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<blockquote data-quote="Acquana" data-source="post: 2080311" data-attributes="member: 1616">And a surprisingly large number don't.&nbsp; Especially among those who spend lots of time online or who play large amounts of console games.&nbsp; It's popular right now, and has been for like nearly ten years.&nbsp; ......And see, this amazes me every time I hear it.&nbsp; I went to GenCon to show my portfolio, and I got a lot of people who would look at my stuff and then promptly ask &quot;So you like that Japanese stuff, huh?&quot;And I would just stare at them blankly.Where does this come from?!&nbsp; I simply must know where people see this in my stuff!&nbsp; Mostly because I'd feel like a hypocrite if somehow I've just been drawing manga half-way.&nbsp; During school I saw dozens of people who obviously wanted to do stuff derivative of manga ... But doing it only half-way.&nbsp; And for some reason that made me crazy.&nbsp; If you're gonna draw American comics, do that, if you're gonna draw manga, draw some freakin manga.&nbsp; This half-way Amerimanga garbage just ... irritated me for some reason.&nbsp; I mean, I saw lots of people who drew manga and it looked like manga and it was really great.So what is it?&nbsp; I have to know!&nbsp; The fact that I love hair?&nbsp; The fact that I like to draw expressive faces?&nbsp; Why can't that illustrative?&nbsp; Is it because I don't pay too much attention to little details?&nbsp; You don't need every detail to understand what's there, right?&nbsp; Dah!&nbsp; Excuse me ... I've just been wanting to do that for a while.&nbsp; But seriously, I just wanna know.&nbsp;&nbsp; Not that I'd really change my stuff accordingly, but I wanna know how to react other than staring at people blankly from now on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Acquana, post: 2080311, member: 1616"] And a surprisingly large number [I]don't[/I]. Especially among those who spend lots of time online or who play large amounts of console games. It's popular right now, and has been for like nearly ten years. ... ... And see, this amazes me every time I hear it. I went to GenCon to show my portfolio, and I got a lot of people who would look at my stuff and then promptly ask "So you like that Japanese stuff, huh?" And I would just stare at them blankly. Where does this come from?! I simply must know where people see this in my stuff! Mostly because I'd feel like a hypocrite if somehow I've just been drawing manga half-way. During school I saw dozens of people who obviously wanted to do stuff derivative of manga ... But doing it only half-way. And for some reason that made me crazy. If you're gonna draw American comics, do that, if you're gonna draw manga, draw some freakin manga. This half-way Amerimanga garbage just ... irritated me for some reason. I mean, I saw lots of people who drew manga and it [I]looked[/I] like manga and it was really great. So what is it? I have to know! The fact that I love hair? The fact that I like to draw expressive faces? Why can't that illustrative? Is it because I don't pay too much attention to little details? You don't need every detail to understand what's there, right? Dah! Excuse me ... I've just been wanting to do that for a while. But seriously, I just wanna know. Not that I'd really change my stuff accordingly, but I wanna know how to react other than staring at people blankly from now on. [/QUOTE]

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