Getting a team of animation artists to all draw the same is a challenge. Aside from model sheets, a style guide can help with that. I saw excerpts from the King of the Hill style guide posted recently, and it reminded me of the Simpsons one I saw years ago.
Here are some links:
KING OF THE HILL STYLE GUIDE
https://imgur.com/a/king-of-hill-animation-help-PiJLk
SIMPSONS STYLE GUIDE
https://archive.org/details/simpsons-drawing-guide/page/n13/mode/2up
At the time I saw the Simpsons guide, we were looking at locking down character designs for our second Derf cartoon at Animatus. At the time I saw the Simpsons guide, we were looking at locking down character designs for our second Derf cartoon at Animatus. Inspired by all the"rights and wrongs" in the Simpsons doc, I made some similar notes for our Derf artists.
DERF STYLE PROGRESSION
https://maddogmovies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/derf-and-lizard-samp...
Has anyone seen similar docs for other shows? I'd love to check them out.
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This is awesome, Mike Boas! Thank you for sharing!
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Mike Boas - thank you for sharing! As someone who has had to assist with guiding a group of animtors with different styles to come together to create one animation. This was extremely insightful.