Why do cartoon characters only have 4 fingers?!


Question: Take a good look at your hand. Can you locate your thumb? Good. Now, count your fingers, but don't add your thumb into the total. How many fingers do you have? Have you ever counted the number of fingers your friends have? Do you and your friends have the same number of fingers?

I have a thumb and four fingers on my right hand, and I have a thumb and four fingers on my left hand. Almost all of my friends have a thumb and four fingers on both of their hands, except for Lefty.

Some cartoon characters are drawn with only three finger and a thumb. A thumb is not a finger, and is one of the few things that seperate us from the primates.

Got it? Good. Now read the other answers, which likely explain why many cartoon characters are drawn with a thumb and three fingers on each hand.


Answers: Take a good look at your hand. Can you locate your thumb? Good. Now, count your fingers, but don't add your thumb into the total. How many fingers do you have? Have you ever counted the number of fingers your friends have? Do you and your friends have the same number of fingers?

I have a thumb and four fingers on my right hand, and I have a thumb and four fingers on my left hand. Almost all of my friends have a thumb and four fingers on both of their hands, except for Lefty.

Some cartoon characters are drawn with only three finger and a thumb. A thumb is not a finger, and is one of the few things that seperate us from the primates.

Got it? Good. Now read the other answers, which likely explain why many cartoon characters are drawn with a thumb and three fingers on each hand.

That's so people don't confuse them with real people.

In the early days of animation you have to draw upwards of 10,000 drawings per cartoon, so not drawing the pinky cut way back on time. also a five fingered hand looks to big and complex in comparison with the rest of the cartoon.

Don't you watch The Simpsons? Because 5 fingers looks weird!!

It takes too much time and pixels to give them an extra finger.

evolutionary process hasnt occurred yet...

no really its easier to draw.. and cuter to look at i guess..

note* God is always depicted w/ five fingers on the simpsons though...

cz the artistz r just lazy!

Look at a basic cartoon character. All the humanoid elements are deformed in a cartoon character. So to make the cartoon characters look more un-realistic, cartoonists only add four fingers. It also makes the animation process easier. We need to draw 30 pictures for a second. Thats why most of the animated characters are simple in their form.



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