Iconic Designs | What Makes Them Live Forever

A pink hairdryer-shaped pig. A yellow boy with spiky hair. A kid in an orange parka who dies every single week. You know exactly who they are, and you haven't watched some of these shows in years. So why do they still live rent-free in your brain?In this episode we will go full cartoon nerds and break down what actually makes an animated character stick forever. Turns out it's not talent, it's not budget, it's not luck, it's a few surprisingly simple rules that you can steal for your own creative projects right now.Together they deep dive into the design secrets behind some of the most iconic shows ever made, from Winnie the Pooh's emotional universe to why The Simpsons looked absolutely terrible in season one and that's actually the point.We dive into:🖍️ The silhouette test, if you can't recognise it as a shadow, start again🎨 How colour tells you everything about a character before they even speak🧠 How SpongeBob broke every single rule and won 🧸 Gender in cartoons, what's changed, what hasn't✏️ How to start building your own characters even if you can barely draw a stick figureThe most iconic characters in history started as ugly sketches on someone's desk. Yours can too.Embrace the chaos 🌀