>>5902981>to a lesser extent koreans learn calligraphy just for basic handwriting.LMAO, NO WAY, please don't say shit without thinking. Korean is a fascinating language and Korea has a great visual culture. But - as a longtime Korean learner - hangul is the most simplistic shit, not only can it be learned quicker than any latin alphabet but it also doesn't require any dexterity whatsoever, it is totally mechanical.
>While westerners mostly learn to "print" their characters or a loosely enforced script / joined writing.Yeas and this is absolutely what Koreans do. Hangul is exactly this and not calligraphy. For comparison my mother tongue is Russian, and Russian cursive is harder to pull off than fucking Korean.
Look at most Korean contemporary illustration, it has its inherent compositional qualities but it is very flat and angular as opposed to flowy, spiraly, rounded Japanese composition technique. The geometry of Korean illustrators is Mondrian levels of stiff, no calligraphy in sight. I'm not saying it is better or worse but it is different and cannot be grouped into the same category. Compare a great Korean illustrator like Pigeon666 (Rottenbanquet) with a great Japanese illustrator like Yoneyama Mai and notice the compositional difference between the two.
