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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scribble" data-source="post: 3830968" data-attributes="member: 23977">I thought people already did explain this?The answer to your question is no. Elves have been drawn all through those 30 years of description and not all of them have had what appears to be Anime/Manga influence.The answer lies within the proportions, and perspective of the subjects in the image.Again, illustration like all art forms follows a set of rules. Rules that are basically concpets gathered by artists throughout time, and studied, so that the artform can be manipulated, and made to do what the artist wants. (Kind of like magic in D&D. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />)If you break the rules you've either messed up the drawing, or you're attempting to use the broken rule to highlight something in your piece. Anime/Manga seems to be almost an embrace of the latter. Stylizing the image with slightly skewed proportions, and perspective in order to highlight features of the character or artwork.These two "rules" are kind of in bed together. Messing with one can mess with the other as well.Ever see the old medieval paintings where they didn't know about perspective? Everything looks 2d, and as a result people look either HUGE or super small. Now, as for the elves. Ever see a person with a pointy chin in RL?Ever see an effeminate man?They people exist without being Anime characters come to life. You could also paint them without them appearing to turn into an anime character. The mere idea of pointy chin, big eyes, or overly effeminate men does not indicate Manga. It's HOW the proportions are used to depict those features. It's when a chin is stylistically TOO sharp. Or the eyes are so big they COULD NOT effectively exist within the perspective of the character. Stylisticaly breaking rules in order to emphasize certain elements.THAT again is the anime influence in the D&D artwork. The stylistic use of overly sharp features. Of overly large eyes, of overly dramatic poses, and "movements."Again, I'll state that I don't think any of the artists can be called an ANIME artist. It's just that they styles used in ANime are being used here as well.It's no wonder either. Anime as an art form has been popular for a while now. Artists feed off of each other for inspiration and training. It's why we have certain "periods" of art.</blockquote>

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