"A lot of anime and cartoons do this, so it's ok if we do it too"
This guy... not only are you paraphrasing, putting words into other people's mouths (
Implied by quotes), but clearly missed the point. For example if the most read piece of literature, barring the BIBLE, a Manga called
ONE PIECE by
Eiichiro Oda, can get away with the 6faces trope (
Pre Amazon Lily arc, and, well, pretty much post) as far as his attractive characters, then any critique about it towards indie/amateur artists really falls flat. Let me fix that preemptively: any
Negative Feedback without a modicum of constructiveness to it, falls flat; when millions if not Billions let
Oda get away with it without batting an eyelash.
I was just trying to expand peoples perspectives, offer up enlightening lil factoids (
whether you find it interesting or funny) in case you/they didn't realize the industry does it all the time. Even outside of Anime: AAA game titles like FARCRY use literal clone models for NPCs, often found yards from each other. The broader your horizons, the less (
overly) critical and pessimistic people tend to be, food for thought.