>>2092369>Animal ears>Cute>>2092645It only applies to some kinds of character design
>>2092501I agree empathy is a big plus in cuteness, and moe often fails because of sexualisation.
A cute little girl is someone you want to father, not to fuck.
Now the 100000$ question is: What kind of physical shapes make a character more warming.
The neoteny formula works for a moment but there's something greater to achieve it
Only two character-designers have reached absolute warmness:
>Katsuya Kondo>Makoto Shinkai (pic related)I watched many times again their work: The choice of colors, the body/head proportions, the symetry, the motion and movements, the tone of voice, the degree of realism/caricature, etc...
I noticed paterns but yet fail to grasp the core