Haseo Wrote:Not 'an'. All of the art teachers I've had in my life hate/dislike anime.

I've asked other people from other countries, their art teachers hate anime too. In particular, one said that his anime teacher put up a pic of Goku (what do you know, coincidence?) and told everyone that if they ever drew like that they would always fail as an artist.

For a while I thought it was only a few, one or two, but after seeing the results of further inquiry it's got to be more than sheer coincidence.

Thing is, the art teachers also tend to be very partial to Western animation (Pixar and Disney in particular). I find it strange, it's like their opinions are mirrored images of otaku (omg cartoons sux anime roolz v.s. omg cartoons roolz anime sux).

Haseo Wrote:Cartooning also simplifies, deforms and distorts the human form.

Thing is, nobody bothers venturing down that line of thinking.

DrRusty Wrote:I only referred to one art teacher for the sake of giving my example.

Without going to a bunch of art teachers myself and asking them if they allow anime drawings in their art class, there wouldn't really be a way to prove you wrong or right unless someone already did a study on it.

raizoo Wrote:You'll have elitists everywhere. If you play D&D, a lot of people complained that Paizo's Pathfinder art were too anime looking, which I found absurd.

One of the animation schools near me ― iirc they're one of the top 10 in the world ― will look down at you if you draw anime-style characters, so a lot of the students do this stuff in secret. However, one or two art teachers at a college near me actually work for UDON. While they don't care if you do anime looking stuff, they want your drawings to look damn good because like Onion Knight said, majority of anime-style stuff is just the simplified version of the human body.

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The West's take on caricatures is different than Japan. If you think about the usual JRPG vs WRPG debate, the West tends to be more expressive while the East focuses a lot on narrative.

Caricatures tend to go farther when exaggerating the human body language. Look at The Incredibles.

SaptaZapta Wrote:Anime isn't Art just as pulp fiction isn't Literature and pop songs aren't Music.
Basically, if your average philistine enjoys it, it can't possibly have any artistic value.

Anyway, as long as you have an art teacher, it behooves you to learn whatever you can from them. Even if you intend to draw manga/anime for the rest of your life, it can't hurt to learn a much broader range of styles and techniques.

EarthAdept2 Wrote:I heard about something like for a lot of new artists, people will tend to try to start with anime. But since basic anime style is all-around the same kind of style, you end up just conforming with it and not developing your own kind of thing. You end up drawing what looks good in general rather than what defines your style.

Whilst cartoons don't really have a defined style and are so grossly deformed to each artist, you could claim something as your own if you start through that kind of route.

I can sorta see resentment if every student starts up art class and their drawings all look like generic anime X. It represents less creativity I guess? Not saying the top tier anime artists are all the same of course, but those top artists are way past the phase of learning basic proportions.

Just something I'm throwing out there.

Shidoshi Wrote:Haseo, your country does come up with the weirdest things on education. I'd chalk it up to teacher arrogance.

raizoo Wrote:Wait, is this the guy from Singapore or Malaysia? Because everything makes sense now. (￣д￣