how are japanese artist so good is there some - /ic/

Anonymous05/14/26, 21:00No.7941343

How are Japanese artist so good? Is there some technique we westerners are missing out on Everything they make has soul and beauty then I look at /ic/ and it's bland.

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Anon05/14/26, 21:02No.7941345

What exactly are you mystified by?

Anon05/14/26, 22:01No.7941415

Westoids are too obsessed with loomis. The loomis head in particular is too autistic and methodical, which stunts your ability to be creative.

Anon05/14/26, 22:33No.7941441

practice experienced artists are good. be diligent and passionate and make up for the disciplined asian upbringing by putting in more work.SIMPLE. AS.btw, I know you are just looking for excuses for your own shortcomings, don't worry.

Anon05/15/26, 01:32No.7941532

>we wuzturnurz You'll never be Japanese, retard

Anon05/15/26, 01:36No.7941533

theres plenty of mediocre and "soulless" east asian artists, you just dont see their work because it doesnt get pushed to you by algorithms. if you go on sites like pixiv and bilibili you can see it for yourself

Anon05/15/26, 01:57No.7941550

If you want a half cope answer, their writing system tickles the same part of the brain that drawing does, so writing for them is basically constant stimulation in the part of the brain which may or may not give them an edge in some basic regards. The truth of the matter though, is east Asia is densely populated and you're just seeing those that got good thanks to social media algorithms, which stands true for every region.

Anon05/15/26, 04:00No.7941604

Consume more Japanese media: old animes, mangas, artists on twitter, visual novels

Anon05/15/26, 04:02No.7941605

From someone who spent like a solid month studying how the Japanese learn art (from blogs, forum posts, Youtube videos, manga about making manga, etc), the answer is quite interesting:>artists tend to dedicate several hours a day to drawing >the culture encourages constant copying from magazines, printed out photos, or online artwork as well as actually using references properly (breaking it down into shapes/forms) >the Japanese keep their hands busy with origami and kirigami which helps them with 3D forms >they're constantly exposed to comic art from a young age >art programs and art teachers heavily stress drawing from life (specifically cuboid and spherical objects found around the house) and nailing down line quality (Japanese Youtube videos always ask you to spend at least a month on grinding lines, shapes, and forms before you move on to anything else) BEFORE even touching renderingIn America, our culture isn't supportive towards learning art:>the sheer number of people who think merely looking at references is cheating >LE TRACING IS BAD (even if you're just breaking a reference down into shapes before you actually draw) despite the amount of legendary artists who started off tracing in their formative years >everyone getting hung up on perspective and construction rather than focusing on composition >MUH RENDERING >everyone bitching and moaning about having to work on grinding shapes and forms and lines

Anon05/15/26, 04:11No.7941606

>Everything they make has soul and beauty then I look at /ic/ and it's bland. Wow, a professional is better than some still-learning amateurs? Colour me shocked!