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Sunday, November 27, 2005
*cough* Erm, 'kay
There are some things in life I don't get. Like the point of algebra. The purpose of war. Or just why the "Art of Otaku" is considered so freakin' great.
Maybe it's just me. Maybe I'm too stuck-up in my ways. But when I looked over that sampling of the AoO, I wasn't impressed. First off, I was irritated by the fact that a lot of the images were messy and grainy. Secondly, I was questioning why the selected people were considered so great that other people should copy their styles. Yes, that's right, copy. Face it kids, whenever you look at a "how to draw" guide, you always end up copying a style.
I mean, all AoO has on the regular "how to draw anime/manga" book is more people and wasted space. Tons of steps were on half pages, making the 64-page sample really only good for about 35.
The chibi guide had me quirk an eyebrow. The coloring was like the little guy had been burnt to a crisp.
In general, what I hate about these how-to-draw books is the fact that they're dictating the way I draw. I hardly ever use those weird facial guidelines because they don't help. Why is it the male character is always so hulking compared to the female, especially since the drawing is of a teenager? Unless the guy is a professional body-builder, boys and girls generally have a pretty similar body structure. If anything, guys are a little lanky.
I dunno. I'm probably just ignorant and stupid and not willing to pay twenty bucks for a how-to guide. Eh.
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Yay for chakra! XD Throughout the course of time, I have managed to rack up 450 votes for my Articles profile! Still the number two, and I'll have to pull of a couple big ones to reach the top. But ratio-rise, I've done really well. Thank you alchemy~! ^.^
See, you don't have them asking for a writing guide, huuuuh? And why is there such a rank as "senior artist" but not "senior writer"? What the hell is a senior artist anyway? You submit a certain number of doodles and you get that title? You get randomly picked because you've submitted stuff? Mmmm...maybe.
Seriously, I probably work harder than a lot of those "senior artists", researching and writing the articles I make. It usually takes me about a day to do the research. Condensing down every millisecond spent reading/typing, a solid block of four to six hours goes to just research and type.
Sure, you can submit any random writing, but the reason I maintain an audience is because I know they came to be entertained - someway, somehow.
...And I just seem to have a damn good eye for picking topics.
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