Afro Samurai

ACID REFLECTION

What I like about this piece.

There's a very good amount of lights and darks in the samurai's pants. It has a nice style to it, random and entertaining. Even the light parts of the pants blend well into the background. The red headband has a lot of good lighting. I can really see the depth to each fold in it. The folds in the shirt are smooth. The left arm specifically (his right arm) showing a great pattern. I also like the handle of the blade. It's small and barely significant, but is textured well. Much like the blade itself.

What I dislike about this piece.

I dislike all of the skin. It has lights and darks, everything is smooth, but it doesn't have the same amount of detail as the rest of the piece. The feet are pretty basic. Even the chest hair looks a little odd, like it doesn't fit in.

In fact it's not even supposed to be chest hair, it just looks that way.

Why is this considered a piece of art?

Because it has various levels of detail and is styled properly. The colours chosen (mostly) work together to create an interestingly realistic samurai. It is not a simple cut-and-paste job, it actually took effort and needed proper organization to create. It can also be considered a piece of art due to the imperfections. No piece of art is completely perfect and the contrast of well stylized areas to worse areas show how this is, truly, art.