What's wrong with the big-eyed, shock-haired, androgynous males, anyway?

[rj_anderson]

drmm wrote, in response to Point #5 in my unpopular fannish opinions post:

But I like anime-style fan art. Of course, I like anime, which probably makes a big difference.For the record, I like anime, too -- in fact, I was practically obsessed with it between the ages of eight and fifteen. Back then I had no idea how much of it there was, or what it

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[friede]

but I don't understand why there's such a preponderance of this style of art in fandoms which have no anime connection, such as HP. And there's a lot of carry-over from this, too, where writers and artists seem to take it for granted that the HP males are all bishounen -- which is so at odds with canon it's just weird.Especially since a good number of folk starting out in HP fanart are shamelessly duplicating images from other fandoms with very little alteration, retitling them to make them HP. While it may be very good practice in the style, it certainly isn't original and it certainly isn't worth posting. And on a more meta note, it certainly isn't going to help them become creative artists in their own right, because such tracing without a firm grasp of how bodies are really put together will keep you stuck forever (but that's quite another rant

[soloflights]

RJ - I think the prolific use of anime characters applied to non-anime subjects is a matter of what people are exposed to growing up, as they develop their own drawing style. My kids unfortunately watch these cartoons, where all the characters have unbelievably spikey hair (and I tease them about how much hair gel it must take to keep your hair that way). But they automatically draw all their own characters with spikey hair and funny eyes.

I used to draw fairies and horses, and managaries all going on adventures together.

I was in love with "Marine Boy" as a young child, which I suppose was early anime, but it was in the minority of programmes I watched, so it didn't affect my drawing style.

Claudia

[drmm]

You like anime? Cool