I mean hey, its either they look like well built teenagers despite being 40+ *cough cough* Dads of Shoujo transmigration comics *Cough* or they’re actually look like they’re a bit aged. I prefer the latter cause you cant really do much with a simplified artstyle without spending an eternity drawing the same face per panel.
Yeah same but i just dont understand why the cant make a character actually look their age especially in mangas with more realistic styles. İ think in dangerous convenience store the author succeded pretty well at making the characters look their age. But tbh especially as an artist myself i feel like more stylised artstyle ussually represent way better the age of the characters, because while a realistic style can be quite practical to draw someone accurately, it can also be hard to find a proper referance and actually make someone look their age. İ feel like this whole artstyle issue could also have to do with maybe artists using way older or foreign people as referance while drawing and maybe going overboard on their physical traits. İ myself find myself sometimes guilty of making my ocs look much older than they are while using older people as referance (because i liked their pose)
Yeah fr, I too am an artist. And I often forget that im drawing a character in a certain age and completely forget to make them look it and focus on aesthetics
Why do bl characters always look so old in theie 30s, like the are most of the time even asian, being in their 30 s must be nothing for them