Triratna
Mitnick
I just want u to know that japanese is no longer a good place for manga and whatsoever. The morale value is degradate so greatly that people can't hardly distinguish on what is right and wrong.
There is not much wisdom you can had on jap manga or manga orientated urban culture nowdays. after shin rin there is no more decent mangaka afterward. lots of killing, lots of lies, lots of porn, lots of magic and lots of garbage.
Our Design follow function and our function follow meaning. DOESN'T Follow stupidity or misleading our audience into an cheap moe thrill like nowdays japanese bishoujo artists.
Hentai replace all kind living aspect and distort meaning of love into endless adult entertainment. not only 'adult' watch or play those thing lately. kids and 18 Y.o are still young and so much vulnerable on that influence. and there we go again... Akiba kei girl and boys were born, Hyper reality junkies.
If you're into japanese, best you're not idolized that kind of live.
Consider japanese like a river fish, whenever we ate it. it's always a good idea to leave the bones and take the flesh less we'd choke.
So how do we put ourself on the middle of this genre?
I know Bishoujou genre are mostly used in eroge industry. Mostly mind u. i don't do hentai, or nor i approve to any nudity. i'am capable of drawing nude and porn like any other artist but i'am not that kind of person.
But i got your point in japanese. i think most of them are clueless young and desparate on their identity. hyperralistic is something we should avoid.
Then what are u suggestion?? is there something better than japanese culture himself?
YES hun, there is more better culture out there than japanese. the mediteran, the westlives, the midlle eastern, Our indonesia and our world histories.
You're in the middle of it.
DO don't let japan alone narrow your prespective. dump that freaky urban fashion & jap loligoth maid for a minutes, there is so much to learn.
In the end, you'll realized that the only value of those are morale and wisdom alone. Japanese are just but a tiny portion of it, [obviously some of them lack on both]. i'll talk more you once you get yourself to the studio.
it's been a week since you're away doing this "GAIA commision'.
if you got the time, next time fix our headline banner.