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Darby's been ranting in my brain again, it's the only way to get him to stop.
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Eric Goldberg is my hero; I adore Phil like it's nobody's business. He's one of my all time favorite characters.
And let's face it, Darby's far from being the most unique character on the block...
But it's a little disconcerting when a fair 20 some people have all independently expressed that Darby reminds them of Phil from Hercules.

I've heard it all at this point. Some people say it's the expressions, the speech, the body shape, the face, the personality, or the whole package. I have gotten the "Phil Response" simply from a doodle of Darb's head floating around my paper.

Now, I get that they're both the short, fat, grumpy guy, but that's an extremely generic character stereotype. There's dozens of others that fit that description. I also understand that I learned a lot about big expressions from watching Eric Goldberg's work, and again Phil is a wonderful example... but you can find those expressions leaked into all of my artwork and characters. Darby's the only one who gets called out for it. How does that figure?

Visually and design speaking I still don't see how people make that connection. Maybe I'm too much of a Phil fangirl (the way fans of a musician claim all the songs are completely different when you think they all sound the same) but I see nothing alike about them.
...Okay, they both have pointy ears, fat bellies, and red noses. You could argue Rudolph fits that description pretty well too. :/

The part I do find amusing is that it's always "OMG Phil!". Not once have I heard "OMG, it's FAT Mushu!"
which is the character I originally feared Darby being connected with before I released him.
But no, nevermind being the same colored-schemed dragons; minds leap over Disney's mythical-species rainbow to connect Darby with Phil instead.

*facepalm*

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Darby (c) Me, I swear!
Various pics of Phil (c) Disney

Description
Darby's been ranting in my brain again, it's the only way to get him to stop.
---

Eric Goldberg is my hero; I adore Phil like it's nobody's business. He's one of my all time favorite characters.
And let's face it, Darby's far from being the most unique character on the block...
But it's a little disconcerting when a fair 20 some people have all independently expressed that Darby reminds them of Phil from Hercules.

I've heard it all at this point. Some people say it's the expressions, the speech, the body shape, the face, the personality, or the whole package. I have gotten the "Phil Response" simply from a doodle of Darb's head floating around my paper.

Now, I get that they're both the short, fat, grumpy guy, but that's an extremely generic character stereotype. There's dozens of others that fit that description. I also understand that I learned a lot about big expressions from watching Eric Goldberg's work, and again Phil is a wonderful example... but you can find those expressions leaked into all of my artwork and characters. Darby's the only one who gets called out for it. How does that figure?

Visually and design speaking I still don't see how people make that connection. Maybe I'm too much of a Phil fangirl (the way fans of a musician claim all the songs are completely different when you think they all sound the same) but I see nothing alike about them.
...Okay, they both have pointy ears, fat bellies, and red noses. You could argue Rudolph fits that description pretty well too. :/

The part I do find amusing is that it's always "OMG Phil!". Not once have I heard "OMG, it's FAT Mushu!"
which is the character I originally feared Darby being connected with before I released him.
But no, nevermind being the same colored-schemed dragons; minds leap over Disney's mythical-species rainbow to connect Darby with Phil instead.

*facepalm*

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Darby (c) Me, I swear!
Various pics of Phil (c) Disney