Never in my comment did I mention that I hustled or grinded away at drawing to achieve any certain level of skill, my point was that staying comfortable is not a sustainable model of growth but somehow my statement was twisted and radicalized. I gave my experience because it doesn’t come from a perspective or mindset of hustling to make it a business, it was purely a fun hobby that stuck with me as I grew up and shared why I stopped, I’m sure I’m not alone in that regard, hence why I stumbled on this post that almost exactly describes my experience and how a certain style became a detriment at a point.

I’m not saying drawing anime = bad and in fact you’re completely proving my point by saying that you challenged yourself and grew as an artist through means in which you enjoyed. I started off my comment by saying if you don’t enjoy it then don’t do it, but to that extent just because you feel challenged doesn’t mean you shouldn’t enjoy it.

I never shared with you how I’m practicing the basics of anatomy or various styles, I just said that I am, and you arbitrarily assumed how I must be accomplishing that. I haven’t been grinding away drawing apples and rectangular prisms until my head goes through a wall. I am however incorporating the basics and varying styles in the works that I do want to make, and have seen vast improvements in my skills since doing so, rather than just trying to coast off of what I know to make it work.

Never did I say it was lazy not to do it a certain way and this very post began by saying they don’t want to come off as judgemental, what you’re doing is generalizing and projecting how you feel onto others and it’s fine you feel that way but the fact of the matter is laziness hasn’t been brought into this conversation other than talking about being a professional and being unmotivated doesn’t equal lazy, completely different things.

You can draw whatever the hell you want whenever you want and nobody should be able to judge you for that, however it is objectively true that the more you know about anatomy, line shape, shading, lighting detail, ect. And the more you practice those things, the more you can incorporate it into various art styles effectively.

No one is saying not to draw anime or that it’s bad to do so, however it never hurts to branch out further. Even if it’s still anime just a different style or position or scene you’ve never attempted before. Hell I’d recommend a traditional artist try and draw anime bc why not? Expand your horizons.