>>12664062>Average people, however, see the final results and absorb the simplicity of it, not realizing that they're missing those key lessons and values, which results in the stagnation that often plagues DA. In this case, it isn't a style, it's just a blatant disregard for any degree of a connection to the real world. The entire point of drawing is to depict symbols which the viewer will recognize. Not knowing the real representation of them defeats the purpose.This shit is why I can no longer stand "peaked" artists on dA. Some of the people I used to follow hit a brick wall on their so-called "style." They have poor fundamentals, if any at all, barely push their own personal boundaries (e.g. "I suck at hands, so I'll just hide them instead of work on them.") and sometimes the only method they think makes them improve their stale methods is by kissing up to artists they admire thinking they can be taught said artists' style in and out, missing the entire point altogether.
There's nothing wrong with having influences, but the problem at hand is that the average "animu imitator" doesn't try to think of drawing from a structural viewpoint, let alone build the proper spatial awareness to know the difference between stylistic choice and something just not looking right.
