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- adjective animation, of a cartoon character Somewhat deviant from the original source material or model sheets.
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Examples
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Later in the last third of the film, and especially in the last ten minutes, there are some horrible off-model faces, which pulled me right out of the film at its most climactic moment.
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They alter the designs slightly for comedic effect but never go far off-model.
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Another thing which surprises me is that Art Babbitt animated the scene of Goofy's machine going wild - I had thought it would be an effects animator, or possibly the guy who animated Pete at the beginning who, it turns out, is Ed Love, at his most off-model!
Prod. UM51 - Mickey's Amateurs Hans Perk 2009
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But that is one really off-model JLA satellite there!
Super-Team Family #13 - Nov. 1977 rob! 2009
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Given Spongebob's morphing ability, none of those cake images are really too far off-model.
More Sponge Cake! Jen 2009
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I don't think the Shazam cover characters look that off-model.
Judging (DC’s March) Books By Their Covers | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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But sometimes, when he does on full-on faces, it starts to get a little wonky: ...that is one off-model Aquaman!
Archive 2008-05-01 rob! 2008
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Well, Kelly himself had; she is no more off-model in Jones's special than any other character from the strip at the time.
Why Didn't the POGO Special Work? Jaime J. Weinman 2008
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I should say, I don't think they look off-model, except for Superman, who looks a little young.
Judging (DC’s March) Books By Their Covers | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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It seems a pretty widespread belief among the subset of hardcore Godzilla fans who pay any attention at all to the Marvel series that Toho was particularly upset with Herb Trimpe's "off-model" depiction of Godzilla as very dinosaur-like, with no "gorilla" aspect to his face.
Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #128 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2007
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