You see, whether you can draw like this or not, being able to think up this kind of design, it depends on whether or not you can say to yourself, “Oh, yeah, girls like this exist in real life.” If you don’t spend time watching real people, you can’t do this, because you’ve never seen it.
Some people spend their lives interested only in themselves. Almost all Japanese animation is produced with hardly any basis taken from observing real people, you know. It’s produced by humans who can’t stand looking at other humans. And that’s why the industry is full of otaku!
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To take things even further I think that the objectification, flanderization, comodification and "othering "of female characters in anime has resulted in it almost exclusively catering incels and otaku that see women (and disturbingly, underage girls) as dolls to fetishise.
Which is frustrating because there is good anime out there that isn't like this, but I can't really say I'm an anime fan without people thinking I'm into moe crap or otakus gatekeeping me because I don't like their moe crap.
I just wanna talk about how cool Full Metal Alchemist is...
this is hilariously similar to the time a couple of dorks show Stan Lee their hyper militarized grimdark character named "Overkill"
(but also way more sad)
One of those dorks was Rob Liefeld, who still has fans and shit, the studios loved him because he could pump out crap all day and it sold in the 90s at a time when the comic industry was imploding. Plus, he has an... aesthetic style... no one can draw like Liefeld (if only because no one else would even want to for as long as he has).
this is how he draws captain america. them pecs a shelf. you can stand on those motherfuckers
edit: someone else posted it too looooooooool
that's the dude that doesn't know how feet look like, right?
Yes, lol. He also gave Captain America some glorious tits.
Japanese bara are unironically more realistic than this
Bara artists generally like the human body.
Bruh. This image should come up when you Google body dysmorphia
lmfao
The best Stan Lee moment ever imo.
Can't believe that this shit unironically was the meta in the 90s. Middle class white teens are uncultured troglodytes.
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also known as 1000 teeth syndrome, ammo pouch disease or pointy foot ailment
It's a bit different than that, Stan Lee wanted to see the creative process of creating a character by giving them the name "Overkill". It was a bit too revealing, as Stan was asking questions like "Who is he under the suit", and getting answers like "What do you mean, he's Overkill, what else could he be?" Showing that Stan Lee still cared about the character, even with those grimdark stuff, while Liefeld did not.
Also when Stan Lee asks "How does he move?" Showing that he actually thought about those things.
ah, I had never gotten the broader context that he prompted them with the name, rather than it being something they came up with. Makes sense