Broken Bones
I’m kind of all over the place lately. Sorry about that.
I think I can get away with any level of paintery-ness I’m comfortable with if I just use my dark outlines properly. I’m not sure about the map mock up, but I’m thinking it probably is best to cut down on the painted style for the characater animations. Makes the mesh tweaking look better. The cel-shaded is also nice contrast on a slightly more painted background/map.
I guess the answer I came up with is basically cartoony with wiggle room style wise to get as close to serious as we want or need to at the drop of a hat with no.. real set backs. We can pretty much be whatever. always.