2000s (style)

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Anime or manga art styles that were popular during the 2000s. This tag should not be used for images created in the 2000s that do not fall into this specific art style.

Western artists with a fondness for this style tend to tag their artwork as animecore, a term coined in Tumblr aesthetic communities in the late 2010s to refer to the imagery and culture surrounding anime in the 2000s.

Common characteristics

  • Bold black lineart
  • Animation cel style shading
  • Soft, pillowy shading with no defined form
  • Freeform-shaped, "glossy" hair highlights with a low opacity
  • "Moe" proportions (large eyes, small dot noses, low-placed mouths)
  • Eyes without a defined pupil, instead being blurred with a darker shade or having a loose freeform shaped shadow
  • Solid, round eye catchlights
  • Common geometric eye shapes like jitome or tsurime
  • Sharp, upturned eyelashes
  • Stereotypical anime expressions (>_<, :3, blush stickers and lines, exaggerated sweatdrops)
  • Hair drawn with sharp shapes

Shoujo art is typically traditional media, particularly colored pencil or watercolor. Eyes are more rounded and detailed. Sparkles are frequently used.

Examples

See also