# CalArts style

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A popular aesthetic in the animated cartoons from the 2010s onward, with oversimplified character designs, huge bug eyes and tiny beady eyes with only blacked irises, bean-shaped mouths with rounded teeths and with prominent lips, letter-shaped noses, thinner outlines, and flat regions of plain bright color.

## Etymology
Originally first invented by Canadian animator and blogger John Kricfalusi in January 12, 2010, though the term was originally to refers to an different similar aesthetic reminiscent of the late 1950s to 1970s Disney animated movies, then in the late 2010's, now the original term becomed to refers to the oversimplified character designs during since in May 2018.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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