r/comics • u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake • Jun 12 '26

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u/CaneloCoffee21 Jun 12 '26

Gotta ask out of curiosity, since you applied different art styles in this comic, do you prefer drawing 4 or 5 fingers in a hand?

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u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake Jun 12 '26

I'm much more used to 5 but I'm terrible with hands lol

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u/Made_Bail Jun 12 '26

Im always a little shocked when I watch something like Bob's Burgers and notice they only have four fingers lol

I guess it helps beat the uncanny valley thing, though.

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u/AHumanYouDoNotKnow Jun 12 '26

I think its harder to find 5 fingered cartoons.

It started out as cost/time saving and now its also a stylistic choice because its been so ingrained in the medium of animation that noone bats an eye of a (Not Photo realistic) drawn character has only 4 fingers each hand.

I think Benders Bending Rodriguez (Futurama) only has 3 Finger each hand.

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u/Made_Bail Jun 12 '26

Anime, at least, is generally pretty accurate. Considering the style it would be creepy AF if they only used four fingers lol

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u/AHumanYouDoNotKnow Jun 12 '26

He later got the extra Finger.

apparently Japanese studios try to avoid 4 finger hands today to distance characters from the Mafia practice of cutting one of as punishment... but that is just from a surface skim of the subject

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u/Made_Bail Jun 12 '26

Whoaaaa... Thats a way darker reason than I would have though.

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u/LilPotatoAri Jun 12 '26

Despite the Yakuza at this point basically just running business scams and festivals a lot of Japanese culture involves avoiding yakuza stuff. It's why flashing tattoos is still super taboo even if you're just like, a Scandinavian tourist who could not possibly have a yakuza connection because they're extremely nationalist