[split] Quality vs Quanity - the state of expansion art

[Marechal des logis Daedalus]

Many of the Japanese artists do have similar styles, but they do not disguise lack of skill and effort regarding human anatomy under stylization like many Western artists are prone towards. In a very stereotypically Japanese sort of way, these artists take everything to heart. I recall a few of them on Pixiv even taking hiatuses to attend art classes. Maybe it helps to live in a culture where obsessive traits and pouring passion into every detail are the norms. I do not know.

American artists, however, usually seem to follow the American motto: if you can half-ass it and get away with it, continue to half-ass it.

That is not to say all Western artists never place great effort into their art, but the artistic quality from The Land of the Rising Sun is consistently better. There are artists I like from both sides. Those Scandinavians never seem to disappoint either.