The problem is that It didn't stop at that , It also reached to the point where many of my friends , especially graphic designers tell me that I should transform my cartoons into anime looking ones. I get so pissed off to be honest when they tell me that. We are arabs , and many of my cartoons actually represent my omani and mainly arabic root. We are not japanese to copy them and follow blindly just cause people think that anime is 'cool'. I seriously refuse to follow the japanes style and would rather stick to my own cartooning formula which is mostly inspired by arab artists whom I grew up following their work ever since I was 11 years old. To hell with being cool , and to hell with anime... I am proud of being an arab ( well most of the time at least.. lol )
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On the other hand.. I've been working on my next piece , which is bascially supposed to be part 2 of my 'paper cutouts' series and this is what I came up with so far after around 40 minutes of work , Using adobe photoshop and pure imagination. Of course these arent the final color selection , It's just a guideline which I will use later on to insert better colors.
15 comments:
I am not a freak about animes! But, I like watching them.
I guess for them asking you change to your style is wrong! Its your style, then following the other is not always right!
Most of the animes are the same, your work is kinda unique!
Talking about your work NaBHaN, that face is supposed to represent which animal?!
i don't think you should change your drawing style to anime. however this does not mean you have the right to diss Anime. you just don't understand the magic behind it ... Khasara
Allured, you know how he disses anyone who doesn't share his taste in madonna's music or those who actually listens to hip hop as well! :P I've just adjusted myself to not arguing with Nabhan about anything, lol.
oh sharap sree.lol.. EVERYONE disses the stuff they don't like , I just happen to say it out loud. And I didnt really diss anime here , I myself enjoy it too , and ,this post of mine is just me explaining how the new generation are blowing it all out of porportion.. that they even want me to change my cartooning style to adapt to their taste.
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Hibbalicous.. nice of you to drop by here and thanks alot for the compliments. :)
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Nightface.. well I still didnt make up my mind what kind of animal I am going to make it out to be..I wanted it to be a cat..but people are telling me it doesnt look like one. lol
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allured.. again..didnt diss..just dont like the big deal everyone is making out of it. ;)
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C.R.. You're the donkey. dope! or should i say 'bakka'. HA HA
That cant be a cat, had the nose of a pig! :p
Looks like a kitty to me! Good work Nabs.
Looks like Cookie even though i think it needs a lower jaw :) nice going
I just have one thing to say, some just don't get anime. Its enough they asekd you to change your style to look more like anime style..
Anime is something that not anyone can understand. I tried to tell that to someone (you know yourself :p ) but he just didn't understnad..
and yeah is that a pic of a cat?
I'm so crazy about anime since a kid..
I don't know but they have something more special than anyelse. I mean I like the fancy thing on them!!
NF, thats the future of cross-mutation between a piglet and a kitty, lol.
namika..well it's supposed to be a cat. :p am fixing it anyways. :)
and regarding anime .. I guess not all people see things the same way. ;)
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sree.. you really suck! lol
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kaza.. glad i can help. :p
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Thanks to the rest ( wardat , sam , fast ) who took the time to comment here. :)
I like your attitude and your reference to your arabian heritage. But let me point out somethings.
1-Your art isn't arabian, it's actually more like western cartoons. You make "arab" by applying "themes" from our arabian culture, like drawing a guy with a thoub, or portraying part of our heritage. You can do the same with anime(but u don't have to :P). For instance, u can draw a story derived from our societies and lives, only with japanese style drawings. It's either this, or the western style. There's no other :)
think about it ;)
2-People r turning to anime because, unlike westerners who view cartoons as funny or mainly for kids, the japanese actually take cartoons seriously. They use it to portray emotions, real life situations and/or point of views. They use it for drama, comedy, horror shows, and everything else.
3-The japanese style of story telling (most evident in anime and manga) is slightly different than the conventional "western" style. The japanese focus more on characters, their development, how they think and what they did wrong. While the west only focus on the main event, and what the hero of the story did. This can be deceiving, since they don't show you the "hero's" real intentions.
I personally think that japanese story telling is more truthful (and entertaining ^^).
sorry if I wrote a long reply ;)
Oh, and great art, btw :D
hey esoz. thanks for stopping by..and for the detailed comment. Actually most of my drawings are very omani looking , not the ones I posted here of course , but mainly my comic strips and so on.
I do agree about what u said about anime..but I still feel that people are blowing it out of proportion now.
but I don't agree that there are only two styles , western and japanese , there are many arab cartoonists out there and one look at their art will immedietly tell you they are arabs. Had they drawn the faces in an anime sort of way u would know that they were influenced by the japanese style.
Yeah i know what you mean. Some people exaggerate their love for anime so much that it becomes annoying. Anyway, I'm sure you'd love anime and manga especially if you choose what you watch or read wisely.
I recommend my personal favorite mangas:
-Ghost in the Shell (book)
-Initial D (Series of books-still running)
Note: When reading those forget about everything about anime being for kids. ;)
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