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Jeph's "no idea" character
LTK:
Yes, but in the real world, there is no such thing as 'character design'. Also, those are definitely freckles.
FunkyTuba:
--- Quote from: Blood-Tree on 09 Jun 2012, 05:43 ---We can make some assumptions based upon her appearance:
* She has unfashionable glasses, acne, and an overbite, which leads to certain stereotypes; the only other character with comparable traits is Marigold.
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Seems like most of Jeph's characters drawn in profile have an overbite...you can see Marten's in panel 4 of 2205. I think it probably has something to do with when they're talking? I think in that same panel NoIdeaGirl has deliberately drawn in her lower jaw in expectation of what Marten has to say.
Edited to add:
Looks like I'm not the only one who's noticed:
--- Quote from: jmucchiello on 08 Jun 2012, 03:07 ---In the last couple hundred strips, from 2000 to present, every character seems to have developed an overbite.
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Blood-Tree:
--- Quote from: DSL on 09 Jun 2012, 11:34 ---
--- Quote from: Blood-Tree on 09 Jun 2012, 05:43 ---We can make some assumptions based upon her appearance:
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Causes enough trouble in the real world.
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Yeah, when I was typing that I did wonder whether I could really make judgments based on appearances and then I remembered that, as LTK says, these aren't real people, they are designed. Jeph has plenty of form in creating characters whose appearances match their personalities.
--- Quote from: LTK on 09 Jun 2012, 11:49 ---Yes, but in the real world, there is no such thing as 'character design'. Also, those are definitely freckles.
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Good call - I was going with acne as there are are only three spots and only on one side, but I think you may be right.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: Blood-Tree on 10 Jun 2012, 05:25 --- these aren't real people.
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Blasphemer! You question the holy writ? :-)
Throg:
Between the overbite and in particular the shape of the nose, I'm gonna guess that this is Marigold's sister.
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