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Hi guys! I need your help!
I recently enrolled into uni to study digital art and design and I was faced with this big fat stigma against manga-style arts. I've decided to write an article about it for my course's blog and I WANT YOUR OPINIONS.
Because me, I just don't get why is it that Western cartoon style is acceptable and anime/manga style isn't. And why art tutors say things like "Oh, we'll have to beat it [anime] out of you, then" to students who admit they like anime/manga.
Why black splatters on white paper have a profound meaning while a complex illustration is dismissed as a piece of crap, non-art, just because it is drawn in manga style?
What the heck happened to the freedom of expression, anyway?
I knew most art schools are not in love with anime/manga style, but I just honestly wasn't expecting such open, well, hostility, for the lack of a better word. And not just amongst the staff, but a big part of the student body as well. It just makes me sad. But that's beside the point.
The most common misconception seems to be that people who draw in anime/manga style are shit artists otherwise, that drawing in anime/manga style is as indication of lack of skill.
Thus the question: Do you think drawing in manga style requires less effort than drawing in other styles?
Also, if you have any experiences of people dissing anime/manga as a form of art in general, please do share. If you remember even approximately what somebody said about it, please quote.
Thank you for your help. : )
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The problem isn't that people don't like it, it's about how hard it is to draw in different artstyles. People will tell you "Oh, this art style is harder because it requires you to do this with your hands!~", or "Oh, this artstyle is harder because it requires you to make these different brush strokes!~" While that may be true, the fact of the matter is is what comes down to how you are treated, and how you draw your anime, manga or artstyle as a result. Many people will stem their ideas from things seen in reality, or on TV, or in Art Books, heck, even <i>Manga Art Books</i>, so the idea that Anime is a new art form is really a pointless one. The fact of the Matter is, that Anime has been around since as long as Manga has started, and that stems all the way from a comic about Donald Duck being Lost in Japan by an America. Who they are, IDK, but what I DO know is that somebody got inspired by it, and made a few comics and artstyles seen similar to what's seen in Disney's Animated films.
To put it more bluntly and shortly, Anime in Japan was inspired by Disney's Artists.
One of the first few animes that is widely known about is Astro Boy, the TV Show about a boy who is actually a robot fights to save the day against aliens, and other things that could possibly invade and hurt earth. (Correct me if I'm wrong about that.)
Since then, Anime has been evolving ever since it's first few creations from the Donald Duck cartoon they saw, and also managed to get artists licensing's once they could prove that their artstyle was a viable way of making money. Nowadays, you see SAO (Sword Art Online), and DxD HighSchool, Gurren Lagan, Pokemon, Digimon, Studio Ghibli, and most infamously enough, Funimation (because let's face it, not everyone likes them for what they do. Actions speak louder than words, after all).
But that leads us back to the question: Does Anime and Manga require less effort? Sure, the artstyles are different, but so are their geometries, and it can take YEARS to master an artstyle like that. So, no. Manga and Anime drawing are no harder than making shading on a blank page.