Art is hard you guys…There’s no real formula to it. No magic set of rules you can follow to produce perfect art every time and yet – it seems very easy to make bad art. As for anime, it’s pure magic. It’s the art of illustration combined with the art of animation layered under the... The post An Appreciation of The Things we Take for Granted in Anime appeared first on I drink and watch anime.
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