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by Wonderlicious » January 6th, 2006, 2:35 pm
This is a really odd question, but how come so many cartoon characters only have four fingers (including thumbs) instead of five? I've often wondered this and really want to know. I know, I'm silly...
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by PatrickvD » January 6th, 2006, 2:42 pm
Easier to draw, and most people don't even notice. If I'm not mistaken that was the main reason.
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by SingingDuckGirl » January 6th, 2006, 6:51 pm
I heard that displaying cartoon characters with 4 fingers instead of 5 is *bad* in Japan (like, there's some bad historical figure/group that's characterized by having only 4 fingers or something of that nature, like a gang symbol). And I've heard that Disney must pay a lot of money each year to not have to give Mickey 5 fingers in Japan.
But this could all be an urban legend.
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by James » January 6th, 2006, 7:50 pm
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by Dacey » January 24th, 2006, 4:51 pm
What doesn't make sense is when stuff like this happens:
Snow White has five fingers. All of the dwarfs, however, have four.
That makes no sense.
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by Ben » January 24th, 2006, 5:13 pm
Snow White is a human, which have traditionally been drawn with the appropriate amount of fingers.
The Dwarfs, in this case, are caricatures, hence the fingers...
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by Dacey » January 24th, 2006, 5:18 pm
Good point.
However, I wonder how midgets feel about it.
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by Macaluso » January 24th, 2006, 5:53 pm
I also think it's easier to fit four fingers on a hand than five. And seems more natural, oddly.
I've always drawn my characters with four fingers. It just looks weird with five. Sometimes they work, like Kim Possible. But I think they look neater with four
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by Meg » January 24th, 2006, 5:55 pm
Yeah, whenever I draw people with five fingers it jut looks...wrong.
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by Dacey » January 24th, 2006, 6:01 pm
The only character I've drawn over and over again is Garfield.
And he has four fingers.
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by Ben » January 24th, 2006, 9:31 pm
Wendy's Jane wrote:I wonder how midgets feel about it.
If you actually look closely, they only have four fingers.
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by Dacey » January 24th, 2006, 10:30 pm
Uh...
Right.
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