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Works drawn in a simplistic or cartoonish style may feature a piece of art, often including a person, drawn in what we would consider a much more detailed or realistic style. Almost invariably, some character will remark on how unrealistic that art is, or how bad the artist's grasp of anatomy must be—why would anyone give people ''[[Four-Fingered Hands|five fingers]]''?

 

Largely a subtrope of [[Stylistic Self Parody]].

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Parodied in the anime version of ''[[Shaman King]]'', where a member of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] makes a portrait of one robber in a 70's [[Shojo]] style (a style more detailed than the cartoony [[Shonen]] of the series - but not by much). And two of the heroes (besides the artist) are the only ones who see the portrait and the aforementioned robber and confirm the likeness.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140207122756/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20080202.html This] strip of ''[[Walkyverse|Joyce and Walky]]''. "My art teacher wants me to stop making up anatomy that doesn't exist." "Were you drawing lips again?"

** As that statement implies, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120825192935/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20000924.html that wasn't the first time.]

* [http://starslip.com/2008/01/31/starslip-number-708/ This] strip of ''[[Starslip Crisis]]'', where the characters ridicule court sketches.

 

== [[Web Original]] ==