popeye's unique and commonly used design is one that is immediately recognizable, being always depicted as a gruff-looking yet skinny sailor with a large cleft chin, a single eye, a mostly bald head and very large forearms with anchor tattoos, while his outfit normally consists of a black dress shirt with a red neckline and sleeves with blue edges along with blue pants, brown shoes and a sailor's cap. during his first introduction in "thimble theatre", popeye's appearance was not too different from his current one, the only difference being that his nose was noticeably larger, his chin was slimmer and his forearms were less round and more angular (and also a bit hairy), but as segar's talent continued to grow, the design would change to match the well known sailor seen today. this design would be his most iconic and most used depiction used in many media, and most notably the first piece of popeye animated media by fleischer studios.