>>106888649It wasn't always super strictly on model.
The New Simpsons episodes have much tighter quality control, to the point where there's exact measurements for the size of the character's pupils and how far they're allowed to open their jaws
Rather than making it look better, it robbed the show of all of its life and energy
Say what you will about the likes of Steven Universe and OK KO having basically no quality control and letting the artists sneeze on the paper and it being put to air, but it's WAY better than the other extreme, where artists aren't allowed to make a character's toe even half a centimeter larger than it is on the model sheet