/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3364390

>>2842109
>First off, symbol drawing is a meme. Its code for "they're not drawing realism perfectly"
No, it's not. You can draw cartoons without ever symbol drawing, such as in OP's car examples.
>Symbol drawings not a real thing. By it's own definition it's the idea of drawing details from what you just know
No, it's not just drawing what you know.
Symbol drawing is definitely a real thing. It's when you draw a preconceived "symbol" instead of what should actually be drawn.

Anime side-mouth is an example of symbol drawing. So is drawing every single character's eyes the exact same way, or only drawing figures in 3/4 view (something many web-comics are guilty of).

I'm tired of fuckers like you giving people misinformation.

>>2842098
That would not qualify as symbol drawing. Notice that the fronts of the cars vary, the shapes of the mirrors and lights vary, and the shapes of the car bodies themselves vary; the artist hasn't created a singular symbol of "what I think cars look like" and repeat it, he does actual construction, which is why he can rotate those cars in 3d space. If every single car was drawn in 3/4 perspective with the same features, then yes, that would be symbol drawing.

>>2842096
>How do people develop styles? How does someone "find" their style?
Experimentation.

>side mouth