What is TF2's art style?

[Little Miss Terror]

So most of us have seen the death of an artstyle thing by funke. What defines the artstyle? What makes something fit and something not fit? I don't understand how something like the dangeresque doesn't fit and yet the shogun bullcrap does.

[Little Miss Terror]

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TF2's art style was supposed to be fun, quirky, and laughable, but not outright obnoxious. The shogun cosmetics fit the characters well and didn't have features or colors that made it look dumb. The dangeresque isn't too bad. The things that do ruin it are the retarded banana hat and anything of the sort, the numerous flashy and obnoxious unusual effects as well.

[Emurinus]

It needs to be appealing to the eye to fit. That's why most cosmetics looks like a clown jizzed on you.

[Pakaku]

It's supposed to be based on realism, but slightly emphasizes intended points of interest, without actually crossing the line into cartooniness. It's also inspired by 50s-60s culture and spy-tech themes (think James Bond)

Of course, the devs dropped all of that out of a 50-story building window as soon as cosmetics became a thing

[trash]

http://www.valvesoftware.com/publications/2007/NPAR07_IllustrativeRenderingInTeamFortress2.pdf

[Little Miss Terror]

Originally posted by Pakaku:

It's supposed to be based on realism, but slightly emphasizes intended points of interest, without actually crossing the line into cartooniness. It's also inspired by 50s-60s culture and spy-tech themes (think James Bond)

Of course, the devs dropped all of that out of a 50-story building window as soon as cosmetics became a thing

Actually some cosmetics still fit that. And then they added the bananae helm.

[flowerboypunchy]

2007: Set in Mid-20th century America, style based on early 20th century artists

2017: ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BANANA WITH CATS LICKING ON YOU WITH ♥♥♥♥♥♥ MARIO DEW DEW DO ♥♥♥♥♥♥ DEW DO THE MARIO

[Little Miss Terror]

Originally posted by NobodY **new mouse**:

TF2's art style was supposed to be fun, quirky, and laughable, but not outright obnoxious. The shogun cosmetics fit the characters well and didn't have features or colors that made it look dumb. The dangeresque isn't too bad. The things that do ruin it are the retarded banana hat and anything of the sort, the numerous flashy and obnoxious unusual effects as well.

Did the Dead Head break it? I own one and I'm curious. I mean, it's obviously not as bad as the freaking head banana.

[PepsiMax [SAC]]

Well not all hats are bad. Alot, mostly older ones, were subtle. A good hat

- Fits the character/class it's for
- Makes sense within the time period of TF2 (late 60's early 70's)
- Fits the TF2 aesthetic, a balance between realistic and cartoony
- Makes sense within the culture of TF2.

Take the Towering Pillar of Hats. Its a great hat. On any class it can look good. In the TF2 look it does not stick out like a sore thumb it fits in, and the best part is that the hat itself is a jab at TF2 culture.

The hat's premise makes fun of the stereotype that all TF2 players care about is hats. It basically says "Hey why settle for 1 hat when you can wear 3 hats at once, more hats = more fun." If you look at it that way then the Towering Pillar of Hats contains a pretty clever injoke. As if the Valve was predicting the over the top hats the future would hold.

[Little Miss Terror]

Originally posted by -EVIL- Pepsi:

Well not all hats are bad. Alot, mostly older ones, were subtle. A good hat

- Fits the character/class it's for
- Makes sense within the time period of TF2 (late 60's early 70's)
- Fits the TF2 aesthetic, a balance between realistic and cartoony
- Makes sense within the culture of TF2.

Take the Towering Pillar of Hats. Its a great hat. On any class it can look good. In the TF2 look it does not stick out like a sore thumb it fits in, and the best part is that the hat itself is a jab at TF2 culture.

The hat's premise makes fun of the stereotype that all TF2 players care about is hats. It basically says "Hey why settle for 1 hat when you can wear 3 hats at once, more hats = more fun." If you look at it that way then the Towering Pillar of Hats contains a pretty clever injoke. As if the Valve was predicting the over the top hats the future would hold.

Yeah.

Also I just noticed what unusual trading has done to me. I once had a BP worth over 16 keys. Now it's just over 9. I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hate unusuals and the way trading works with them.

[Hatless]

Common opinion: Lime and absurd cosmetics take are bad because they take away from the charm of the game itself
Uncommon opinion: So do unusual effects, even more so. I'd more expect to see a mercenary wearing a lime green banana head than have his hair on fire.

[flowerboypunchy]

Originally posted by Hatless:

Common opinion: Lime and absurd cosmetics take are bad because they take away from the charm of the game itself
Uncommon opinion: So do unusual effects, even more so. I'd more expect to see a mercenary wearing a lime green banana head than have his hair on fire.

You said this already

[Hatless]

Originally posted by Polandball:

Originally posted by Hatless:

Common opinion: Lime and absurd cosmetics take are bad because they take away from the charm of the game itself
Uncommon opinion: So do unusual effects, even more so. I'd more expect to see a mercenary wearing a lime green banana head than have his hair on fire.

You said this already

In a different thread. It also applied here. I'd see your point if I said "LEL EFFECTS SUCK" in every thread.

[Little Miss Terror]

Originally posted by Hatless:

Originally posted by Polandball:

You said this already

In a different thread. It also applied here. I'd see your point if I said "LEL EFFECTS SUCK" in every thread.

Honestly, I hate unusuals because of what they did to me in trading. I've owned items that are 2 keys more then my entire BP. That's long gone thanks to unusual trading.

[flowerboypunchy]

Originally posted by ☆Space☆ (C.C TF2):

Originally posted by Hatless:

In a different thread. It also applied here. I'd see your point if I said "LEL EFFECTS SUCK" in every thread.

Honestly, I hate unusuals because of what they did to me in trading. I've owned items that are 2 keys more then my entire BP. That's long gone thanks to unusual trading.

Why hate something for your poor choices