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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3830999" data-attributes="member: 22779">Now, Scribble, I can totally agree with you on this.  If the "3e art=anime" crowd stopped where you do, I'd have zero problem.  Like you say, art styles feed eachother and crossover is inevitable.  If I understand you correctly, you're saying that the level of anime influence in D&D art is about the same as its influence anywhere else.  That I could agree with.Unfortunately, most people don't seem to be that reasonable.  For many critics, it seems that anything they don't like = anime and therefore it's bad.This thread has shown, IMO, that the art isn't particularly (and I emphasise that word) influenced by anime.  Yes, there might be a bit here or there, mostly if you tilt your head and squint in a lot of cases.  What I object to is the blanket characterizations we tend to get that 3e art is all anime all the time.  It used to be Dungeonpunk was the word of choice.  Now, Anime is the buzzword.  For example, the Kelemvor picture above.  I just don't see it.  That's stock comic book.  You can see a face like that in pretty much any Marvel or DC comic book for years.  The proportions look okay to me.  About the only thing that looks possibly anime is the fact that he's somewhat effeminate and looks angsty.I guess it's a case of people seeing what they want to see.  Myself included.</blockquote>