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The other day I came across a DA page for someone who's style was clearly anime inspired, I mean, VERY clearly, and yet they got offended when people said it looked Japanese. I've met others like this, who like to think their style is either original or at least NOT-anime/manga/game inspired (American)...and I hate to say it, but it is, and unless you drop everything you know about anime and drawing anime, it will continue to be so. o_o; Even when I try my hardest to do someone un-anime style (not American style, but say, realistic) there's still always a hint of it in there somewhere... the angular chin or the glittering eyes with more shine than they should have, or at least SOMETHING about nose shading.
*Note here than when I say anime, I'm talking about the Japanese style in general, as opposed to Disney (and yes, I know about the Disney/Anime thing) or American comics-style. I know a lot of styles look more manga as opposed to something that would be animated, but I'm generalizing. Who's to say what is and is not Japanese style? Some designs break the mold, but 90% of the time it's a clear influence.
It's usually very easy to tell if someone is heavily influenced by something artistically, because it will show up in a particular character feature. People have mentioned that some of my pictures have a Yuki Kaori flare (Angel Sanctuary artist, guys...though I confess I've never read AS yet, only Count Cain ;-
--well, she is listed as one of my favorite artists, so it makes sense, yes? (Such flattery, I'm a million years away from her art 
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To wrap up (this wasn't supposed to be so long u_u it's okay to be influenced by Japanese style even if you're not actually into a lot of anime. Art Schools even have classes for American artists who want to draw in the manga style (is there a word for them? Probably...) and it's a very popular thing. Japanese style is often very aesthetically pleasing so it's natural to take influence, and people shouldn't claim it as their own designs. u_u
*Note here than when I say anime, I'm talking about the Japanese style in general, as opposed to Disney (and yes, I know about the Disney/Anime thing) or American comics-style. I know a lot of styles look more manga as opposed to something that would be animated, but I'm generalizing. Who's to say what is and is not Japanese style? Some designs break the mold, but 90% of the time it's a clear influence.
It's usually very easy to tell if someone is heavily influenced by something artistically, because it will show up in a particular character feature. People have mentioned that some of my pictures have a Yuki Kaori flare (Angel Sanctuary artist, guys...though I confess I've never read AS yet, only Count Cain ;-
--well, she is listed as one of my favorite artists, so it makes sense, yes? (Such flattery, I'm a million years away from her art )To wrap up (this wasn't supposed to be so long u_u
it's okay to be influenced by Japanese style even if you're not actually into a lot of anime. Art Schools even have classes for American artists who want to draw in the manga style (is there a word for them? Probably...) and it's a very popular thing. Japanese style is often very aesthetically pleasing so it's natural to take influence, and people shouldn't claim it as their own designs. u_u
OTAKON
HEY DUDES I'll be tabling at Otakon this weekend!! Table N09! I'll have a corner of keshii (https://www.deviantart.com/keshii) and jisuk (https://www.deviantart.com/jisuk)'s table (http://wintersinlavelle.com and http://fishbonescomic.com respectively) where I'll be peddling prints of video game characters kissing or whatever. Stop by and say hello!
if it's friday or saturday i'll probably be the one in a costume
happy new year!
POSTING HERE just to get that contest entry off my front page. (it's old news, but yes, I won! Thanks for your votes!)
uhhhh I'm here for my semi-annual trying to get myself back to Deviant Art i guess, though now is a bad time because I am in over my head with thesis film animation work (plugging my you tube channel for my films again, it's here http://www.youtube.com/user/ironjunia) and haven't had a lot of time for free drawing in months.
ah well whatever. senior year is obviously stressful. anyway if they don't announce an FF7 remake in 2010 my heart will explode. happy new year!
VOTE FOR ME i'm a loser
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omgggg i made it to the finals of this contest thing! if you want to vote for me i am ENTRY 3, if you believe in my nerd dedication~~ so i could win ACC and the FF13 demo! or if you just want to see my collection of FF stuff that i've been slowing hoarding since i was 12 so you can laugh at my wasted life :heart: thanks a bunch if you take a look! :heart:
dust off the ol DEVIOUS JOURNAL ENTRY
I had NO IDEA there was a storage feature on DA. Now that I've storaged most of the things I am horribly ashamed of without the guilt of straight up deleting them, I can stop pretending my DA doesn't exist! hurray
Uh I don't have a DA film account right now, but if you're at all interested in seeing the animated short films I do at school here's a link to my youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/ironjunia
there's a Shadow of the Colossus fan animation on there, an original story called Reward, and one that was a collab with jisuk (https://www.deviantart.com/jisuk) that we just finished up a couple days ago.
Thanks as always to new watchers and for your favs and
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It's true, if you want to know what something without anime influence looks like, you have to go back 50 years. Personally, I don't know why people get so offended about labels one way or another. I've heard a lot of people complain because devART makes them put stuff in the anime category, I mean, who cares? As long as you have the artwork up and people can see it and appreciate it, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet...