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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scribble" data-source="post: 3831089" data-attributes="member: 23977">Not nessisarily. D&D by it's very nature tends to draw on more "pop" type art, comics and such. So in the realm of that, yes, the inspirations and influence I'd say are pretty standard. (Along the level you get with other "pop" stuff like you'd find in hot topic, or similar things aimed at the "younger" crowd...  I think thats a case that you see in a lot of arguments. I don't get it really... I mean I'm not the worlds biggest fan of anime, but that doesn't make it "bad." Just a style I don't really always favor.I think part of the problem in this thread is that it's almost submiting to the anime = bad crowd... They say it's anime influenced so it's bad, and you're saying nuh uh... It' almost as if the fans of anime are afraid of admitting there's influences for fear that it can be used against them somehow... (hrmmm a weird parallel to how D&D was can be sort of found there... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />) I think it's just time for the Anime fans to stand up and say that an Anime influence is a good thing. Shrug. I don't think you really need to tilt your head and squint really. I agree with you that D&D art isn't Anime. It's not. It's it's own thing really. The artists have their own styles. It's just that they tend to be drawling a lot from the techniques used in Manga. Maybe the current art directors feel that this highlights the "fantasy" nature of D&D? Who knows.  I think I'd lean towards D&D art leans more towards comic art... (And by that I mean both Western and Eastern comic art forms.) It just seems the basic premise of the thread was kind of a loaded argument although I can understand what you were going for.I think I'd have to agree on that one... I mean the case could be made, but I'd say the techinques are definitely way more in line with claassic art.  (and again even western artists break the "rules." It just tends to be more the norm in Manga...Not sure if he looks angsty, more sad. Thats why art is so awesome. It can be many different things to many people, and often what the artist sets out to depict isn't what he/she ends up with. Anyway, now that I've once again typed way too much...   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /></blockquote>

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