Don't want to go into a big rant with this, but simply put: that is not the overall style of art for present cartoons. It's an oversimplification of the cartoons art styles, and not an accurate representation of the style of the show. The Amazing World of Gumball, is a mixed media show, from using 3d models to 2d traditional animation and Steven Universe has a changing art style clearly seen from the first episode compared to the recent ones. The smile on Dipper is unnatural and was not seen normally within Gravity Falls and Star's face is a lot more animated and "playdoh-like" than just "that" smile. Whoops, ranted...
tl;dr= the scenes captured for the "past" animations are all actual screen caps while the "present" animations were all morphed from their normal animation to fit an oversimplified circle.
The bottom ones are actually not how they look. The steven universe one is so off, the gumball one is a bit over simplified, dipper NEVER smiles like that, star's face is much more animated.
Might i add the top ones are mainly in-between frames, which are normally out of proportion to make animated movements more fluid. Cartoons nowadays have those too, but not as much.
tl;dr= the scenes captured for the "past" animations are all actual screen caps while the "present" animations were all morphed from their normal animation to fit an oversimplified circle.
Might i add the top ones are mainly in-between frames, which are normally out of proportion to make animated movements more fluid. Cartoons nowadays have those too, but not as much.