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Originally Posted by MMM
Are people who write fan fiction considered "writers"? I am not making a judgement, I am just asking. I would think of a doujishi artist like a fan artist. Are you considered a manga artist or a writer if you have never been published?
I can throw paint at a canvas. Can I call myself an "artist"? I mean, everyone takes art in school, but just because you create art, are you then an artist?
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Yes, in a way. One may say that's only true for the time of the act, I know artists who don't really call themselves artist when they aren't working...
If you make an artwork it makes you the artist of that piece of art. And it really doesn't matter that you actually published your work or not, many artwork have been published after the artist had died and no one would dare to speak about the author by other title than artist...
But still it's not about one's (or many's) judgment, it's really hard to separate non art from art, it has some rules but in the end of the day it has none - and that's the beauty of it...
On the other hand when you're a follower of a style you only can call yourself one of 'them' if you
strictly keep the rules - so I'm not really sure if a doujinshi drawer is a 'manga artist' or not - I'm not qualified to state that...
Edit: I see I'm almost saying the same as RobinMask... I'm too slow...