*Deep Breath*...I knew this day would come, but I was hoping circumstances might have changed. I like drawing in Anime style, many of us do. My professors in college however, don't look highly upon the style for their various reasons. The point being that anime styled work won't really fly for my senior project. I have to develop a new drawing style. One that I like and fits my vision while avoiding as many comparisons to anime as my target audience (the college profs) can bare. I don't really like American comic style. It doesn't have the flare I look for. It doesn't have the beauty of true idealization. So much detail doesn't make people look beautiful. Detail is what creates ugliness in human form. That's how I see it. My current proposed solution is trying to portray facial features in a more natural proportion. It is physically painful to experiment with this shift because I have to change the way I envision.

Any suggestions or tips for reaching the middle ground between realism and anime are welcome.