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ratcreature) wrote2010-08-09 05:29 pm
curious about fanart style preferences
artwork in traditional media that is very realistic in style and used identifiable promo/screencap images as reference, e.g. many realist character portrait paintings/drawings or collage paintings that merge several portrait images for effect (like a collage of canon h/c scenes)
Mean: 2.57 Median: 3 Std. Dev 1.32
| 0 | 4 (8.2%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 (10.2%) | |
| 2 | 15 (30.6%) | |
| 3 | 13 (26.5%) | |
| 4 | 8 (16.3%) | |
| 5 | 4 (8.2%) |
the same but done with digital media, e.g. "paintovers" and such
Mean: 2.10 Median: 2 Std. Dev 1.42
| 0 | 8 (16.3%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 (20.4%) | |
| 2 | 11 (22.4%) | |
| 3 | 11 (22.4%) | |
| 4 | 7 (14.3%) | |
| 5 | 2 (4.1%) |
artwork in traditional media that is very realistic in style but shows fully imaginary scenes rather than character portraits and drawings based canon scenes
Mean: 4.14 Median: 4 Std. Dev 0.99
| 0 | 0 (0.0%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 (2.0%) | |
| 2 | 1 (2.0%) | |
| 3 | 12 (24.5%) | |
| 4 | 11 (22.4%) | |
| 5 | 24 (49.0%) |
the same but done with digital media
Mean: 4.06 Median: 4 Std. Dev 1.13
| 0 | 1 (2.0%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 (2.0%) | |
| 2 | 1 (2.0%) | |
| 3 | 11 (22.4%) | |
| 4 | 12 (24.5%) | |
| 5 | 23 (46.9%) |
artwork in traditional media that is basically still realist (e.g. in proportions etc.) but more stylized, e.g. characters rendered in art noveau style, a realistic comic style etc.
Mean: 4.45 Median: 5 Std. Dev 0.83
| 0 | 0 (0.0%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 (0.0%) | |
| 2 | 2 (4.1%) | |
| 3 | 5 (10.2%) | |
| 4 | 11 (22.4%) | |
| 5 | 31 (63.3%) |
the same but done with digital media
Mean: 4.35 Median: 5 Std. Dev 1.04
| 0 | 1 (2.0%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 (0.0%) | |
| 2 | 2 (4.1%) | |
| 3 | 5 (10.2%) | |
| 4 | 11 (22.4%) | |
| 5 | 30 (61.2%) |
manga-style artwork
Mean: 2.90 Median: 3 Std. Dev 1.40
| 0 | 3 (6.2%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 (12.5%) | |
| 2 | 8 (16.7%) | |
| 3 | 13 (27.1%) | |
| 4 | 12 (25.0%) | |
| 5 | 6 (12.5%) |
cartoony artwork
Mean: 3.69 Median: 4 Std. Dev 1.26
| 0 | 1 (2.1%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 (4.2%) | |
| 2 | 5 (10.4%) | |
| 3 | 11 (22.9%) | |
| 4 | 13 (27.1%) | |
| 5 | 16 (33.3%) |
photomanips of the collage-type, e.g. multiple pictures from canon and non-canon sources are arranged, layered, changed with textures etc.
Mean: 2.16 Median: 2 Std. Dev 1.40
| 0 | 6 (12.2%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 (26.5%) | |
| 2 | 8 (16.3%) | |
| 3 | 14 (28.6%) | |
| 4 | 5 (10.2%) | |
| 5 | 3 (6.1%) |
photomanips of the type that merges/blends pictures into a single non-collage image, e.g. putting characters in period costumes, giving characters wings, head/body mergers to get explicit art etc.
Mean: 2.18 Median: 2 Std. Dev 1.38
| 0 | 7 (14.3%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 (20.4%) | |
| 2 | 9 (18.4%) | |
| 3 | 15 (30.6%) | |
| 4 | 6 (12.2%) | |
| 5 | 2 (4.1%) |
digital artwork that is not painted or manipped but primarily 3D rendered
Mean: 1.49 Median: 1 Std. Dev 1.24
| 0 | 13 (28.9%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 (22.2%) | |
| 2 | 12 (26.7%) | |
| 3 | 7 (15.6%) | |
| 4 | 3 (6.7%) | |
| 5 | 0 (0.0%) |
ETA: I probably should have been more precise in that what I'm curious about is preferences for styles of 2D, non-moving picture-type fanart; the phrasing was not meant to imply that things like fannish fiber crafts, sculpture or vidding or other arts weren't "fanart".
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Sometimes it is taste, but sometimes the hatred towards manga/anime-style is ignorance. Sometimes it's even cultural chauvinism, born of the ingrained assumption that Western art is "better" because it's more "realistic." I'm not saying that's how it is for you, or that you need to like manga (I honestly did not know if you liked or disliked it before making this post). This was not an attack on you, but my observations of general reactions from a lot of Westerners. Forming an honest opinion based on seeing several varieties is absolutely valid. Forming a kneejerk opinion based of a few examples (usually from children's shows) is not, imho. I never suggested you were the latter.
Sorry, I'm just a little startled by your reaction. If you thought I was criticizing you, my apologies, but I was offering my own opinions and observations on art styles based on my experiences.
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I think there may be an effect that because manga and western comics are two kinds of the same thing, that there is a stronger impulse to "convert", because there is more bafflement that you could like something so similar, but not the other.
FWIW for the first two decades of me liking and collecting comics I was even more averse to US superhero comics than to manga, only reading and collecting European and US indie comics, and that eventually changed, and I've been now a superhero fan for a couple of years, so who knows, maybe I'll end up liking manga eventually. I mean, I have been charmed by ATLA, which while Western is definitely anime influenced...
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If you want to try it (and please don't feel obligated), I can only recommend Hayao Miyazaki's films, in particular Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke, Nausicaa and the Valley of the Winds, and Spirited Away. Miyzazaki was actually one of the inspirations for the ATLA creators (and his influences were one of the many reasons I fell in love with the show). If he can't charm you, then yeah, manga/anime may not ever work for you. Imho, he's the best animator ever born, but I'm an unabashed fangirl of his, so I am very, very biased. ;)