[ SECRET POST #397 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #397 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

- Name that fandom!
- Now I'm early. College first! :D
- 50? I haven't laughed this much in forever. Have an internet. ♥

Secrets Left to Post: 8 pages, 194 secrets from Secret Submission Post #057.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!secrets, 0 not!fandom. (... I like seeing this like this. D: )
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Thursday, February 7th, 2008.
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

38, 54

[(Anonymous)]

38. That reminds me of one of my friends... minus the 'writing a manga' part, even though it wouldn't be a manga anyway. He completely disregards manga/anime as art, mostly because in his head, anime equals shoujo sparkly shit with huge soulless eyes. I suspect that's what you think as well. How about you lurk a little longer, read a few manga series (like Eyeshield 21... you'll probably like it), and then consider writing your comic.

And please, if you ever publish it, call it a comic. Generally when I see obviously American comics that say they're manga, I want absolutely nothing to do with them. Especially if the style resembles that of manga, that's just posing. (like another friend of mine... but at least he doesn't pretend to be Japanese.)

54. I'll admit, my first exposure to furries was /b/'s point of view, and even though I generally like to get both sides, it wasn't a very good first impression. I know a few furries, and they're great people completely disinterested in the dirtier side of the fandom or whatever you call it, and that's fine. Most people see the word furry and connect it to the disgusting shit, and it's not your fault, it's the people who create that stuff. But that's just how it is. My opinion? Don't give a shit about other people's opinions. If you're a furry, be happy about it, don't spend all your time defending what you like. I can safely say there are a few things about me that a fair amount of people would balk at, but that's their problem.

Re: 38

[bip-bebop.livejournal.com]

Especially if the style resembles that of manga, that's just posing.

DO PEOPLE NOT RECOGNIZE THAT BIG EYES =/= MANGAKA WANNABE POSER?!
FUCK. I've been drawing huge eyes since I could even hold a pencil and have the pictures as proof, FAR before I ever saw anything even REMOTELY similar to anime, and now just because my eyes are big I get accused of ripping off the Japanese. They don't even look like anime eyes, they're just big. ;aWOIlskjdmx
Unless of course you're talking about the people who draw in a style that is obviously influenced by manga, in which case I see where you're coming from, but there is still a good and bad way to go about it. Something like this shit (http://weblogs.variety.com/photos/uncategorized/dramacon1.jpg) for instance, I can't tolerate. But then stuff like this person's work (http://www.blackmoontides.com/main.html) or this (http://elf-shojo.deviantart.com/art/I-dun-want-yer-bloody-tea-7298552) has much more merit and an original style albeit being influenced by Japanese works.

Re: 38

[bip-bebop.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I forgot to mention that I agree with you on not calling it a "manga." MANGA=COMIC IN JAPAN. AEOISLJDsioeldjkrf;

Re: 38

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, I'm definitely not saying that big eyes are a manga only thing. But yeah, the first link you posted, that's exactly what I'm talking about. As well as 'how to draw manga' books, whenever I see them I want to hit whoever thought it would be a good idea to do that. Like this (http://image.misterart.com/grouppix/528x352/3000/g3796.jpg). I... have no words, honestly. But I found something that made me totally lol. Someone's lookin' kinda cool... (http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/how-to-draw-manga/1-1.jpg)

I just realized that's not American but the principle is the same. (I don't know how I didn't notice, the first words I read after 'how to draw Hentai' were 'Sexy Kleidung'. Average Americans probably wouldn't know what that meant. lol)

But yeah, I have no problem with good art that's influenced by manga, or even if it's in the same style. Just don't do what some anime junkies do in my art class, and take other people's work (usually official artspreads from the mangaka themselves), copy it to only half the original quality, and claim it as their own. GUH. That really ticks me off.