@Officer Hotpants
The old one absolutely was bad, specifically because viw went from good art like >>1221596 to clay shoebills - and those are seemingly connected too, he looks like he’s afraid of sharp transitions and hard edges, hence bulged cheeks and loss of nose dip ending in shoebill look, and hence the shading. As the source post puts it:
Viwrastupr art went from bad to good and then to shit.
The old one absolutely was bad, specifically because viw went from good art like >>1221596 to clay shoebills - and those are seemingly connected too, he looks like he’s afraid of sharp transitions and hard edges, hence bulged cheeks and loss of nose dip ending in shoebill look, and hence the shading. As the source post puts it:
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