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SSJup81 01-21-2008 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire (Post 365229)
I heard that Anime characters are drawn with big eyes because it's easier to show emotion in big eyes. You'll notice that in much anime, the noses and mouths are still still very Asian looking. In Disney cartoons you'll notice that the eyes are exaggerated for the exact same reason however because Asians have smaller eyes a lot of people make the mistake that they are trying to draw them white.

I recall reading or seeing someplace that they were inspired by old Disney cartoons, so you could be right in this respect. I also heard about the emotion thing too. Like certain eye-types drawn can represent that character's being "innocent" in nature, and such.

DannysGhostGirl 01-27-2008 12:30 AM

Who'd want to be American anyways?

WELL THAT was rude..........
America rocks. I think we're pretty cool, but, hey........
So, in other words: I RESENT that comment!!!!!

P.S.-Thanks for the nice input guys!!!!


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