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Asriel
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Why is cartoon-ish art frowned down upon?
Why does art or an art style that's similar to a cartoon style not really accepted as art? Sure when it's digital people accept it more but when it's traditional art it isn't.
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Joseph Lukinich
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It depends on the individual you're presenting it to. Some businesses use simplistic or cartoony illustrations and some use more realistic art. Cartoony art is viewed as childish by a lot of people in the industry, which is one reason why a lot of promising cartoons are cut short in favor of more safe, more child-friendly, and less ambitious cartoons.
Ellen Rosenthal
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Hi Asriel
Good question, Asriel. One answer is, the attitude of the general public between the "fine art", created by artists working in oil, acrylic or watercolor paint and other traditional art media, that express an artist's ideas and vision, vs. "commercial art", like comic strips that tell stories or jokes to make us laugh, and is thus seen as less serious than fine art. Please remember that nowadays cartoon art is pretty incredible in terms of colors, drawings, art techniques, and content, but way back in the last century when these attitudes were being formed, cartoon art published in magazines and newspapers was pretty simplistic; only in black ink on white paper, with maybe some color in the Sunday papers. Cartoon art is often not seen as having much, or even any, intellectual content. Likewise, the early digital art examples were pretty primitive, I still remember the early 1970's "PacMan" computer games, which are nothing like the games are today. The cartoons from Disney films in the past few years, and the Anime art coming out of Japan have also proved that cartoons can have as much content and influence as "fine art".
I think that attitude about "fine art" is still around, and that when people see cartoon art or digital art, they don't understand how much effort, skill, and talent go into making good this type of art. Remember, digital art is really new in the history of art. A lot of people also don't understand the challenges of creating digital art on the computer, nor that it requires a whole different artistic skill set. Many still think that "real" artists use oil paints or watercolor paint to create "real" art that is framed and goes on the walls of museums and galleries. It's hard to change other people's attitudes, so if you are interested in cartoon-ish art, or digital art, keep working and expanding your skills and talents in that direction. Don't worry how other people label your art, just keeping creating it to be best of your ability. Eventually, people's attitudes will change.
Good question, Asriel. One answer is, the attitude of the general public between the "fine art", created by artists working in oil, acrylic or watercolor paint and other traditional art media, that express an artist's ideas and vision, vs. "commercial art", like comic strips that tell stories or jokes to make us laugh, and is thus seen as less serious than fine art. Please remember that nowadays cartoon art is pretty incredible in terms of colors, drawings, art techniques, and content, but way back in the last century when these attitudes were being formed, cartoon art published in magazines and newspapers was pretty simplistic; only in black ink on white paper, with maybe some color in the Sunday papers. Cartoon art is often not seen as having much, or even any, intellectual content. Likewise, the early digital art examples were pretty primitive, I still remember the early 1970's "PacMan" computer games, which are nothing like the games are today. The cartoons from Disney films in the past few years, and the Anime art coming out of Japan have also proved that cartoons can have as much content and influence as "fine art".
I think that attitude about "fine art" is still around, and that when people see cartoon art or digital art, they don't understand how much effort, skill, and talent go into making good this type of art. Remember, digital art is really new in the history of art. A lot of people also don't understand the challenges of creating digital art on the computer, nor that it requires a whole different artistic skill set. Many still think that "real" artists use oil paints or watercolor paint to create "real" art that is framed and goes on the walls of museums and galleries. It's hard to change other people's attitudes, so if you are interested in cartoon-ish art, or digital art, keep working and expanding your skills and talents in that direction. Don't worry how other people label your art, just keeping creating it to be best of your ability. Eventually, people's attitudes will change.
Dharma TheKitty
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Great question!
Hi Asriel
Great question, Asriel! The most common reason people have judged and criticized cartoonish art, is simply because they don’t see it how cartoon and or similar artists. In the past generations, oil painting portraits, landscapes have been admired and are more well known. When a person comes across a cartoon artist they don’t have the same respect or admiration as the renaissance painters back in the day.
Though digital art has become more accepted , it still has its struggles to be considered art as well. Especially when ai art generators started to be out to the public. In conclusion, most art methods whether it’s traditional, digital, etc. It has its own troubles and tribulations to overcome with time, and to be accepted, considered as art.
The truth of it is, some people won’t understand it. Those who do will and appreciate cartoon artists or any under appreciated artist methods . Art is art whether it’s generated and edited, photoshopped, pieces of items combined together. Art is simply anything that is created.
Hi Asriel
Great question, Asriel! The most common reason people have judged and criticized cartoonish art, is simply because they don’t see it how cartoon and or similar artists. In the past generations, oil painting portraits, landscapes have been admired and are more well known. When a person comes across a cartoon artist they don’t have the same respect or admiration as the renaissance painters back in the day.
Though digital art has become more accepted , it still has its struggles to be considered art as well. Especially when ai art generators started to be out to the public. In conclusion, most art methods whether it’s traditional, digital, etc. It has its own troubles and tribulations to overcome with time, and to be accepted, considered as art.
The truth of it is, some people won’t understand it. Those who do will and appreciate cartoon artists or any under appreciated artist methods . Art is art whether it’s generated and edited, photoshopped, pieces of items combined together. Art is simply anything that is created.