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How do the Japanese learn to draw so good?

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1830 Name: Anonymous 2022/08/30(Tue)06:46 +
So as every weeb knows the Japs are very good at drawing,such that even the shittiest manga has some fairly decent art.I'd like to get at least half that good.
Whenever I ask about this elsewhere, all I get is some vague reassurances about how it "just takes hard work" and "learning your fundamentals",but fug man I already do that(;´Д`).I want to know specific stuff! What textbooks do they use at Japanese Art School? What drawing exercises do they do for the most improvement?What do mangaka tell their new assistants to do so that the drawings don't look like shit?Do I have to learn caligraphy or someshit before I can draw like the best Chinamenヽ(`Д´)ノ???I figured Heyurians would know.Or at least give some lolz if they don't.
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0 1833 Name: Anonymous 2022/08/30(Tue)07:19 +
I wondered the same thing too, the answer is apparently at here: https://2ch.sh/src/2502.jpg
TLDR: They copy others' styles rather than creating their own

I tried copying anime myself at some point (OP of https://img.heyuri.net/o/potiboard.php?res=204 here), but I think I am just not made for drawing. Even drawing one proper line is too hard for me (;´Д`)
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0 1834 Name: Anonymous 2022/08/30(Tue)11:54 +
Look at almost any young Japanese child's drawings, and you'll see it usually already has that distinctive anime/manga style and quality to it, even if it doesn't have realistic anatomy, perspective, etc. - not a malformed attempt at forcing the style into existence while still using Western techniques and practices, but the real deal

When I was around 7-8 years old, we had a Japanese kid who'd moved to our country join our class, and he was lightyears ahead in terms of drawing ability to everyone else. Pokemon was the big thing at the time, and we'd all marvel at how his Pikachus and other Pokemon (including some we'd never seen before cuz gen 2 hadn't reached the West yet) looked virtually identical to the show

It's clear that the Japanese learn and adopt the style at a very young age by copying what they see around them - they see it on posters, in advertising, in books, in manga, on TV, in their friends' drawings, etc. It's also long been suggested that even the way the Japanese writing system is taught and practiced (and I believe it's fairly strict) plays a big part in how they form their lines, as well as how they copy
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0 1835 Name: Anonymous 2022/08/30(Tue)17:53 +
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0 1840 Name: Anonymous 2022/08/31(Wed)15:44 +
on a slightly related note, am i the only one who finds it attractive when a girl can draw well?
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0 1841 Name: Anonymous 2022/08/31(Wed)15:48 +
>>1840
People of the opposite sex doing things well is always attractive ヽ(´ー｀)ノ

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