Kid Cosmic: A new Craig McCracken show -

[starborn427614]

Source:

https://twitter.com/cartoonbrew/status/1346169597079252995

Animated by Mercury Filmworks (Hilda, Tangled: The Animated series etc.). Netflix show which will have ten 20 minute episodes. Synopsis is "an odd, imaginative boy acquires superpowers after finding five cosmic rings."

 

[Fromtheblackdepths]

By chance are those rings colored and relate to the emotional spectrum.

 

[Massa's Little Buckie]

Looks like shit.

 

[Prophetic Spirit]

Wow, the image seems like your generic YT LGTB animation.
Well, Craig McCracken finally lost creavity control in his creations.
Good riddance... a sad one

 

[SSF2T Old User]

Wow, the image seems like your generic YT LGTB animation.

That's because that's all anybody can ever fucking do anymore. Either calarts, or stuff that's close to it.

 

[Admiral Mantoid]

Wow, the image seems like your generic YT LGTB animation.
Well, Craig McCracken finally lost creavity control in his creations.
Good riddance... a sad one

He lost it when he made the 3rd 2nd season of Wander Over Yonder years ago.

Wake me up when the second season of Genndy's Primal premieres.

 

[starborn427614]

He lost it when he made the 3rd season of Wander Over Yonder years ago.

Wake me up when the second season of Genndy's Primal premieres.

WOY didn't make it to three seasons, unless that's a typo lol

 

[Fromtheblackdepths]

He lost it when he made the 3rd 2nd season of Wander Over Yonder years ago.

Wake me up when the second season of Genndy's Primal premieres.

Wait do you mean when the second season of Primal is created by Craig or do you mean in general?

I know a lot of people mistake Genndy for Craig.

 

[Admiral Mantoid]

Wait do you mean when the second season of Primal is created by Craig or do you mean in general?

I know a lot of people mistake Genndy for Craig.

No. I said "Genndy's Primal" which has nothing to do with Craig. Since that's one of the few animated shows I'm interested in and Genndy hasn't disappointed me yet.

 

[Milkis]

Are you sure this wasn't created by his brother, Phil?

 

[starborn427614]

Are you sure this wasn't created by his brother, Phil?

Ha. I get it.

 

[Boobie Bomb]

Could have been worse?

 

[Kari Kamiya]

It's going to be on Netflix, so unfortunately it's going to be pozzed as much as I'd hope for the best with a McCracken show.

 

[OmnipotentStupidity]

So did Craig just completely forget about color theory and scene composition or was he trying to make it look like a shitty overly busy comic book? Because I'm gonna be honest, this looks like shit.

Some of the character designs I do actually kinda like but holy shit that color palette is gross. And this is coming from the guy who's worked on the Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and Wander Over Yonder. All drastically different looking shows, but were eye-catching and pleasing to look at. Snot green, piss yellow, faded orange, dark purple, grey-blue, and beige aren't eye-catching, nor pleasing colors when put together like that.

I've yet to see it in motion, granted, so I'd love to be proven wrong, but it should say something when the space background is immediately catching my eye more than anything else here. I'd hope that maybe it's like that on purpose so that these guys stick out more when visiting much more colorful places, because that's the only way I can see these designs working. If everything looks like this though, that may be a problem. I will say though that Mercury Filmworks being involved does give me hope though: their bouncy, fluid animation is perfect for a McCracken show. Just look at the first season of Star for a possible example of how this show might look in motion.

I want this to be good, but man are there so many red flags flying high right now. The most crimson among them being Netflix.

EDIT: Star wait, what the fuck: you missed a shitload more art and the fact that the rest of the synopsis says that it takes places in New Mexico. That makes the palette make so much more sense. The lighting in that picture doesn't do the colors justice either. They actually work much better here and are much more vibrant than that initial one would have you believe.

It also states that the series will be launching on February 2nd.

It's still not great, but it gives a much clearer idea at what Craig's going for.

 

[Life is Hell...]

The character designs kinda remind me of Calvin & Hobbes and The Gorillaz a little bit

 

[Yamma Damma]

Eh. It looks.....okay? Mercury Filmworks has worked with Craig in the past (PPG movie and WoY) so at least it won't move like shit.

My only complaint is the token animal mascot is another fucking cat. Give main characters cooler pets like birds and snakes already.

 

[Scarlett Johansson]

The art style looks like shit

 

[starborn427614]

Trailer's up

 

[Life is Hell...]

Trailer's up

That actually looks like a pretty cool show

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

That actually looks like a pretty cool show

Agreed. Looks WAY better in motion than it did in the initial picture. Consider me cautiously optimistic for this one. (Plundering it from the high seas of course, because FUCK NETFLIX)