Niiba said: and, regardless of your tastes, its also really good on an "artistic" pov.
I would disagree with this. The body proportions used bump it down a notch or two on the artistic scale, as it's clearly not being done for the absurdism.
Are you seriously debating the artistic merits of a doujinshi picture? For some (like me) the body proportions are arousing because they are done for the sake of absurdism. It's stylistic, thus it's meant to be out of reasonable and realistic proportions.
Artistic merit is relative. It can't be good "regardless of your tastes", because only one's individual taste could make something like this enjoyable.
From the POV of someone who appreciates a sense of balance and proportion in art, this image is horrible.
In my own perspective, it's above the limit of what I'd consider acceptable.
sgcdonmai said: Artistic merit is relative. It can't be good "regardless of your tastes", because only one's individual taste could make something like this enjoyable.
From the POV of someone who appreciates a sense of balance and proportion in art, this image is horrible.
In my own perspective, it's above the limit of what I'd consider acceptable.
What each of us considers "Acceptable", is also relative. So that's still your opinion, and not a fact. For people whom this pic is still "under the limit of what they consider acceptable", its still an artistic (and arousing) pic.
That "whoosh" noise was my point flying right over your head, dude.
regardless of your tastes
is what I countered before. Afterwards, I argued against
Are you seriously debating the artistic merits of a doujinshi picture?
because, seriously, why shouldn't one debate the artistic merits of doujinshi? Comics are just as valid an art form as oil paintings. There's something to appreciate from an artistic angle, as well as flaws that deserve to be pointed out.
Note well this point: In this comment thread, I have not so much as implied that anyone is in any way less for enjoying this picture. Your hostility is misplaced.
Though certainly absurd compared to reality I've never thought of exaggerated comic art to be anything other than characture. With almost no exceptions, all comics, cartoons, anime, manga, doujin and the like do the same thing: exaggerate aspects of the human form and/or face things for the purposes of dramatic emphasis. It's endlessly humorous to see people mention "realistic" on imageboards like this.
djsal said: Is there a manga for this and if so download link please.
I believe this is one of the later pictures in the One Piece doujin Bloom, Pirate Hooker, Bloom. A download is available on Doujin-Moe's website(.us, not .com).