I’m a fan of both animated TV shows, and animated movies. But I like each for different reasons. I love the weird and wacky character designs of animated TV shows, like “Adventure Time. ” But I enjoy the seeing how inventively form and structure is used to create characters in movie animation.
In film animation, which is relies on computer programming, the characters must be drawn in a logical manner, or the software will not be able to turn them at various angles. But animated TV characters can “cheat” form and structure, like a character drawn with both eyes on the same side of his head in a profile.
For the aspiring cartoonist, it builds a better foundation to study the logical character designs from movie animation. Once these principles become familiar, then going wacky is easier. I hope that was helpful.