If you're too anime, then I'm screwed

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Through every drawing there is a lesson to be learned, through every stroke you learn to see your own world clearer. ~Quote from me.

~Thanks for helping me think of this statement pookena!

Yeah for some reason it's the way I do the jaw line of my character's faces (humans at least) I thought I improved on it but apparently it's not enough

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Francis: That's better than my plan.
Bill: What was that?
Francis: I didn't have one.

~Horror-Forever
~avpalternative
~Left-4-Dead-Club

Well, as along as the original fantasy art stays (your dino comics and of course, Sapphire 8) ) then I'll be happy.

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Ryan: I can't see!
Prisoner: Take the waste basket off your head...
Ryan: *takes off waste basket* I still can't see!
Prisoner: Take the other one off...

From "Wrongfully Accused"

If you'd like to improve on the faces of your characters, then try drawing the statue of David. It help me improve my face shape and anatomy when I did it. It's only a suggestion. Personally I like your style =3

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I'm American and I can't get my English right!

OK...


...I can see why people would consider your art to be 'too anime', but personally I think you do have your own style.

Yes you may use the 'anime style' as somewhat of a base; but I can actually see some uniqueness within the art itself.

We all have something of a 'base' that we work from. We see a style we enjoy and yearn to use that style ourselves... but after a while some of us actually turn it into something of our own; whereas some just stick to someone else’s style.

No one can ‘invent’ a style because they’re all over the place…

There is no real set style to anything! There is no real 'specific form of anime', or specific form of Disney or whatever...

Yes they may use certain small things in their art that is recognisable; but that's about it...

I mean; some people would look at art from; say; Demon diary- [link]
And One piece- [link]
And know they’re from the same genre of drawing…anime… but they’re not the same style!


Anyone can draw however the hell they want! If you’ve found your comfortable spot; then stick to it! Who cares what anyone says! If they don’t like the style; then that’s their choice… Can you imagine if Picasso or Dali put away their paint brushes because someone told him their art looked weird and they should ‘ paint this way ’?


If you feel you may want to give something else a try; then have a whack at it; there’s no harm in trying something new… You may even pick up a few things you find handy; and if you don’t like it, then you can just go back to what you feel comfortable with.


No word of a lie; about a week ago I was thinking about the Disney style and how for years I’ve wanted to draw like it…

I see such great art all over the place; and I really wanted to draw my characters in this style because I enjoyed it so much…

I knew how much hard work it would be; and if anything it just got me really down because I was certain I’d never be able to achieve what these artists have achieved… I’m no where near as good as them…

But the more I thought about it; the more I realised I wanted to stick to what I was using at the moment… I think the only thing I was having a bit of trouble with was how I draw noses… but that was it… There are a lot of other things, but I know I’ll nail them with more practice.


I’d started with the whole ‘manga style’ a few years back. I’d always watched the shows (without realising they were manga lol) when I was a kid; and I loved the idea of drawing in this style…

But I just couldn’t hack it. I saw my drawings and what was in the books and it wasn’t the same… ‘Me’ kept getting in the way.

Since I was a kid; I had a certain ‘look’ to my drawings, no matter what I drew, there were always certain little things that were in each drawing that I could see which told you it was me that drew it… And to be honest I hated it…

I didn’t like how I drew because I thought it looked crap…

Well now I’ve reached something I’m rather comfortable with. I may need to touch up on a few things here and there; but I’m not going to totally alter my style if a few people aren’t happy with what I draw…


If you’re looking for a career in art… then in what field; and what are you hoping to achieve with it?

If need be; try something a little different; but use the style you’re using at the moment in your personal drawings, like for your comics or your horror art.


Personally I think you have a wicked style…and yeah I am jealous of you
(You cow lol)
And I really don’t think you should change anything!

I didn’t watch you because I liked a specific character you’re drawing or because I thought you had an ‘anime style’ or anything... it’s because I enjoyed looking at your art; I could see you had great talent; you have excellent idea’s and you’re just one funny fucker!


Draw what YOU want! If you turn into a robot; then soon enough it will start to show up in your art.

There’s never any harm in trying something new; but don’t go making any dramatic changes because you feel you HAVE to! You should do what you want to do! This is your love; your hobby, and you shouldn’t change it just because it doesn’t suit someone else! There’s plenty of other artists out there that draw in the style these people like; so they can just go and watch them; instead of trying to get you to change what you enjoy…



….Oops… I just… ranted

*goes back into her corner*


I'm listening to this at the moment---> [link]
And my one year old is running around the room; dancing like a loon


The vid is great too

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~Astronotus wasn't happy about my mood swings; so he bought me a mood ring.
When I'm happy; it turns green.
When I'm angry; it leaves a big fucking red mark in his forehead!

Ditto

Really, it doesn't matter what style you draw in, just that you have the foundation knowledge to back it up. Your style will change, but that knowledge doesn't.

It may be a good idea not to stop drawing anime, but to instead deconstruct how you draw anime. Go through basic design principals and attach them to a drawing.

You may learn something, and you'll be able to apply that knowledge to a different style.

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"try" meaning "tomorrow's really yesterday"
"Fear is the dark room where the devil develops his negatives."
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"The ladder of success doesn't care who climbs it, but the elevator of success carries only whores." - Me

draw how and what you like. i only found my style after multiple attempts of mimicing other artists style, one style happen to be of the late great Mike Turner. but as you can tell, i really got away from the comic style. as for getting a job it the field.... i don't have one. my day job is fun as hell, but it has nothing to do with art. i just do the drawing as a hobby and if it gets me some fame along the way, its all gravy.

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NoW dAnCe @#$%Er DaNcE!!!

Well I'll be Monna Key uncle. Your style has sufficiently changed from its once anime status. I'm upset that you still have such a problem. Your unique style is far past the mere style known as Japanese Animation, and has become recognizable in its on sense. I'm upset that comments like that still persist in your daily Deviant Art life.

I hope, no I refuse to let you lose face! You are a great artist and have worked hard to rise to your status quo. I am sure you will go far with your talent you are assured a great job.

I'm am saddened that you took down you fan art of Naruto, for each piece helped build to your development. Though to each his/her own,if that is what you felt you had to do then I will be behind you and merely expect more, no even better works in the 68 pieces you took down, place.

I'll be here waiting patiently for their replacements and until then and even afterwards DO NOT EVER GIVE UP AND I'M ALWAYS RIGHT BEHIND YOU WHEN NEEDED YOU WILL GO FAR!!!

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I see you yet you ignore me,
I'll listen yet you refuse to speak to me,
I'm always here for you, but you wont let me be,

One day I hope you'll open up to me until then I be here always by your side.

First off anyone that says your art is 'too anime' has no effing idea what anime is. thats the type of ignorant shit that gets said by people that only watch DBZ and Sailor Moon. What is anime style? WTF are they talking about? Is anime style Rumiko Takahashi or is it Naoki Urasawa...or is it Eiichiro Oda or Kentarō Miura or Miyazaki these people have totally different styles of drawing. Is it big eyes? Legs that are too long? Spiky hair? because there are anime that have none of that. What if a teacher in Japan told their student their style was too cartoony? What is cartoony?!! Disney? Dreamworks? Marvel? To say it's 'too anime' it taking over 200,000+ peoples art and lumping it into the same category and that my friend is bullshit. (s'like saying your artwork is too Deviant Arty) I cannot express how much it pisses me off when people say you're lame for copying anime. As opposed to what?! Copying Hana Barbara? Disney? Cause they draw the SAME SHIT! Look at the King from Cinderella and the King from Sleeping Beauty. It is literally the same person they actually recycled his animation for the movies! He ever appears elsewhere I just cant remember where. No need to even dig that deep Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty are the same person with a different hairdo! I mean what is this never before done style that others want you to have? So what if they don't like it art is about the most personal thing in existence NO ONE can tell you what kind of style you could use. If you like it then it is fine, trust me. There will always be people who don't like your work no matter how well or in what style you draw. So don't reformat to fit them when in the end its all about you. I have seen some amazing art get passed up for jobs because the client thought it was too complicated or too this or too that...if you run around trying to meet everyones needs you'll always fail ALWAYS. If you have an anime style and you like it keep it, but if that is your style and you want to change it then do it because it makes you happy not because of others. No harm in taking advice like; the arm is out of perspective or make the head smaller, but even then if you like the arm out of perspective or you want the head too big then LEAVE IT. Dr. Seus must of had tons of people tell his his art was rank but apparently he liked it and he did pretty damn well. I mean listen to yourself really, someone wants you to stop copying anime style and copy someone else?! Who are they to say who you copy? What god of art gave them the right? Disney isn't the best in the world by a long shot, but do you know where anime started? Disney! Astro Boy the first anime was a mimic of Pinocchio and it morphed into a whole new art form so who is to say that you can't learn from them and do something new. I get that there are a lot of artist doing the 'anime style' but think of it like this. The percentage of Americans who watch really anime is pretty small, we hang out with groups of people that do so we don't notice it but not many people know about it or care, now take that percentage and lower it when it comes down to the number of people that like anime AND draw now lower the percentage for the number of people that like anime and draw and do it for a living. Now lower the percentage for the number of people that do it well. If you want to change your style because you want to then do it. If not DO NOT. You can please all of the people some of the time and you can please some of the people all of the time but you can't please all of the people all of the time.That said, if you want to change your art anyway any you don't know who to mimic then I highly suggest you start attempting to draw photorealism. If you can perfectly 'or near perfectly' reproduce the human body then adapting it for animation should be no problem, it will give you the freedom to move in any direction you want as far as simplicity and complexity in drawing goes. I would practice a face or body and redraw the same picture until it comes out identical or very nearly so and move on, using many different body types and races. That is all I have to say I wish you luck.

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You are traveling through space, you are looking for somewhere to settle - it cannot be here. Nobody likes you and you are beginning to understand why.

*looks up* Crap, Everyone said what I wanted to say. I'll say my feelings on this.

(I kinda scattered brained on this, so forgive me)
Tch...I don't get who says your art is still too anime though. I mean, seriously what is "too anime"? DFN summed it up perfectly there. Just like the western art, they all have different styles, and same for anime. Just look at Medabots to...I believe it was Bastard or Berserk.
Tch it's people like that that piss me off since I hate when people have such little knowledge that they just jump to what they think is right.
Example just happened in my Painting class, a guy in my class got the Chimera for his project and kept calling it a pokemon and kept saying it was a "charmander" and "char" "char".
That's ignorance right there. Tell me how the hell a mythlogical creature become something that was made back in '97? It really pissed me off. I might like Pokemon, but I know the difference.

Ok, that example might not have been the best, but see it this way, some people that just don't get how to describe something run to the first thing they can think of. Since your art doesn't scream "Justice League Unlimited" they run to the next option "Inuyasha". Tch.
Really, I'd say you're "Avatar" ...a hybrid!

Your art style is yours. Like you told me before your art is a hybrid of anime and western. Hell, I've compared your old art to your new stuff and anyone that says that your art is "too anime" needs to see your old art. That was anime, what your have now a great hybrid that uses both sides of the world. I love the goofyness which a serious design. That's what I marvel about you.
The time I have know you, I have seen you struggle to change your style from Anime. I firmly believe you have achived that goal. Don't let others bring you down. If this is a teacher saying this...they're too slow. I'm not making a joke there, I mean they're out of date.

Truthfully, I think Naruto helped you too. You even told me that before. Sure it's more of a thorn in your side now, but it did help you improve in some areas.

Sorry, I really suck at saying this kind of stuff online cause I tend to not say what I want to say fully right, but I hope you understand what I mean.
Your art is yours and it's not anime. if your art was anime, I wouldn't have the love for your art. You really do remind me of one of my favorite artist, Spunky. I wonder what people would say on her art then...too cartoony? WTF mate.

BTW, anime is cartoon. >_> Some people will never understand that. Same for Manga is comic.

I'm really sorry you're having to take this crap...again. Don't let them put you down. Please don't give up on what you love. You're flexible.
We all know not everyone will like your art, but remember there are also people that will like your art. It's a rule of human nature. Don't let those haters hurt you.

I'll always support you dude.
I'm still a bit lost with my style still, but I won't let others put me down...fully. Don't be like me on that. Stand strong, you have way too much talent to let go like the Dodo.
Least you have change in these years, I'm still scared to move out of my comfort zone.
Please don't go realism.

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"It's over...
No...
It's been over since I lost my pants..." -Soul Eater