Original Art vs. Fan Art by konoesuzumiya, journal
Original Art vs. Fan Art
Recently, my friend !Yuu-Lin (https://www.deviantart.com/yuu-lin) had a poll about what kind of art people look forward to on her page: Fan art, original art, or both.
This brought me to an idea about comparing the two. What's the difference, and which one's better, if so? Here's my input...
Fan Art.
When artists draw pictures related to their favorite TV show, anime, manga, or game, this is called Fan Art. I'm sure all of you know this. Fan art usually has people selecting "popular" series and "most well-known" shows. Naturally, since I mean, the artist must love the series to draw it (sans the artists who draw characters from series they don't like for money-making pur