2012-03-16, 08:16 PM
I don't know. To me, anime/cartoons are pretty much one in the same. Only difference is the shape and size of the eyes, in general.
You can apply as much anatomical/visual knowledge to get better and better results under either style to make something visually impressive.
I'm still a novice, but I somewhat quantify all works under 2 categories: Technical Ability and Creative Ability.
Technical Ability being how 'good' a work is: Anatomy, porportion, color usage. lighting.
Creative ability is that whole 'matter of opinion' aspect. How good the 'idea' was regardless of execution (technical ability) or how well it gets its point, message or mood across.
If an art teacher only considers realistic paintings of subjects art... they probably don't care about this aspect at all. and only view works of high Technical Ability as true 'art'.
So the question is, do teachers like these dislike anime because they ONLY value Technical ability? Or do they feel this genre limits creative ability, aka the 'generic' arguement. An arguement easily countered when you can see the levels of variety from artists online that do anime-inspired design. Some include a VERY good amount of anatomic detail, save for the trademark eyes.
On a side note, Inuyasha drove me crazy cause half the girl characters looked alike. geez, I can't stand that artist's style because of that.
You can apply as much anatomical/visual knowledge to get better and better results under either style to make something visually impressive.
I'm still a novice, but I somewhat quantify all works under 2 categories: Technical Ability and Creative Ability.
Technical Ability being how 'good' a work is: Anatomy, porportion, color usage. lighting.
Creative ability is that whole 'matter of opinion' aspect. How good the 'idea' was regardless of execution (technical ability) or how well it gets its point, message or mood across.
If an art teacher only considers realistic paintings of subjects art... they probably don't care about this aspect at all. and only view works of high Technical Ability as true 'art'.
So the question is, do teachers like these dislike anime because they ONLY value Technical ability? Or do they feel this genre limits creative ability, aka the 'generic' arguement. An arguement easily countered when you can see the levels of variety from artists online that do anime-inspired design. Some include a VERY good amount of anatomic detail, save for the trademark eyes.
On a side note, Inuyasha drove me crazy cause half the girl characters looked alike. geez, I can't stand that artist's style because of that.