05-18-2011, 08:03 PM
Well, there was this stuck-up little [profuse swearing] of an "artist" who claimed that anyone who learned to draw in an anime/manga style didn't know how to really draw or paint at all. Her argument was that they didn't have a good concept of anatomy or any of the classic art techniques.
Because her round-head and stick bodies were oh so popular.
Look, it's a complicated subject because art itself is subjective. You can't argue that one thing is art while another isn't because it's usually based off of preference. We don't live in an era where artists were in guilds and there were strict ramifications for what was and wasn't art. For example, anything that wasn't painted or sculpted from marble or copper wasn't considered finished art. Sketches, no matter how finished and beautiful, were still considered sketches.
Now, art comes in forms of urinals, design, paintings, sketches, even the placement of someone else's art in a different environment. Graffiti artists are renowned for this.
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