Original DA upload date: October 19, 2019
Before I upload the artwork of Fashionista Gilda, I had to get this piece out of the way, because some clowns think they’re being funny by telling the same joke over and over again.
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I’ve come out of retirement from Loud House fanart, just so I could make this little work addressing a joke a lot of the TLH/Casagrandes fanbase… or hatebase (hard to tell at this point), has been making. You know the joke, the one comparing The Casagrandes to The Cleveland Show. It may have been funny back when the show was first announced last year, but it has long since stopped being funny. Even I haven’t used Joshscorcher’s “NOM NOM NOM MONEY TASTES GOOD” as much as the Loud House/Casagrandes fandom has used the Cleveland Show joke. In fact, after being subjected to the joke over and over again, it’s clear that people think the two shows are comparable just because they’re both spin-offs of highly successful shows, and focus on a family of color. Which is about as flimsy a comparison as you can make.
The Cleveland Show is for adults and composed of 22-minute episodes, and has a main cast entirely composed of dated and unfunny black stereotypes, as well as jokes that feel like table scraps even Family Guy didn’t want. The Casagrandes is for kids and made for 11-minute segments. It’s only an episode and a half in as I write this, and, thanks to the development the family has received through their appearances on The Loud House, they’re already more fleshed-out and likable than the Brown-Tubbs family ever were. I dare even say that the show has the potential to be better than The Loud House. Why?
Well, for one, The Casagrandes has a better sense of continuity than The Loud House. I’m not asking for BoJack Horseman continuity, but do the Loud family seriously not know Lucy likes popping up out of nowhere after eight years of her being alive? Whereas on The Casagrandes, it’d make sense for Ronnie Anne not to know stuff about the city or the Casagrandes’ traditions, since she’s relatively new to living in Great Lakes City (in fact, we’ve seen her family move there). And second, the Casagrande-Santiago family feels better connected than the Louds, they have a better sense of… you know, family. Not to mention the franchise has also already established a good sense of what the supporting cast, the apartment’s inhabitants and the Mercado’s customers, are like as characters. It’s four seasons into TLH, and we still don’t know much about characters like Girl Jordan, Mrs. Johnson or even Pop-Pop beyond some very basic things. And all of those characters have been around since season 1!
Also, Sid Chang is adorable. I already love her more than Clyde. She’s the Mabel Pines of TLH/Casagrandes.
Now to the art itself!
Not much to say here, other than Ronnie Anne’s asset was traced from her appearances in Save the Date and Relative Chaos. I did also attempt a paper pulp look with the background, but, while I do think it looks better than the transparent spray I used in my ArtStudio days, it… still needs work. It still looks more like something out of the real TLH than any other time I’ve drawn the characters from the show, though. Maybe I can do more in this style, it’s a fun style to work in.
Thanks for coming to my editorial, and why those jokes have become about as fresh as the water in Flint, Michigan*. Post in the comments below what you think of this!
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This artwork was made at 4K resolution, in 1.85:1. However, it is presented here at a maximum of 1080p, to keep consistent with the Loud House franchise.
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* Sorry, Jesse Coffey of Twitter, your quote was just too good not to use!
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