Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Bishōnen

Bishōnen

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 May 2011 at 15:22:48 (UTC)

Original - Artwork demonstrating the style of Bishōnen.

Reason: High quality original artwork with good EV
Articles in which this image appears: Bishōnen
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Drawings
Creator: KishiShiotani (user on the website of Animexx)

Support as nominator --Jujutacular ^talk 15:22, 18 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Noone wants to start the voting on another Japanese artwork nom? :P I have no idea how typical this is of the style it's meant to be portraying, but it's high quality, and I like oranges, so I Support it. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 05:51, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Bishōnen is not really a style. It's the depiction of a good looking boy, a typical character type. The style is usually associated with the anime and manga style, but not entirely necessary. --Niabot (talk) 06:38, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - From the article: "Besides being a character type, bishōnen is also a distinct art style not usually forgotten in books about drawing manga". -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 18:03, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Not understanding what meaning the oranges have... --Golbez (talk) 20:14, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose -- I'm not sure what we should vote on: the original work of art (which maybe shoudn't be brought here) or an illustration of a certain manga style? Anyway I find it too kitschy for my taste. Alvesgaspar (talk) 11:25, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Oppose against Alvesgaspar Bishōnen is no manga style. In fact, there is no such thing as a manga style. Please grab some books and get some knowledge about the topic, before pooping out nonsense. --Niabot (talk) 11:42, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - I thought that this forum (unlike COM:FPC) was free of such kind of rude behavior from manga fans. I was wrong. Alvesgaspar (talk) 12:43, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - It is rude to judge about things you don't know anything about. --Niabot (talk) 13:09, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose If I've understood this correctly, the image is by a non-notable artist in the genre, which, for me, makes it basically OR. If this were by an established artist, I might reconsider. Cowtowner (talk) 14:37, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bishōnen is no genre. Please read the article or its sources. --Niabot (talk) 14:40, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

- - Poor choice of words. An aesthetic or a style. That doesn't change the issue with OR. Cowtowner (talk) 17:13, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - It's not about aesthetic or a style. Read the text an learn. --Niabot (talk) 17:19, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      - From the lede: "The term describes an aesthetic ". Cowtowner (talk) 05:05, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment -- If Bishōnen is a Japanese word expressing an old asiatic concept of human beauty, I wonder how a kistchy manga-type image showing a non-asiatic boy surrounded by orange trees can illustrate the idea. In other words, what are we really assessing here: the artistic qualities of the illustration (we should not imo) or its added value in illustrating an asthetical concept? -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 17:06, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- It's common character archetype in manga and anime, which is not directly related with the original wording in japanese language. Did you read the article? I doubt it. --Niabot (talk) 17:19, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - I'm wondering who really needs to learn here: to learn how to respect the opinion of others however silly you consider it to be. That is a fundamental quality to participate in a civilized forum like this. If you consider yourself not able to do it, please stay out. Alvesgaspar (talk) 18:03, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - But it's also uncivilized to put an opinion on the table without an argument. It gets even worse if you leave comments that are factually wrong. It would be comparable to an illustration about quantum physics. You telling me that it is wrong, even so it would fit all given sources. --Niabot (talk) 19:26, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Cowturner. J Milburn (talk) 21:59, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. This just isn't impressive or spectacular or iconic or anything like that. DS (talk) 22:14, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Though I think this is quite well-done, and a good example of the subject, the bulging of the hand muscles around the orange are odd, and other slight issues. James F. (talk) 22:20, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 18:30, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]