Why Your Art Teacher Hates your Anime Art

EDIT: The face in the thumbnail/corner is my old YT avatar.

Music used:
Punpee - Oyome ni oide
Remigai - Acid

[MattiasPilhede]

Before this video I had 100 subscribers and around 50-100 views per video, didn't expect this to blow up so much. Had I known I would've put more effort into the second half of the video.
Nonetheless, thank you everyone for the great response!

[moreaugriffins]

I had an art teacher in yr 7 who told me "you're good at anime. Drawing realistically will help you with your drawing. Why don't you improve with drawing realistically to help you?" I loved her. She was so nice and supporting.

[redcarnival]

I don't even draw anime yet my art teacher hates me...

[nare]

Nah my art teacher doesn't mind when i draw anime but she minds when i draw hentai.

[lightishredgummi]

"But it's my style!" Is the new "it's not a phase, mom!"

[Dynocation]

I agree with you. I do like stylized stuff and it's my favorite thing to draw, but I realized in the last year that I won't improve unless I have an understanding of anatomy and how realistic animals/people work. It took a lot of staring at my favorite artists to realize, hey, they draw really good body proportions and their characters look alive, while my characters look flat and bland. Case in point, what you said makes a lot of sense.

[kittenmimi]

So basically:
1. Learn the rules before you break it
2. Teacher who say they hate anime probably just sucks at communicating shit. When really, if they're a teacher they should learn the proper way to communicate what they want to teach to their students

[brrmbrrmm]

I misinterpreted the title as,
"Why your anime teacher hates your anime art."

[mxsdrago]

So basically, stop drawing anime for a bit, learn how to do things realistically, then stylize and exaggerate as you please.

[KichiMiangra]

I think one of the most eye opening quotes I've ever heard from another artist can perfectly sum up part of this video:

"You must know the rules before you can break them"

[spaceboi]

"Maybe you dont want to draw big muscular men"

Jojo characters: allow us to introduce ourselves

[farahvervoorst]

Thank you for this. I’m currently being crucified by a band of outraged defensive mothers on a link for an anime course for kids for pretty much saying all of this and more. I’m an art teacher - I’ve had students struggle to escape its grasp - afraid to engage with anything else and struggling to learn to see. Two other points - in the U.K. at least, exam boards are sniffy about it, and the main anime industry is based in Japan - and they’ve got it nailed - so it could impact on your grades and your career options. Approach with caution!

[hare]

If your anime art looks anything like in the thumbnail then I fully understand why your art teacher hates it.

[MaddieFishblob]

“As a kid you probably don’t wanna sit and draw naked people and fruit” 😂😆😂 well I liked drawing fruit occasionally, but hey he’s definitely right about the naked people

[xerokun]

I totally agree, as when I was 12 I was too impractical and thought that making anime is easy so I started to draw 7-8 hours a day and wasn't able to understand why I can't improve so as I grew up I learnt anatomy of human figures, gestures, etc and now drawing anime for me is wayy too easy as my basic fundamentals of art is clear.

[frhuntrz]

Of course your anime drawing is bad if you don't know anatomy.

[exceisior]

But i do want to draw naked muscular men and fruit.

[yokuchan]

I'd like to point out that professional anime is actually very difficult to draw.
It just seems to be the case that many people aren't... Good at... Well uhm, drawing, and they think that if they draw it like a cartoon, it can be concealed.
It can't, trust me on this one.

[ojojostar]

I can say from past experience, all of this is so true. There's just a barrier that you can't get across until you actually study anatomy. It might be tough, but don't give up. As you study anatomy, you will realize all of the mistakes you have been making while creating your anime art that made your art just seem off. And as you continue, you'll realize that anime is just a simplified version of reality, and drawing anime will suddenly become a breeze. You'll improve like crazy. Your art will increase in quality by tenfold. And by the end of it all, you'll realize that it was all worth it.

[iliketurtles]

Refusing art class because you want to draw anime is just like saying "I don't need math, I just want to be a game developer".