>>9108715>twelveteen year olds are young teensteens are kids too, pedo.
legally not adults until 18 and most people don't stop behaving like dumbshit kids until theyre like 22.
>>9110026i think it looks more interesting that way. It's not like the art style was flat or extremely cartoony.
The official art itself has edged on the realistic side too.
Also see how a lot of comic book figures are also given a realistic texture, like Dr Doom or Hulk, despite them coming from comics that are no more realistic than pic.
It creates contrast, between the different materials (canvas, leather, linen) and even signifies the era they live in (courser cottons for plebs vs modern's more finer textured higher gentry). Monks purposely used simpler materials.