Marcel Winatschek

Fuck Manga Avatars

Everyone’s got a manga avatar now, and ninety percent of them are aggressively forgettable—the same three recycled styles, character design by committee, all that dead-eyed stare. I see them everywhere and they blur into nothing. But every once in a while you find someone who actually drew their character with some care, who understands proportion and expression instead of just copying the template, and it’s a completely different thing. The difference between lazy and intentional is huge.