OOTS hands: stick-figures, or Salad Fingers?

[rferries]

This is a very delayed (and odd) post, but what do people think of the way hands are drawn since the latest art upgrade?

When they were first "fleshed-out" I hated the new style - reminded me of Salad Finger (https://www.google.com/search?q=salad+fingers&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjI_Mfq7sfaAhVW02MKHS-qCsYQ_AUICygC&biw=1366&bih=654)'s tuberous fingers. Everything else about the upgrade was cool but I wished they had kept their old hands. Ironically I actually quite like Salad Fingers, just didn't seem "right" to me in OOTS.

I've since become accustomed to them, but was wondering if anyone shared my initial revulsion? :D

[Jaxzan Proditor]

There were definitely a few who complained particularly about the fingers. I think pretty much everyone has come around, much like yourself.

[rferries]

There were definitely a few who complained particularly about the fingers. I think pretty much everyone has come around, much like yourself.

I'm late to the party, I see! Thanks though, good to know I wasn't the only one. :D

[KorvinStarmast]

Each new art upgrade has been welcome, and enjoyed, to include the hands.

[rferries]

Each new art upgrade has been welcome, and enjoyed, to include the hands.

Certainly, the latest strips are particularly lovely examples of the new art (e.g. the colourful Chaos magic). I just missed the old-school stick-figure hands for a long time.

[DaggerPen]

It took me a few strips to get used to them, but once I did, I didn't really mind, particularly once I saw the extra level of details they were able to more easily portray, like gloves and rings, etc.

[martianmister]

It used to look creepy to me because of uncanny valley. It still is, but I don't notice them anymore.

[Darth Paul]

I find them more akin to french fries. Or maybe chicken fingers?

Which part of a chicken is the finger again?

[The Aboleth]

This is a very delayed (and odd) post, but what do people think of the way hands are drawn since the latest art upgrade?

When they were first "fleshed-out" I hated the new style - reminded me of Salad Finger (https://www.google.com/search?q=salad+fingers&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjI_Mfq7sfaAhVW02MKHS-qCsYQ_AUICygC&biw=1366&bih=654)'s tuberous fingers. Everything else about the upgrade was cool but I wished they had kept their old hands. Ironically I actually quite like Salad Fingers, just didn't seem "right" to me in OOTS.

I've since become accustomed to them, but was wondering if anyone shared my initial revulsion? :D

The fingers never bothered me, but Xykon's jaw did: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1039.html

I'm used to it now, though.

[Honest Tiefling]

I actually like the new level of detail, it helps with the physical humor of some reactions. I also disliked how fists used to be done, so...

Xykon's jaw reminds me of Murray from Monkey Island for some reason.

[rferries]

The fingers never bothered me, but Xykon's jaw did: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1039.html

I'm used to it now, though.

Oh I didn't even notice that, and now I can't unsee it :D

[Turin_19]

To be sincere, I really love the art. But this arc in general, for me, has too little 'constrast'.

Some parts of the fights in the caves, with vampires wearing dark colours against a dark background; and the blueish frost giants against the blue background got my mood a little down. It's probably intended though, and makes parts of the scenes, like the Mechane or the Chaos Giraffes, (<3) really beautiful to see.

[littlebum2002]

The only issue I have with the new upgrade is with "bulky" characters like Roy. It used to be that their body was just sticks, so it didn't look weird that they were the same size as everyone else. Now, though, it looks like they have skinny wimpy noodle arms. Other than that incredibly minor quibble, I love it.

[Peelee]

Took me a bit to get used to it, and I still am not used to Xykon's jaw. That said, my favorite OotS art style is whatever gets me more comics, so if the Giant wants to change it up so he doesn't get bored to tears by it, more power to him.

[Elenna]

I initially loved everything about the new art upgrade but the fingers, which were definitely in "uncanny valley" territory for me. I've gotten used to them since, but I certainly wouldn't mind the Giant going back to stick fingers.

That being said,
my favorite OotS art style is whatever gets me more comics, so if the Giant wants to change it up so he doesn't get bored to tears by it, more power to him.

^That.

[Nettlekid]

I still don't like the fingers, for exactly the reason you've described. Fleshy meat rakes. I much prefer the stick-figure style used through 946. I don't mind the thicker arms, but I don't think they'd look good if the arms were thick and the fingers were still sticks.

[rferries]

I still don't like the fingers, for exactly the reason you've described. Fleshy meat rakes. I much prefer the stick-figure style used through 946. I don't mind the thicker arms, but I don't think they'd look good if the arms were thick and the fingers were still sticks.

Maybe the thick arms would be "sleeves" - and characters with bare arms would just have black lines for their arms as well?

[Peelee]

Maybe the thick arms would be "sleeves" - and characters with bare arms would just have black lines for their arms as well?

Nope (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1117.html); see panels 6, 7, 8, 11, and 12.

[rferries]

Nope (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1117.html); see panels 6, 7, 8, 11, and 12.

Ha no I meant if he were to change the art again. :)

[Peelee]

Ha no I meant if he were to change the art again. :)

Oh, my bad!

[rferries]

Oh, my bad!

No worries, I should have been clearer!

[Luna_Mayflower]

This is a very delayed (and odd) post, but what do people think of the way hands are drawn since the latest art upgrade?

When they were first "fleshed-out" I hated the new style - reminded me of Salad Finger (https://www.google.com/search?q=salad+fingers&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjI_Mfq7sfaAhVW02MKHS-qCsYQ_AUICygC&biw=1366&bih=654)'s tuberous fingers. Everything else about the upgrade was cool but I wished they had kept their old hands. Ironically I actually quite like Salad Fingers, just didn't seem "right" to me in OOTS.

I've since become accustomed to them, but was wondering if anyone shared my initial revulsion? :D

I punched one of the Salad Fingers last year. It wolf whistled at me while I passed. It enjoyed the way I "held myself". It did not share these sentiments again.

In other news, I can't say I did have this problem. I really liked the upgrade.

[Gift Jeraff]

I'm not bothered by the flesh forks, but I do prefer the ambiguity of the true stick figure arms. It allows me to imagine a character's handgear as I see fit.

[Elenna]

One advantage I just noticed is that the colored fingers allow the Giant to do poses like V in the third panel of 960 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0960.html)with their hands over their mouth. So there's that, I guess?

[Elkins]

The hands have always been the weakest aspect of the style from the very beginning for me, honestly, especially when the characters are holding things. I found it much harder to get used to the stick fingers in the first place than I did making the jump to the more fleshed out sticks.

I like the fleshier fingers mainly because they go with the noodle arms, which I enjoy for the body language they can convey, but also because they seem to encourage Rich to do more elaborate hands in general. Check out Belkar's fists in the last panel of 1115 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1115.html), for example. Nice, aren't they?

[Synesthesy]

The only thing I dislike is Xykon's mouth. The rest, everything, is lovely.

But I have to say that I felt in love also with the first strips style, so....

[RabidEel]

Still loathe them, after all this time. I even stopped drawing my own OOTS-style art because it felt wrong to do an obsolete style, but I didn't want to do it the new way.

(When I recently made OOTSified Tolkien fanart (https://archiveofourown.org/works/14413515), I "compromised" by drawing the limbs flesh-colored, but without black outlines).

I am particularly not looking forward to seeing Sabine again, because her tail was awful in the Villains calendar. It looked like a third leg.

[Fyraltari]

OOTSified Tolkien fanart (https://archiveofourown.org/works/14413515)
Hey, that's really good!

[kraitmarais]

The meat-rake hands bugged the heck out of me for months, but I've finally gotten used to it. Noodle-Roy was a bit weird at first. I've loved the rest of the art upgrade, really nice and visually distinctive.

Xykon's jaw never bothered me. :smallbiggrin: