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I think I read once that Asian people pay more attention to the eyes than other facial features when they are reading emotions. The hypothesis was somehow based
by dawgr 16y ago
I think I read once that Asian people pay more attention to the eyes than other facial features when they are reading emotions. The hypothesis was somehow based on the fact that the emoticons Asians use tend to mostly show the eyes. Since it's difficult to show emotions on a cartoon, perhaps drawing big eyes started as a way to make it easier for the artist to express anger, happiness,... on what they drew.
They might look whiter than Asian, but it probably has nothing to do with Asians wanting to be white. You can probably test what the OP said by asking a villager in Africa which race those cartoons belong to assuming he's seen an equal share of whites and Asians.
- araneae 16y agoEveryone pays attention to the eyes when they are reading emotions. That's why eyes are called "the window to the soul."
- jcl 16y agoNo, he's right. There is at least one eye-tracking study that shows that people from Asian cultures pay greater attention to the eyes when reading expressions. Relative to the Asians in the study, the Caucasians relied more on other parts of the face. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17605-human-facial-expressions-arent-universal.html http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17605-human-facial-exp... It's not clear whether it might be influencing different art styles, though.