Even more criticism on HHPAY

 So yeah. Since HHPAY is one of my favorite cartoons of all time, it's simply easy to criticize it on areas where it falls through the cracks.

I tried to draw fanart for the HHPAY pilot, many, many times.. 

but I can't help but feel incredibly underwhelmed when I try to replicate it's art style. Replicating the official show art style just feels like work, and wondering how do vectors work when trying to replicate them on.. pen and paper.

It just doesn't feel like a right and adequate representation of their personalities that are showcased in the series, like, at all. 

So, uh..

here's how i would illustrate them. however, here's a textual description of a scene from the pilot, first.

Ami's eyes were vibrant and filled with glee as she lifted one of the luminous, red pom-poms in the air. She shouted her cheer for the football team in a musical way, projecting her voice for the entire crowd to hear.

These eyes don't really reflect her vibrant nature at all.. her pupils are purely dark black.

I hate to be this person when critiquing art but.. I used to be a beginner at art too, still kind of am in some areas.. and the art style looks honestly rushed for most of it's screen time. I feel like it's trying to achieve a "Kellogs commercial mascot" sort of appeal. I guess they ran out of time to work on the designs, more?

The eye style is also inconsistent. Sometimes it's a round circle, and other times it's a half oval. It's just too confusing for fan artists. 

The clothing designs seemed to have only catered to the creators. Absolutely nothing about it expresses "Japanese" to me, it's too overarching in a generic way. We can tell that Ami is loving without her having a excessive amount of hearts on her clothes.. and I suppose Yumi's clothes communicates to the viewer that.. her sarcasm.. is.. deadly?

I really don't like the character designs at all, now that I thought about it more deeply..

In conclusion.. this show just needs better artistic direction.

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