As I always say to people - take a life drawing class! You learn so much more than trying to draw a pokemon character or something from those 'how-to-draw' books (actually, I HATE how-to-draw books in general, but that's just me).

I guess you're taking into light the people who want to do art professionally, yes? My gallery is all anime-themed, but my DA gallery is just for stuff I do for fun and enjoyment - it's not my serious stuff like what I do for class, or what I'd put in my portfolio (save for maybe on finished piece of anime art that might show how I use mediums and that I can work in a range of different ways).

Though I do agree that people should broaden their ways a little - alot of people who do nothing but anime get into a habit of using it for utterly everything...one of the reasons why there's alot of hatred towards it too - it's just EVERYWHERE! XD

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I think it's fun to draw, that's why alot of people do it - in a way, it substitutes for fan merchandise. Hell, I remember when I was a huge pokemon fan, but couldn't afford any of the merchandise (cards, plushies, blah blah). So, to "won" my own pokemon thing, I started to draw them, and made a collection.

I always loved drawing, but I used/use it still to "own" my own special fan stuff. We don't all draw to get better, or to create something individual; but even still, the repetitivesness is like a stage (a very big stage/step). Personally, I think we keep drawing the same sorta things over and over, to practice. Until we feel we can draw to a higher standad than we were/are, we won't move on from that phase. I mean, how can we go onto more complicated things, if the simpler things are still hard? Yes, it gets boring to look at; and hell yes it gets extremly repeptitive.

But look where I've landed, for instance. I'm not drawing pokemon and people anymore; I've become a fan of mecha anime (evangelion, gundam etc), and went from the step of drawing cute thingies like pokemon to drawing machines (which I think are much harder). And not just with a pencil. I'm now doing pixel art, and am fine tuning my photoshop/paint shop pro skills. So... drawing anime/manga has expanded my horizon so to speak. And I'm not just doing pencil and pixel art; I'm even painting, making and photographing anime related stuff to add to my "fna collection". I've learnt how to draw better is different styles, whilest using anime/manga as a basis for my art works. Not all are on deviant art (probably only 40% of all my "fan art collection" is on DA).

Anime art isn't all too bad; these repetivie drawings are often creations of peoples imaginations which are being fine tunes. I myself am a good example of such "repeticticesness". In my art gallery, here on DA, I have a about 15-20 pictures involving my "fan character" of SD Gundam Force -because I am continually adding to her, changing her, and reconstucting and improving her. So in a way the anime which is repetitive also tells many many stories, you just need to find out the reason behind them.

But that's only all good and well if you like anime; for people who have no real interest, it's probably just a bizare obssession in thier eyes. But hey, everyone's different

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Well, if you develop your own style it doesn't matter, but if everyone draws the same mainstream style nothing really happens. You should start with the real thing, and then do whatever you want. First learn to draw a real man or animal, and then add things. "Start with the things you know, and the unknown will be revealed." - Rembrandt

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1) Your point has been made a million times over on deviantart...

2) People can draw it for a hobby, so in that case it wouldn't be a problem, as long as they don't start calling themselves 'manga-ka'.

3) Every 'artist' of any kind, be it anime, or american comic style or something macabre needs a thoroughly understanding of human anatomie, they should know the basics to be able to convert it to comic/anime style, and not the other way around. So The artists that don't take real life classes and think that they can draw anime with 'how to draw anime eyes' tutorials and crap are amateurs. But 3/4 of deviantart are amateur photographers, or experimental stuff etc... And you can finger point at many, but in the end you're screaming at an empty void, and I'm sick of all this finger pointing at anime. You do what you like, and I don't call you stupid for it, and you shouldn't call animewannabes or real animeartists idiots with a small horizon, because they do what they like, and you shouldn't try to take that from them.

The real anime artists have a very fine knowledge of human anatomy and structures of buildings (like at the better animes closely and you will notice that) they have special colleges for that in japan. Anime has a very rich culture and the mere wannabe anime artist indeed forgets that from time to time, and I can point out other bad things. But those real mangakapeople are really good in what they do, and if others like to repeat after them, then just let them be.

It's all about the hobby/fun. Deviantart isn't a community of real artists but a community of people who enjoy 'trying to make art'. That's logic cause else they would restrict the sign ups.

Starting artists should do what they want, if they want to go proffesional they will learn the hard truth, just like I did, and many other anime amateurs, that you need human anatomy and realisme to convert it to comic (repeating myself) and then they will learn how to become a proffesional in what they want to be.

What where you trying to achieve by posting this topic?

very true

Try the Complaints Forum

Although I'd agree, anime can be very boring when repetitive. But eh, some just want the fun of drawng it, rather than the thought of expanding their artistic knowledge.

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I do understand why some anime art does tend to get a little repetiative but I also know some anime artists that are awsome and no matter what they do their pictures always look orginial. I guess it depends on the person but I knew a guy at my highs school that drew anime since he was little and managed to get a job drawing manga in Japan and designing anime.

I will say that I started out with anime and I still draw it but I moved to drawing wolf's and Dragon's and am working on realistic people and animals. Though I`m not sure if ypu could really consider me a intermediate artist either. Though I will say that I believe anyone who wants to draw anime or anything should not be critizied for their art. For those that draw do so because they love to, the love the rush you get when you finish a new picture or when you suddenly get an idea and you can't get to a pencil fast enough. I`m not trying to be mean or anything because your blog was not mean in any way, but I just want to say that if you think people should broaden their horizens you should also except anime as a form of art worthy of recignation because I can truthfully say that those that excel at drawing anime and coloring it in either photoshop or simple pens, it is not an easy thing.

Yeah, but JUST drawing anime stifles one's ability to expand artistically!

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Thank you thank you thank you... also I want to stress that THESE 17 year olds SHOULD NOT be going to art college before learning how to draw from life! I went into art college with a shitty portfolio and was accepted, but I wish I was painting/drawing the way I am now in my first year, not my graduating year! :\

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i also don't see the point of the word "style."
those with the strongest foothold in any illustration industry don't have a "style." they're the ones who can draw in any way that will get the job done. Artists with personal flare are successful for as long as people aren't bored of their "style." Then they're old news, out of style, etc etc.

ditch "figuring out your style" and learn to draw in ways to solve the current situation.

but those are my thoughts, not your's.

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