Art trends that piss you off

Has one of the things very common in your art been listed? (Not that it's important for you to care...)

Yes. I think I might change some things...	12.7%	[ 19 ]
Yep, but I'm going to stick to my way of doing things.	16.7%	[ 25 ]
I haven't heard any thing yet. I'm sort of surprised.	12.0%	[ 18 ]
I haven't heard any thing yet but it's not that shocking to me.	20.0%	[ 30 ]
poll whore/red, flesh colored knee with white spots on top option	38.7%	[ 58 ]
Total Votes:			[ 150 ]

[Gastrointestinal]

The stereotypical catgirls...you know, stick thin, gigantic eyes and huge boobs mad

[UND8NEU]

Initial D REALLY bugs me. The cars are great! But they should have had someone else draw the people. stare

[Kohgi]

I would just like to say that every pet-peeve of mine has been posted and discussed quite well.

I love this thread so much! But it just makes me wanna murder my way of drawing, and never do it again xd heart sweatdrop

Ahhh, I heart this thread

(no sarcasm included)

[TheMiniBrain]

Terne

One thing that amuses me a bit is the over use of wings on characters, without tails. Without the tails flight would be clusmy, if at all possible (even flying squirrels use their tails in flight/gliding).
Additionally the wings are the wrong size; either increadibly large or little midget wings which look rediculous, it just proves the wings are there for the sake of being cool, not for flight or a justifiable part of the character, etc. Lastly there are the whole busty girls who are pathetically skinny with wings (where is the muscule, essential for flight?)

Ooooh kind of a rant, but my point's in there, somewhere. gonk

To quote Ragetti from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest in reference to how to pronounce "Kraken", "It's a mythological creature, I can calls it what I wants!"

Mythological creatures don't have to be bound to biology. Just look at dragons. How are they supposed to fly or breathe fire? Biologically they shouldn't be able to and yet this is very common dragon behavior. But it should also be noted that Dragons in the traditional sense, as far as we know, don't exist.

There are plenty of mythological creatures that don't make biological sense... Unicorns, pegasus, thestrals, Kraken, fauns, mermaids, centaurs...

Angels are supposed to be able to fly or have wings but I don't think anyone ever depicts them with tails. I don't think anyone has ever tried to study the biology of an Arch Angel. As far as I know they are spiritual beings so they don't actually have a biology because they don't have physical bodies.

These depictions of unicorns and mermaids have been around for a very long time. To confine them with realistic biology isn't always good for them. Sometimes they were based on mistaken identity... but the mythological creature is as much interesting than the real animal it's based on. Like cyclops with elephant bones... Dragons with dinosaur bones... Mermaids with manatees... Unicorns with narwhal tusks.

[Our]

Tiga Claw

Anything by disney lately seems to rub me the wrong way - I mean, like, they have some of the best artists in the world, some of the greatest animating programs and the ability to make truly wonderous works of art, but they settle for ... for... ugh, I hate to even say it, but ... Madagascar. Oooh *shudder* and ... Lloyd in space... and The American Dragon... *puking now*. then there's other companies, that create the likes of *shuddering again* Spongebob squarepants... and ren and stimpy (or whatever it's called), oh, yeah, and the animated version of Dumb and Dumber, (god, please no more) Ok, one more... Yakity Yack.......... *dies*

Give me 'B' grade anime anyday, it's better than so called 'A' grade western stuff.

D; I love Lloyd in Space. And Sponge Bob. Those shows are for little kids, and I'm pretty sure they don't care at all about the quality of the animation. Like myself, I'm pretty sure they just watch it for whenever someone says 'bum' or does something funny.

Not to argue your point, I agree that it's not the best animation ever, but... it's not supposed to be. Madagascar on the other hand... I am not digging Disney's switch to 3D at all. Napes to that.

And to Terne: what if the character isn't supposed to be able to fly? Is that fine? I have several characters with wings, and not one of them can fly because they'd need to have wings the size of a BUS in order to get themselves off the ground. I'm pretty sure there are a lot of not-quite-accurately done winged characters because Super Giant Wings and beefy arms would look kind of silly on certain characters. xD;;

[Shim K]

Let's go over my list *pulls large out scroll*

1. Comics in the kids section that are manga look-alikes
2. Those dammn mangas that are really perverted for no aparent reason
3. The ones with art like crap
4. Non-inked mangas xp
5. The corny-story ones
6. The stupid mangas that make bad jokes
7. The mangas that overuse the use of "Anime Emotions"
8. The REALLY (I MEAN REALLY) gorey ones

I could go on and on if my list was longer (and my memory).

[least_known_ninja]

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ChibiGingi

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5. Art with no backgrounds
No backgrounds makes an artist a lazy person. If you can't draw scenery, at least put some color into it somehow. Spider-Man needs to have buildings in the background. Otherwise, he's floating in space...

*coughs*

Yeah, I sadly fall into this category, but I'm trying to get out of it. You're right, for the most part, about the laziness being the biggest factor.

Must go work on BGs, yes... must stop being lazy myself!

Lol I'm lazy like that too. Mostly I never work on drawing scenery (my bad, I should but I don't), so I don't want to ruin a good picture with crappy background... yeah I'm just lazy. sweatdrop In fact, the real reason I improved so much this year was because I started actually paying attention to techniques and making my eyes accustomed to planning proportion ect. I used to just scribble something down in two seconds and get upset that it sucked so much. sweatdrop

This is something I hate myself for and hope to change. Arrg. crying

Aw don't hate yourself. :3 I love you! mrgreen

[Kattalina]

Sekkei

The RPer who find a random image on the internet for there character, and call it original. And then when you say you'll draw peoples OC (ORIGINAL characters) they pop up wanting pictures of their stereotypical character that they ganked from someone else.
And Not really something that pisses me off, but just irks me. You don't need a name for EVERY PERSON YOU DRAW. Seriously! You can just draw a person with no name or story, it won't kill you. Especially if that is the only time you draw said person.

Oh and then, of course, the person who need their ego popped. There has been many of artists that are ok, but definitely need improvement, and when you point that out helpfully, they blow up on you, saying its their style.
"You neck is too small and the arms are too short. Try doing blah blah blah" (insert helpful comment here)
"OMG NO IT PERFECT! I MEANT TO DRAW IT THAT WAY, ITS MY STYLE! YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS!"

That irks me too. I have had way too many people at RP's I used to run slap random Screen Captures up from totally random Anime's and say, "That's what he/she looks like." -cringes- It really bugs me, and that's one reason why I press on applications more now and turn photo uploads off ~_~ To encourage more creativity amongst players. That and someone thought it was humerous to up a ton of porn up on one of my games one day -muscle spasm at thought-

[least_known_ninja]

ensoul

risen_from_the_ashes

If you draw a few lines, call it a chibi and make it rainbow colored people will worship your skills.

Ding ding ding! That drives me right up the wall.

Also the over-blush on joints and things; there should/could be a little more color in certain spots, especially if the subject is doing somthing physically exerting, but the medium-rare look does not a good picture make. Leave it to people like Leyendecker and Rockwell who could work it, and it was original and actually added to the piece.

Also, B.S. post-modernism/expressionism, completely divorced of all meaning. Especially things like installations and readings which convey nothing, not even a pleasing aesthetic, to the audience. You aren't Hugo Ball, people! Stop screwing the system!

EDIT: And I always thought DBZ was sarcastic. About itself. Honestly. It's just too ridiculous to contemplate otherwise.

I always wondered why people thought it looked attractive to make cute little characters who looked like half their skin was burnt off. Deep pink is not a skintone, and a there is a difference between shading and giving them a rash.XD

[TheMiniBrain]

Shim Kangrey

4. Non-inked mangas xp

I really don't mind them. In fact one of my favorites is Blade of the Immortal. There are some pages where he uses graphite and it's beautiful. I'm told that the graphite pages are "redone" pages... but they still look fabulous.

My favorite western graphic novel is Moonshadow Compleat... and it's done almost completely in watercolor... the only part that is "inked" is the text and the speech and thought balloons.

[least_known_ninja]

leloi

Shim Kangrey

4. Non-inked mangas xp

I really don't mind them. In fact one of my favorites is Blade of the Immortal. There are some pages where he uses graphite and it's beautiful. I'm told that the graphite pages are "redone" pages... but they still look fabulous.

My favorite western graphic novel is Moonshadow Compleat... and it's done almost completely in watercolor... the only part that is "inked" is the text and the speech and thought balloons.

I read one a while ago that switched styles every few pages. It started in charcoal, went to paint and sketched, some computer graphics, some cute little colored 2D pictures, then back around a bit. I forget the name but it was lovely...

[xX_over_the_stars_Xx]

Dramacon.... the art sux..... really sux.... domokun

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ChibiGingi

Quote:

5. Art with no backgrounds
No backgrounds makes an artist a lazy person. If you can't draw scenery, at least put some color into it somehow. Spider-Man needs to have buildings in the background. Otherwise, he's floating in space...

*coughs*

Yeah, I sadly fall into this category, but I'm trying to get out of it. You're right, for the most part, about the laziness being the biggest factor.

Must go work on BGs, yes... must stop being lazy myself!

Lol I'm lazy like that too. Mostly I never work on drawing scenery (my bad, I should but I don't), so I don't want to ruin a good picture with crappy background... yeah I'm just lazy. sweatdrop In fact, the real reason I improved so much this year was because I started actually paying attention to techniques and making my eyes accustomed to planning proportion ect. I used to just scribble something down in two seconds and get upset that it sucked so much. sweatdrop

This is something I hate myself for and hope to change. Arrg. crying

Aw don't hate yourself. :3 I love you! mrgreen

with the whole mega tokyo thing... he has good backrounds.....

[ryukai-hitari]

DracoPheonus

Kingdom Hearts whoring. D: It's great and all but when you start seeing two of them up on the popular section on devart everyday, it's gets stupid.
Catgirls piss me off.
Those iPod things too. With the silhouette and the white ear phone cord and the iPod. Yeah one or two is cool. Some people do it for EVERYTHING.

I never like Furuba. I don't like huge-eyed anime people in general.

I agree with the knigdom hearts bit. As a Knigdom Hearts fan, I do get tired of seeing the same s**t all of the time. I mean dont get me wrong, but with all of these ******** fan pictures, kingdom hearts is beginning to become over rated. It is like "OK PEOPLE, WE REALIZE THAT YOU ALL LOVE KH, BUT SHOW SOME ******** ORIGINALITY AND DRAW YOUR OC's AND s**t!!!"

[Life Is Trance]

Well, one thing that bothers me... I know they must be trends, and I don't know if this qualifies as one, but someone posted it already so I'll just say it anyways.

When people use all of the filters and tools on photoshop.... To me that's more of a "I know photoshop more than you" kind of thing and they're just showing off their 1337 photoshop skills. I'd rather see a background or effect done by the artist himself, without any help.

I've been trying that a lot myself, getting it down, but I have a lot left I really need to work on.