Jan 29

Ben 10: Omniverse Art Style – Good or Bad?

Okay, Cartoon Network’s Ben 10 Week has come and gone, and as promised, we got ourselves a sneak peek of the new addition to the Ben 10 franchise with Ben 10: Omniverse. It’s cool and all, with our resident galactic protector teaming up with his younger self (or is it the other way around? Time Travel discussion has always blown my mind!) for twice the action, but it seems that a lot of fans are disappointed with the new art style, which seems slightly deformed compared to the previous shows’.

Personally, the new art style didn’t bother me. I loved The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker even though its art style faced similar complaints for being too “kiddie”. And if we’re going to pick bones here, Batman: The Animated Series features one of the most serious depictions of the world’s greatest detective and you’ll be hardpressed to find anyone complaining about the show even though its art style contains certain caricatured elements, such as ridiculously large and angular jaws that are remniscent of old golden age comic strips, which looked shoddy because they need to be produced fast due to a newspaper’s tight deadlines.

What about you? Did you like the new Ben 10: Omniverse art style or not? Feel free to discuss it in the comments or in the Toonbarn forums.

Ben 10: Omniverse Art Style - Good or Bad?

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Alex June 17, 2013

New artwork is terrible. Bring back the old Ben 10
Adam July 6, 2013

The new art style is garbage.. looks like they hired someone who doesn’t know how to make humans characters to do the character designs. I don’t mind the story lines and voice work, but the art is horrible. They need to cancel before it’s too late and do a new series with good art like the other ones in the Ben 10 franchise.. just like Teen Titans Go, which also rapes the original good show it’s supposedly based on.
Ultimate awesome July 26, 2013

The art of big chill and other aliens are terrible it’s not serious and he can’t go ultimate just cancel it its four 5 year olds
spidermonkey August 24, 2013

Gwen is so ugly. As well as everything. Grandpa max has no eyes wtf. Bring back the old ben 10. Its more exciting to watch. Horrible artwork
Elliander September 4, 2013

It is’t the art style that is Bad, it is the way they did it. The lines for faces are of very poor quality, for example. Other animation works that used this style are no comparison. Both wind waker and final fantasy 9 used this style, but at least they could keep facial features consistant from one character to another. The lips and chins, for exqmple, look extra weird when the head is tilted. In one scene Gwen had a flat line for a jaw longer that her head is tall. That isn’t just Bad – it’s creepy.

Also, the lack of any scenery detail is Bad. Ben driving, for example, had nothing but a few abstract lines behind him. Really, even the power puff girls had more going on in the background. It is clear though that they know how to draw scenery because other scenes had good use of it, but going speed racer on us between scenrs just tells me that they are low budget.

Again, there is nothing wrong with the style they are going for, but clearly the animators have no idea what they are doing with it.
Kevin September 18, 2013

just hated it, animation is one aspect, not the worst by the way, but I think they tried to reach their younger audience and dumped us who’d grown with the series. one of the alien is a chicken come on! one of ben’s trasformation is a Lego-man, that sucks, guys (procucers) improve the series plz and give a smarter plot and dialogues
HATE IT September 22, 2013

I want to say I hate Ben 10 omniverse !!!!
the new art style is so UGLY!!!!
I HATE IT SO MUCHH!! I want the old ben10 (T-T)
and my age is 12 yearold ! ,All child and adult hate the new art style!!
Muhammad Farhan Uchiha Senju November 2, 2013

I’m 12 years old, just watch ben 10 Omniverse ….the art style sucks more than my drawing…Even my parents say it is bad….What happened to Big Chill?? Eat too many chili fries?? They should bring UA back…Gwen, Ben, Kevin, Grandpa Max and the alien art style real sucks…..Don’t dream doing another series after Omniverse if you all don’t know how to draw and animate a fcking boy ….
Carissa December 1, 2013

Hold up, I am a a person to love the show Ben 10. I love Ben, Kevin, and Gwen however I hate the new season on Ben 10, Ben 10 Omniverse. It does not do any justice to the love of Ben 10 people have developed over time, it sucks because of the graphics, the new plots of the episodes and the way they cut out Kevin and Gwen. And don’t even get me started on the new looks of the characters….*sigh* I wish they would go back to the show I love, not this new “show.”
Renske January 31, 2014

I hate the new art style and seriously why has big chill a BEARD? It was my favorite alien and now he looks ugly, he has babies and a beard then you serious fucked up. Kevin looks like hey i’m kevin do you want some coke Gwen is a nerd and when she ‘has to be’ an anodite she looks like a weirdo with that weird twinkle sound. I love the ben as in AF and UA but this sucks so much like man of action were high when they wrote the script ( sorry for my bad english I’m coming from Holland)
7modi20 May 20, 2014

Seriously. Are you asking us for this? The art is garbage. Gwen is an ugly nerd, Ben has a baby face. Grandpa max has no eyes and Kevin looks like a derp bully. I really have a problem with the artwork and animations. Another major problem is the script and plot. The character act so much different than they used to in previous parts.Ben is now Big-Headed (stupid) and silly. He can’t even kill one monster without relying on that new thing called Rook.Gwen rarely appears. (Better for us. At least prevent seeing her new ugly face.) And Kevin studies in a university. Well, as we all know, kevin doesn’t have parents to pay the fees. And grandpa max lost his playful character he is now like just ‘cook bad things-never appear-and blind man’. I really lost my hopes in aliens and characters. Chicken alien, frog princess,pterodactyl, and a bearded big chill? I really hate the new series and recommend deleting it before the time’s up.
Magik (Custom Ben 10 alien who is an anodite June 14, 2014

First off guys, Big Chill DOESN’T have a beard. It’s his body and face that have the same dark color, and Kevin is rich (Kind of) because of his trades and deals from Alien tech. But however, the quality is worse, although it was never bad, because it makes it look like a cartoon that they’d give in Nick Jr. For example, the omnitrix at is on the aliens is oval/rhombus shaped, and it makes Kevin look like a drunk Macaulay Culkin
jace June 20, 2014

I hate the new omniverse it sucks the art/graphics even the plot were kevin and Gwen are gone and if they do ever come to be a team again change kevin he looks like a clown on heroin Or something and Ben cant ultimate his aliens that look way better when ultimated this new series Suck bring back old ben 10 youst to love it
Ross Leonen July 20, 2014

I was re-watching all ben 10 series (never watched ben 10 omniverse) then i completed all, until ultimate alien end.. then i was going to watch this Ben 10 omniverse i saw, and was real excited to see ben, gwen and Kevin’s adventures again.. then at first episode, i was like.. What the F*ck is this Sh*t.. Kevin looked like a guy dumped out of a rock concert for being a wannabe, gwen had 2 red paper strips for a lips and Ben got deformed so bad it doesn’t match the good voice.. Then my personal all time favorite alien Big chill, had a hunchback impersonating him.. come on! then Cannonbolt became square! etc etc.. Nevermind.. then i just stopped there.. never finished the show or never gonna watch it again unless they return the old animation.. it was a disappointment for me who grew up watching and enjoying the series..

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