Is there a name for this kind of artstyle? Like y’know the one that became popular among neckbeards and geeks in the 2000’s, takes influence from both anime and Warner Bros, and is largely associated with geek shit like elves, furries, and fetish art.

>>149228346 (OP)
I always called it "Wannabeaboo". White people who want to be asians.

>>149228346 (OP)
Uhhhhh..... newgrounds?

>>149228346 (OP)
General mediocrity and poorly implemented influences don't really amount to an "artstyle"

Oh you whiney fucking faggots. It's a good art style. Don't be sour because you lost the motivation to keep drawing in 9th grade.

Dobson style

>>149228375
To be fair, the OP depicts the results of not losing the motivation to keep drawing in 9th grade when it's obvious that you have no talent for it.

>>149228375
This is *the* art style that every young artist who happens to be in the 9th grade has, though.

>>149228346 (OP)
Weeb-comic outsider art.

>>149228409
It does suck that no talent + full effort will still lose to talent + no effort every time, but luckily as of 2025 we can still extract a basic satisfaction from not becoming this as a result >>>149225656

>>149228346 (OP)
Amateur? Like, learning how to draw but still has a long way to go, I don't know. It just looks like fan art done by a teenager.

>>149228399
Funnily enough Dobson is one of the better examples of this style, like he wasn’t the worst artist ever, it’s just that what was holding him back was his inability to take criticism, and you know, the fact that he was a complete retard in general.

>>149228507
Dobson wouldn't be such a lolcow if he weren't such an emotionally immature, insecure douchebag. Guys like him were always the one getting beat up in school, because instead of taking jabs with good humor he was the type who would get pissed off and throw a tantrum. It makes you a magnet for bullies.

>>149228519
Compare this is some of the other people in the OP's image, like Bobsheaux, who, while being a furry gooner and one of the many NostalgiaCritic clones from that bygone era of YouTube, seems like a pretty chill guy.

>>149228519
I may agree that was his worst trait, but not particularly rare in artists so ultimately it was his general mediocrity yet inflated ego what made him so easy to make fun of.

>>149228519
>instead of taking jabs with good humor he was the type who would get pissed off and throw a tantrum. It makes you a magnet for bullies.
I'm not here to defend Dobson but I hope your mom gets gangraped by niggers and you're forced to watch helplessly (this is just a lighthearted jab don't take it seriously bro :)

>>149228560
>inflated ego
iswydt

>>149228346 (OP)
The "I wear a fedora" style

>>149228568
>t. guy who got picked on a lot in school and still hasn't figured out why

>>149228560
I'm pretty sure his console war comics were what attracted people to him in the first place. He clearly had a lot of insecurity over his choice for loving Nintendo over the other console makers and probably received somef bullying for it. But then his shitty attitude and cringey strawman comics just made his situation 10 times worse.

>>149228643
So true bro. We live in a just world, and everyone is responsible for their suffering. Next time you have problems, just remind yourself it's all your fault, that'll make everything better.

There's avoidable behavior that makes assholes more eager to attach themselves to you, but the asshole is always in the greater wrong nonetheless. Most people would also say that letting yourself get walked over and saying nothing like you suggest is exactly that kind of behavior.

I know you're going to reply with "well there's a difference between lighthearted jabs and bullying etc. etc.", to which I say it's arbitrary bullshit. As I showed above, you can pass off any insult as a lighthearted jab.

>>149228702
Actually, I'm going to reply with
Sup Dobson

>>149228409
>>149228418
Why are you fixating on the 9th grade punchline instead of going into detail about what you don't like about it? Strike a nerve?

>>149228757
>strike a nerve?

No, because I don't dislike anything about it. Just calling it like it is, amateurish. Did I strike a nerve?

>>149228757
Moral victories are useful for the user but rarely effective elsewhere, anon. "My art may suck but at least I never gave up" is a valid and kinda worthwhile thought, but it tends to hit diminishing returns if externalized.

>>149228773
So we agree

>>149229128
I don't even know what your opinion is and don't really care, so sure.

>>149228834
There are countless examples of OP artstyle being profitable though so I don't know what that has to do with anything. I think you're a little lost in the black hole of taking a joke too literally. The point I was trying to make is that it's not a bad artstyle and it seems unreasonable to be so critical of it.

>>149229138
In the post you responded to I stated my opinion.
>It's a good art style.

>>149228375
>It's a good art style.
get your eyes checked

>>149229178
Sure, it's a good art style for somebody who's 14 years old and will eventually develop an actual art style.

>>149228568
>and you're forced to watch helplessly
why would the nigs make me do this? what did mom do

>>149228346 (OP)
of all of those examples, dobson's is a lot better looking and refined than the other 5 (ngl, the worst one has to be the bottom right). if i didn't know it was drawn by an egotistical, emotionally immature neckbeard, i would've thought it came from something more official

>>149228668
Nintendo adults everyone, the Disney adults of the gaming community

>>149229169
Anon, you yourself seem a little stuck on your own "joke" (formerly argument).

>>149228346 (OP)
I've always thought of it broadly as "Early 2000s webcomic" style. It has varying degrees of anime influence, but filtered through how to draw manga books combined more traditional western cartooning. Personally I really miss it. Maybe when nostalgia barrel scraping burns through the Y2K aesthetic we'll see it make a comeback.

>>149228507
It got worse over time. His og works were good.

>>149228346 (OP)
Those styles look nothing alike.

Really, I always associated this style with shit like TGWTG, TVTropes, and bad furry/fantasy comics you'd probably find on Bad Webcomics Wiki or something.
Dominic Deegan, Fred Perry, Andrew Dickman, early Chalo/Las Lindas, and maybe Girl Genius are other examples I can think of.

Sabrina Online's a weird one to have here but I kinda get it; I would actually argue EWS's art looks more amateurish and akin to these "styles" nowadays than it did in the 90s. Compare a comic from the late 90s to one of the newer "long form" color ones he's doing now and it's like night and day; way more sterile now.....

>>149228346 (OP)
2007 Deviantart

>>149228346 (OP)
I dunno

>>149228519
>because instead of taking jabs with good humor he was the type who would get pissed off and throw a tantrum
You sound like a piece of shit

I personally like to call this style "Harry Partridge on crack"

Just looks like his style but a bit more amateur-ish

>>149228346 (OP)
sovl

MS-Toons.
You can clearly see the 90s Tiny Toons influence but the digital technology behind it holds it back..

>>149228375
Talk about an inflated ego

>>149232966
Tiny Toons and Animaniacs appeared to be popular among basement dwellers and neckbeards, their influence is particularly noticeable in EWS's work.

>>149228375
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>>149232284
t.