Talk:ZOLA PROJECT/@comment-84.174.158.55-20131207102333/@comment-5051846-20131214131238

@2.207: A lot of art is subjective, but it's important to remember that not everything about it is.

Some things in art can be judged. n_n Even art styles – is something so off about the anatomy that is distracts from the overall piece and makes it look uncanny? That's a bad thing. Is the artstyle entirely unfit for the show? That's a bad thing too. There are many things you can critisise objectively in art. :D Was the artist trying to draw a realistic head, but added a muscle that doesn't exist in real life? That needs to be pointed out.

It's not as cut and dry and other subjects, but constructive critisism and distinguishing between the subjective and objective are important things to discuss in art to help others improve. Some works, like Amano's here, are difficult to define. If the majority are put off by the illustrations, then you can say that Yahama or the artist made a mistake in choosing their style and concept. However, it's hard to tell when you only have the majority of anime-enthusiastes in the Vocaloid fandom to draw this from. I'd be interested to see how outsiders would take it.