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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3815317" data-attributes="member: 22779">For those of you complaining that I'm being sole judge here, well, tell you what, pony up your sig and we'll let you judge too.&nbsp; Don't like it?&nbsp; Don't play.&nbsp; Too easy.I'm willing to be convinced, but, that's the point, you have to convince me.&nbsp; There's no more anime influence in most of these images than what you would find in DC or Marvel comics for the past fifteen years.&nbsp; So, whining about the &quot;anime influence&quot; is just that.&nbsp; Whining.&nbsp; Paizo does not count because it's not WOTC.&nbsp; Seems pretty straight forward to me.&nbsp; Until the digital version of Dragon this week, I can't recall Marc Sasso gracing the pages of WOTC books.&nbsp; UDON does not do WOTC.&nbsp; Chuck Lucacs does not do WOTC (as far as I can remember).&nbsp; Paizo has its own stable of artists and its own art director.&nbsp; Thus, it's not WOTC.&nbsp; Paizo is no larger than say, Mongoose or Green Ronin, and I'm not including them either.&nbsp; This is about WOTC.The challenge is out there boys and girls.&nbsp; It's on the table.&nbsp; I had the intestinal fortitude to pony up, and whining about the game isn't going to change the rules.&nbsp; Either piddle or get off the pot.As a side note, I've got no problems with saying you don't like the art.&nbsp; Personally, I dislike WAR.&nbsp; I find his overly detailed characters distracting.&nbsp; Then again, I didn't like Todd McFarlane's Spider Man for exactly the same reason.&nbsp; Too busy for my tastes.&nbsp; But, that's the point.&nbsp; I'm saying that I don't like it and that's fine. I'm not saying, &quot;Oh, I don't like this, therefore it's bad and should never appear in a book&quot;.And that's the difference.&nbsp; For those who cry and bitch about the &quot;anime influence&quot; in the artwork, for the most part, they're trying to say that the art is bad and shouldn't be there.&nbsp; It couldn't possibly be that their tastes are just different and that's why they don't like the images.&nbsp; No, of course not.&nbsp; Their discriminating tastes should dictate to the rest of us what the art of the game should look like and &quot;anime&quot; is the easy shortcut buzzword they use.The problem is, the easy shortcut buzzword isn't very accurate.&nbsp; For the most part, it's flat out wrong.&nbsp; There is very, very little evidence to support the idea of anime influence in 3e art, and now 4e art as well.&nbsp; This thread pretty much shows that.&nbsp; 5 pages in, nearly 200 posts and we still have yet to see a single clear cut example.&nbsp; NOT ONE.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 3815317, member: 22779"] For those of you complaining that I'm being sole judge here, well, tell you what, pony up your sig and we'll let you judge too. Don't like it? Don't play. Too easy. I'm willing to be convinced, but, that's the point, you have to convince me. There's no more anime influence in most of these images than what you would find in DC or Marvel comics for the past fifteen years. So, whining about the "anime influence" is just that. Whining. Paizo does not count because it's not WOTC. Seems pretty straight forward to me. Until the digital version of Dragon this week, I can't recall Marc Sasso gracing the pages of WOTC books. UDON does not do WOTC. Chuck Lucacs does not do WOTC (as far as I can remember). Paizo has its own stable of artists and its own art director. Thus, it's not WOTC. Paizo is no larger than say, Mongoose or Green Ronin, and I'm not including them either. This is about WOTC. The challenge is out there boys and girls. It's on the table. I had the intestinal fortitude to pony up, and whining about the game isn't going to change the rules. Either piddle or get off the pot. As a side note, I've got no problems with saying you don't like the art. Personally, I dislike WAR. I find his overly detailed characters distracting. Then again, I didn't like Todd McFarlane's Spider Man for exactly the same reason. Too busy for my tastes. But, that's the point. I'm saying that I don't like it and that's fine. I'm not saying, "Oh, I don't like this, therefore it's bad and should never appear in a book". And that's the difference. For those who cry and bitch about the "anime influence" in the artwork, for the most part, they're trying to say that the art is bad and shouldn't be there. It couldn't possibly be that their tastes are just different and that's why they don't like the images. No, of course not. Their discriminating tastes should dictate to the rest of us what the art of the game should look like and "anime" is the easy shortcut buzzword they use. The problem is, the easy shortcut buzzword isn't very accurate. For the most part, it's flat out wrong. There is very, very little evidence to support the idea of anime influence in 3e art, and now 4e art as well. This thread pretty much shows that. 5 pages in, nearly 200 posts and we still have yet to see a single clear cut example. NOT ONE. [/QUOTE]

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