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I've heard this one before a lot. To some extent, i guess it can be true for some people. i used to draw anime 24/7, but not so much anymore. I just don't have as much time, and realitic drawings appeals to my free time much more than anime drawings do. I still draw anime, like character drawings for my manga group's manga and such, and random avi art commissions that are piled up from 3 monthes ago. sweatdrop

What do you all think of this?

iv been drawing anime since i started drawing... for somepeople it could be a phase... but i guess an adaptaion of styles can come into play.. my style is very "semi" realisitic. iv gone through meny phases of styles.. this may be a phase but as i said, Adaptaion of style :/

hahaha, i like your answer(the tree part)

I think thats an extremely stearotypist thing to say.
These guys ARE real artists, they have trained themselfs for years to become true artists, true the younger beginger artists tend to draw anime becuase its in a boom in the media. You can't say that its a phase... meny people make a living through this.
I draw "anime" but the style is semi realistic...
The term "anime" i think doesnt catagorise a whole style. there are so meny different styles.
Clamp,
Semi realistic,
Furry,
Yiff,
Yaoi,
Hentai,
Lestai,
Realistic,
Oekaki,
Chibi,
Echi.

I think we should stop trying to catagories styles as phases and such,
and artists as "real artists" or n00bs... it seem abit pretenious :/

Plus whats the say that these artists cant draw anything else.
99% of PRO anime artists can draw realistic, Anime, Chibi, architecture,
vehical, mecha.

Is it really such a bad thing to like to draw anime more then anything else...
I could say drawing realisticly is a phase... drawing architeture is a phase.
its a style of art which is older then diseny rolleyes ALOT of people dont now that.

thank you smile

I think on an individual basis it can be a phase, but in the art world it's a movement. It will leave it's mark on history just like impressionism and modernism. It's a beautiful style of art, and I can't see it ever going out of style completely. No pun intended.

Anime/manga was a phase for me, at least. I discovered other artists and started researching the Renaissance and animation, as well as Scott McCloud, so I had a wider variety of influences. Plus, I stopped watching anime and TV in general, and manga was too expensive for me at ten or so years old. xD

The internet became my tutorial temple at which I worshiped regularly until I became a slightly decent artist.

Next step, I'll take real art classes.

I think of anime as a style not a phase.


Something you use when you feel like it.
I started drawing anime 6 years ago, I have'nt stopped that but I have'nt stopped doing realism and other styles either.

Japanese animation as a style has always appealed to me. It was definitely a stepping stone into the world of art for me, but I don't think cartoons in general will ever be a just phase for me. I like doing realistic portraits of my cartoon characters every now and then to see how they develop in a more realistically human way. Having a knowledge of realisitic proportions definitely helps me in that way.

Also, has anyone else noticed that the definition of anime as a style, wherein the characters have "Big eyes, small noses, and little mouths," can also be applied to many of the animated Disney movies? And yet their style is not considered anime. Anime means animation. As far as there have been moving pictures, animation has been a popular means of conveying a story. I don't think animation as a whole will ever go completely out of style.