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I'm ok with anime art. I don't love it to death though. Like many other aspiring artists out there I've been influenced by anime art all my life (been watching anime since I was a little kid) and it's so natural to just keep going back to the same old style: big eyes, button nose, tiny mouth etc. But I'm trying very very hard to break out of it because I want to develop my original style. Over time I realised that I should create an identity and style of my own and quit trying to emulate anime artists. You do realise that after a while the look and style is kinda homogenous and I don't want that, I want something original and something that's uniquely me 3nodding

As for why people tend to bash anime art, it's probably because it has a negative connotation about the artist being a childish japanophile ("yay i hate raw food but i love sushi, i threw out my bad for a tatami mat because it makes me more japanese, whee i loooove anime don't you, i will move to japan one day!") etc. And sadly for most of the anime artists (including everyone from the pros to the amateurs) out there, it's actually quite true, you'll find them anywhere neutral I can see where some of that annoyance from non-anime loving people come from.

And yes I do think anime is a work of art 3nodding But it's a very Japanese thing and although we might be influenced by it I think it'll be great if we can break out of the influences that we have and create our own styles. I'm trying very hard to shift from anime style to something a tad more realistic. I also realised that anime cel style art is very simplistic and I tend to go for more elaborate things, I also gradually realised I didn't like oversized eyes which take up 3/4 of my character's face sweatdrop It's good to start out emulating the works of other people but if you want to become a successful artist in future and create your own comic, graphic novels and whatnot, you really need a style of your own 3nodding

I really like anime style art, and most of my work is heavily influenced by it. Whether or not you believe it's an artform in itself depends on your definition of art. There are elitists who believe that graffiti art and comics are'nt artforms either, maybe because they're heavily stylized so people think they are easy to create? I believe they are all forms of art, and know first hand how hard they are to do.

Maybe the negativity is due to how hyped up anime and anime style art is at the moment? There are plenty of people who will diss something purely because its too 'mainstream'.

But, as much as I love anime art, I think its important to explore other styles as well, especially for people who want to become some kind of commercial artist. 3nodding

I know alot of people that hate anime artwork. I always snap at them though when they b***h about it xp

Snapping doesn't help. sweatdrop I am trying to understand why they hate it instead (too many of them to complain . . . ).

No need to shout. sweatdrop I think she means the people who take it to the extreme . . . i.e., think nothing beats Japan, want to move there ASAP, insist on Japanese mannerisms even in other countires . . . etc.

personal I like it and I tend to draw in that style... then again, I am also in a group of 3 girls who are working on creating a comiv books done in that style that we will be publishing sometime next year...so... yeah sweatdrop

I dont like anime, but I've never said it's not art and never will say it's not art.

It's just not something I'm into, but I think alot of my dislike for it was spawned from people I know being so obsessed with it, and so stuck on the subject of it that I ended up just wanting to kill it.