/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>21068869
For part of what you mentioned, I think a main thing is just a difference in work ethics and culture. I think Eastern artists are generally better just by virtue of how much competition there is and how much work you need to do to actually succeed (it's a well known fact that manga artists have to basically slave away their soul to their work just to make a living). The oversaturation of artists constantly pitted against each other for relevancy and popularity means you have people who put a hell of a lot of work into their art to stand out, on top of the demand that many of their games still use some of or are entirely 2D art further driving up the need for high quality art. There are a lot of amateur artists in the West, but there isn't that same level of competition - flat out medicocre artists can make like $1000+ on Patreon. There are some good ones though, Kriss Sison has some really cute art, especially his Alice, and there's the Skullgirls guy and the Va-11-hall-a artist too.