Manga artists deserve more RESPECT
Ya know I realized the art and the stories that I love the most are BOTH in manga... NOW like these 3 of my all time fav's which I think are 3 of the best EVER...Berserk, Vagabond, and Battle Angel: Last Order... the thing about these "manga artists" they are not only awesome artists with MAD technical skills and also SUPER creative they are ALSO master storytellers creating they own worlds...
Ya see I don't understand why people who just paint random paintings get so much respect as "artists" THEY are NOT telling stories... they are not creating worlds... they are not creating realistic characters and saga's that live on in the minds of those who read them... NOW if like the painters were THAT MUCH BETTER ARTISANS over the manga artists I'd be like ok BUT THE ART IN THESE MANGA's DESTROYS like most all contemporary painters and artists 0_0 So why aren't art galleries filled with the art from these manga's instead of some d00ds random paintings?
The answer probably lies in the value of scarcity... Gallery owners couldn't charge $50,000 for a painting if it was mass produced in a book ....so the gallery owners hype a particular artist creating some type of buzz around the artists persona er something the through the value of scarcity they are able to sell them for huge sums of money to rich people who want to be told what to buy and why... if you ask me the "art world" is mediocre compared to the art in my faV manga's...
BUT from what I know a manga artists persona is usually low key... they work long hours alone and do it because they have a passion ...because they love it... they are not trying to be a rockstar or anything like that...
AND they usually get RIPPED OFF A TON by other "artists" how many times have you seen this image from the original battle angel ripped off?
I've seen it a lot where art, characters, stories...different elements are copied from a lot of my faV manga... This whole short is pretty much all ripped off from battle angel... the style, the world, the character design...
The new Battle Angel is so INSANE I'd like to see some fucko try to copy it...its undefinable and awesome
So yeh I'm just constantly amazed by these three manga's and if your looking for something amazing and inspiring BOTH for the art and the story check them out! I think manga artists are the greatest living artists ^ ^Brought to you by professional weirdo M dot Strange.