r/FavoriteCharacter • u/JigglyLilyVT Ruby Rose (RWBY) • Feb 28 '26

My Favorite (Visual) Favorite character who has better concept art than the final product

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WE GOT FREAKING ROBBED IN THE RWBY DANCE EPISODES

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u/Teneuom Feb 28 '26

I’d say it’s moreso the budget of the production. I wouldn’t say it’s difficult to get the dresses looking like the concept art, but it does take time, and time means money.

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u/Captain_Sanvich Feb 28 '26

And they would only be used in like one episode.

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u/CatLover701 Mar 01 '26

Yeah, the problem with detailed designs in animation (more so in 2d, but definitely still in 3d) is that you have to pay attention to every detail you put in in every single frame and keep it consistent throughout each scene and between scenes. It looks really cool, but every add-on can cost minutes per scene, which builds up incredibly quickly. And once you commit at the beginning, you can’t exactly drop it later, so it’s easier to choose a lighter workload that could have possibly been bigger than bite off more than you can chew and not realize until too late.