How much does Fan Art interest you?

Fan art- artworks created by fans of a work of fiction (generally visual media such as comics, movies, television shows, or video games) and derived from a character or other aspect of that work.

I believe most of you must have come across at least one of those fan arts in social networking sites like Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook etc. How much do they interest you?

I am a fan artist and I am curious how people think about fan art. Personally, I would prefer those art pieces which have a creative touch to it instead of those fan artists who just make their art work seem like a copy and paste of the original image.

What do you think?

 

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Hey, Isabelle! Interesting question. Lately I've been thinking of how much I love Pokémon fan art, actually! It's the kind of fictional universe—one with weird creatures, fascinating cities and routes, and characters with a cool design—that really has a lot of potential for all kinds of artwork! I'm honestly not sure if I'd love the Pokémon games as much I do if I didn't have access to that treasure trove that you can find on Tumblr, DeviantArt, Pixiv, and such.

And I absolutely agree with you on the "creative touch" point! Photorealism doesn't really work for me, most of the time.

 

I like some fan art, the problem is there isn't always much quality control in places that display it and you get really badly drawn portraits.
Also some fandoms are overrun by cutesified versions of the characters and/or slash art which doesn't really interest me,

 

I love fan arts because they let out the creativity of different artists. Lets just say that I see fan arts as a two way mirror for us to see or have a sneak peek of what the artist have in mind. We imagine things differently and this is a great way to share your thoughts through drawing or art. I agree with Isabelle that it is more enjoyable to see fan arts with personal touch compared to some copy cat fan arts. It takes away the true meaning of fan art which is to show the aspects you personally love about the subject.

 

Great question! Well, personally, I enjoy finding any form of fan art. I think it's also a good way to get exposure on your work and get feedback, which basically means improvement. It also really fuels all of the fantasies we have that may not be true which, in my opinion, is great. I like that a lot!

And I completely agree with your opinion on the creative touch - I think that that's way more fun than just copying the original picture.