So /ic/, I avoid getting too deep into learning the technique

You're an imbecile.

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>>2923844
That's retarded, studying realism and your fundies will only make you better artists.

Pic related, Yoshinari.

Of course you should always practice stylization, if that's your goal, too many artist here just do Loomis head and then complain that they can't draw qt lolis. But there are artists out there that draw anime figures with no sense of form or any understanding of the human body.

You need a healthy balance. Both skills are needed to draw anime competently.

Or, are you talking about when those tumblr tier anime artists try to do that weird mix mash "anime realism" style?

>>2923872
I was talking about the first thing you said, thanks for the help.

>>2923844
imo, the uncanny valley applies more to 3D-rendered, "doll-like" faces, than it does to 2D ones drawn with realistic proportions. The reason that the Cubo girl is "creepy" is that it rides the fine line between real and fake--we risk actually mistaking it for human, and that results in primal fear. But you're not going to mistake a graphite drawing for an actual person.

i honestly didnt think polar express was all that bad.

>>2923844
Because they look like corpses or illness and thus it triggers a subconscious revulsion in our primal mind...

>>2923872
>Both skills are needed to draw anime competently.

Well, judging by that image you posted, Yoshinari's realism skills are rudimentary at best, no better than lots of randos from the draw thread, yet he's one of the best animators alive. So I'd say realism isn't quite as important as you think it is in drawing competent anime. The fundamentals are what's important.

>>2923844

Is this the /ic/ equivalent of not wanting to get "too big"?

>>2924323
the study of realism is a part of fundamentals. Yoshinari's "realistic" drawings are not to ADHERE to reality; he studies so that his work looks believable and not a jumbled, halfassed mess to the viewers' eyes.

You probably will never be good enough for your art to be uncanny valley tier. Stop worrying and read loomis.

>I'm afraid of being too good gays!!!1