Sunday, August 12, 2007

  I despise fan trends. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's the screaming fan girls that dress up as the main character because they think the character is "hot" or maybe it's the continuous way they talk about the same damn thing over and over again. Whatever it is, I just can not stand the anime "trends". And yet I found myself succumbing to them this weekend when I submitted a piece of work for an art contest.

Why, Vecker, you ask, why would you lower yourself to draw something you despise? I have no idea. Part of me feels utterly disgusted with the fact that I have submitted something that falls along the lines of typical fandom however the other part of me congratulates me for going against every fiber of my being and proving to myself that even though I hate trends, I can still draw them.

Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy anime and I enjoy watching some shows that were popular. But when people go over the top on something and it becomes a "fan" thing then it's not my thing anymore. The recent examples are that of Full Metal Alchemist and Naruto. I despise the people that dress up as these characters because they think the character is "hot" or "cute". Fan girls that really have no interest in anime for the artistic part of it but rather enjoy it because the men have sex appeal.

I can not stand people like that. Anime should not be looked at as a form of sexual "eye" candy. Those people are the very ones that have given it a bad name to begin with. Those are the ones that make these common animes so popular, so popular that it makes me sick to my stomach. I hate fan girls!

Anime should be enjoyed for it's plot line and art. Granted appreciation of character art should be expected but not to the extreme to where you have forgotten why you like the anime to begin with. Most fan people don't even know anything about the anime they are obsessing over because they are too busy drooling to focus on what really matters.

I hate those type of people. And for that reason I do not draw the popular animes.

What about Bleach, you say? Well, I started drawing pictures of Ichigo way before it became mainstream. So in my opinion, that does not count.

Anyway, my basic point to this whole rant was that I entered a contest drawing something I hate in order to win a prize that I don't really care about in the first place. I just want to win for the notoriety of it. To hear that someone thought I was good enough. That would suit me just fine. But for those of you wondering, go check out my portfolio and see for yourself.

Honestly I hated it. Not just because it was two things I don't like to draw but because I just could not get it the way I wanted it. I spent 2 days working on it and 2 hours trying to fix it up on the computer. Finally I just gave up and submitted it. Oh well. We'll see how it goes...
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