the show that you cant seperate them

shoutout to belly of the beast from veggietales jonah and the big fish, you can tell she's a princess from barbie princess charm school, and 21st century ninja from ninjago (the fold ilysm)