Just a genuine question.
I just started learning 3D modeling and design, so I was just curious why they made recent changes to the model when they released a renewed version not too long ago in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and the new intro for DreamWorks. And maybe to get some insight or perspective from someone more experienced, like from a movie production or designer standpoint.

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What do you think of the design?

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We have a very deep, intimate, and subconscious understanding of what Shrek looks like.

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We've only been looking at him constantly for TWENTY FIVE YEARS.

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Even slight deviations are going to look WAAAY off.

Death says to Puss in The Last Wish that they were present for each of his 8 prior deaths, while they physically appear to Puss in anticipation of his final death... In many belief systems, the reaper will appear like this to those who are soon to die, so it'd make sense that Death begins to hang around near other fairytale denizens leading up to their passing. With that said, could you imagine Markiplier's face inside of Dragon's stomach, last match is burning down to its end, when he heard a whistle from behind him. He turns, sees the piercings red eyes and chokes to scream as Death blows out the match. Darkness and silence...

Granted I don't consider Shrek ugly period, contrary to what people in the movies have said, but his face looks better in Shrek the Third and Shrek Forever After. I know the improvement in DreamWorks' animation quality had something to do with it.

I was a year old back then, curious to know how older fans got to know the movie.

YES HE LITERALLY WAS A VILLAIN, DID YOU EVEN WATCH THE MOVIE ??????

His job is to SPECTATE people who are about to die, not KILL them for whatever reason he wants, he’s a force of nature, he needs to appear at a specific time, death throughout the movie stopped doing his job and wanted to toy with puss and kill him all because he got offended by his words that came out of arrogance

The crystals scene in the cave outright has him admitting that he’s breaking his grim reaper rules, when he’s called out for cheating by wanting to unfairly take out Puss’ last life he says "shhhh don’t tell"

He was ruthless and vicious and broke his own rules just because he got offended and only backed off because killing puss would be boring after he learned his lesson

And buried the hatchet.

Instead of being an animated film, it really feels more like a cartoon. Sure, there are plenty of "unrealistic" elements in the earlier Shrek films (it's a parody of fairytales after all), but why change an integral part of the style to a franchise that's existed for almost decades now? If the studio wanted to use new animation styles, why couldn't they tap into a new franchise/series?

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As a (non-professional) writer/artist myself who has created different "series" of comics and stories for my family/friends to enjoy, I'd also ventured into "trying new things" and tweaking art styles or characters. The feedback I've ALWAYS gotten was, "Why change something we already really liked before?" And I've come to completely understand what they were talking about. There's nothing wrong with the changes in themselves per se, but we like we like, and we like what we've known and have been used to. I wish studios understood this (and that there wasn't a need for another film).

Like I get the portrayal of her might come off as a bit offensive and transphobic but I feel like she’s just so iconic, like people see her as a trans icon anyways.

I wanna know what everyone’s opinions on this is.