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Chapter Three, Page Seventeen

Finwik

on Feb. 25, 2007

I fear this page might not be very entertaining by itself. I'll try to build up a multiple page update soon for you guys. I've been swamped with work, and found out about some serious health problems that I have. More on this later.

Also I have a post from the homepage I thought I might cross post here. Let me know what you guys think. And lastly, at the end of it I'll reply to all you cool cats form last week. =P Oh, and I updated the vote previews… and… and…

I hate this whole ‘style’ thing. I hate these classifications we feel the urge to tape to every damned piece of art we see. I understand it is human nature, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it.

This is anime, this is manga, this is American, etc etc. I use these terms here because I hear them a lot when I’m receiving crits. And I use ‘crits’ loosely. I mean, I love real crits. They’re helpful, they help you see things you missed. They let you know where you’re weak. But I don’t understand how “This is too anime” or “This is too American” has any place in a crit. Unless you know, you’re apply for a job or something, then it might be an issue with a publisher or something.

I don’t try to make my work look like anime, if it does, it just does, With the exceptions of a small handful of Miyazaki movies I don’t even watch anime, I mostly watch Disney and Don Bluff if anything. I’ve never read a manga. Blade of the Immortal does not count, because it is in a genre of it’s own. =P I don’t hate anime, I don’t hate manga, don’t mistake this as some kind of attack. I also don’t like most american garbage either. ‘Heroes’ bouncing around in spandex can go only so far. I just don’t know why it matters if my art resembles this stuff or not. And then the manga/anime fans often say my work is too american. Well, I’m american! What the heck?

I do have to admit, that when I list my comic on a place like drunkduck or something. I often list it under manga, but I also try to list it under american or whatever the us equivalent is on the site. I do this because I’m american, and most of the readers of my comics also enjoy manga. But make no mistake, I’m not trying to be either. =P I just want to draw and have fun. And become a great artist and storyteller someday.

When I see art I don’t like, be it too american or to anime or whatever, I just stop looking. I don’t go through the motions to say it out loud as an insult. I’m not as wound up as this might sound, I just don’t know where these people come from. =P

Just love or hate the art, don’t worry about who did it, or where it came from, etc. Either the art works for you, or it doesn’t.

Anyway, I’d love to know what you guys think about this. Let me know.

Replies! Thanks for all the kind words guys! ^_^

DancingChaos: Thanks, on these last few pages I feel it has slipped. But I was trying something new and I don’t think it is working. So back to my old ways of doing things soon. ^_^

Tantz Aerine: I’m glad that came across. ^_^

Darkmax: Thanks man. =]

Silentkitty: You’re one to talk, with such gorgeous backgrounds yourself! =]

Maulgryve: Thank you my friend. You’ve been so supportive I really feel I owe you.

Edgarallanpoo: Thanks Dwight! You rock man.

Alejkhan: Thank you so much. I’m glad the transition is noticeable. I tried to keep it from being so sudden, but that too is hard in comics I think. =P

Theorah: Thanks for the feedback and the crits. You’re 100% correct. I’ll work on that. ^_^

EmilyTheStrange: Thank you! I work hard to keep a feeling of depth and to make the world seem alive away from the characters as well as with them. It’s hard. =P

Thanks everyone, you’re all too damned cool. =]