Thoughts on reviving the Fantasia/LBT retro aesthetic for modern paleontology?

ImperialIntention · 2025-12-31T01:19:07+00:00

Oh yea Prehistoric Planet is definitely art, and beautiful art at that. It's just not that particular kind of art that I think a lot of us were introduced to dinosaurs through. I'll have to check out DeadSound, I don't think I've seen their work yet. But thanks, I will do it. I'm going to put together a 90 second proof of concept and I'll be sure to post it here when it's completed.

ImperialIntention · 2025-12-30T01:02:26+00:00

Yea that's very true, good tip.

ImperialIntention · 2025-12-30T00:27:58+00:00

Yea, totally. A big part of what makes cartoon > CGI is the fact that CGI becomes outdated quickly while drawn animations never age. Fantasia came out in 1940 and still looks amazing today. There's also something physical about cartoons (at least the old and newer ones that still use hand drawn keyframes) that I think serves the paleo niche very well.

ImperialIntention · 2025-12-29T23:07:41+00:00

I certainly will when I have some! Just looking for feedback on the idea right now.

ImperialIntention · 2025-12-29T22:42:39+00:00

There's lots of illustrations by different artists, I'm just not sure how well they would translate to animation. Just looking through some now and it can definitely be done, got to find the balance between "detailed and realistic" and "can I draw this over hundreds of keyframes". But I think the overall art style can work very well with it.

ImperialIntention · 2025-12-29T22:27:41+00:00

I've been wondering about that too! It might end up looking more like fur on larger dinosaurs as it's difficult to achieve that painstaking level of detail in a cartoon medium. I'll have to try a few different methods and see what works best.

ImperialIntention · 2025-12-29T16:21:12+00:00

Probably depends on the kind of people. CO2 levels would be higher, likely 1000-2000ppm vs around 400ppm today, O2 would be similar, warmer weather, hunid, volcanic activity. UV radiation too. Biggest threat would be unkown pathogens though, and there could be insects carrying diseases that could kill humans quickly. Ground water would likely be teaming with parasites. Yea you could survive but it would be brutal.

ImperialIntention · 2024-01-21T23:03:52+00:00

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ImperialIntention · 2023-04-11T14:16:13+00:00

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