(GO TO CREDITS IF YOU DONT WANT TO READ MY RANT) Hi guys. *crickets* For those of you who are still here and have been wondering where I've been (which probably is not many or even any), I've been drawing on Malmal! I don't mean to advertise, but I recommend checking the site out! It's anti-ai and very safe with excellent moderation. But honestly, I went on hiatus because I’ve felt like my art looks really bad?? I don’t really draw that often anymore and I feel like I haven’t been improving. I know that art progress isnt linear and that you’ll have your ups and downs, but it’s pretty terrifying waking up and not being able to draw as well as the day before.
Remember that these are just my opinions!! It's completely okay to disagree!! Some of these are . honestly really unreasonable so it makes sense if you want to disagree... (-_-'') + lots of bashing on genshin and acceptance for genshin but also genshin hate idk i have a love hate relationship w genshin but HONKAI AND ZENLESS MY BELOVED NUMBER 1- GAPING HOLE IN JAW Commonly seen in anime, whenever the character is in a side profile while talking, instead of actual anatomically accurate mouth it's just a gaping hole on the cheek?? I don't mean to be nitpicky, but it just looks so so weird (honestly it's just one of things when pointed out it just becomes hard to look at ykwim)... I understand it can be present because of budget or time, but like i feel it gets a little weird to look at after such a long time. VICTIM TWO - SAME BANG SYNDROME I have fallen victim to this. Thankfully I have escaped same bang syndrome, but it's evident other artist's havent. Like gangalang can we not have the same front or side bangs for every character </3 ?? i get that it can be really pretty, but it just destroys every character's individuality and makes them seem copy paste... SUBJECT 3 - SUPER STRONG WARRIOR WOMAN WHO LOOKS LIKE SHE'D GET BLOWN AWAY BY THE WIND I HATE THIS DESIGN TROPE SO MUCH!!!! BEING STRONG ISNT MASCULINE (i personally dont really see muscles as a masculine thing and i see it as like a "oh hey character x is so strong so cool very hot gimme more"), HAVING MUSCLE DOESN'T ERASE YOUR FEMINITY!! YOU CAN STILL BE "FEMININE" WHILE BEING SUPER JACKED OMG </333 Every time (btw did you know that "everytime" isnt an actual word when put together wow) I see a supposedly strong woman look like you can snap her arm in an arm wrestle (and this coming from someone who has skinny ah arms) i feel like an angel getting its wings ripped off </33... Can we PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE stop this idea that if a woman has muscle, she isn't attractive by feminine standards???? It's ok to be feminine, and having muscle doesn't make you any less feminine <3. A wonderful example that DESTROYS this trope are the Gerudo people from tloz series!! They have muscle, abs, they fight, but they still retain their femineity and look girly pop. TROPE 4 - OLD LADIES NOT LOOKING LIKE OLD LADIES This pretty much speaks for itself. If old lady then why not old lady shaped?? If feels lazy when the old man actually looks like an old man but then when it comes to designing the old woman they just slap on a few eye wrinkles and make the hair grey. Gang????? What??? I understand some old people may not ever get gray hair or have very visible wrinkles, but it's to a point where they don't look past 20. One example of this misogynistic trope is Barbeloth from Genshin... She's literally referred to as an old hag, but if you remove the four wrinkles from her face and grey hair she looks like a regular young woman???? Genshin isn't even bad at designing old men or old women (take Madam Ping or Pierro), it's just when it comes to more important characters or one that are supposed to be "pretty" (more specifically female characters) still retain the proportions, anatomy, and characteristics that a young woman would have, and then grey hair and like two wrinkles slapped on. It just feels... misogynistic. BECAUSE IT IS!!!! BEING OLD DOESN'T MAKE A WOMAN UGLY!! REDUCING A WOMAN TO ONLY HER LOOKS IS MISOGYNISTIC!!!! --- So uh... Thanks for listening to my angry rant about lazy character tropes and make sure to drop a heart or star!! (I dont mean to beg for popularity but i do want to grow this somewhat small art channel) again please remember that all my opinions are subjective, and that liking any of these isnt a bad thing!! (except number 3 and 4, it is that deep bro and just horrible character design) Anyway, have a good or night, whichever one you're experiencing!
