This is maybe a dumb question but why don't books have very much fanart? I'd think people would want to draw the characters they've read about but can't see.
>>24891182They do. Here's Pyotr Verkhovensky.
>>24891182Ah, but i can see characters i read about. And can't draw but barely above child level. Although i'm a musician.And most people of those i know, who are into drawing things, tend to draw or observe with their eyes way more than to read (and often dislike reading - to the point i have to actively discourage them from usinh voice messages - and about half of them actually have attention deficite disorder - they can't focus on reading anything longer than a paragraph).
Fan artists only draw what will get them the maximum amount of likes and patreon bucks. Video game fanart, anime fanart, and sometimes movie fanart. It comes in waves. Evangelion gets remade for a fifth time and everyone starts drawing Asuka. A new season of Dungeon Meshi hits and everyone starts drawing that again. A new costume for Chun Li comes out and every artist flocks to their wacoms to be the first to do a pin up of that. Then it's off to the next big fad.
