/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

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>ITT: a bunch of ignorant faggots that think realism is the end all be all in art, when they probably wouldn't be able to put in 5% of the effort and work this guy puts in his pages.

First of all, I also used to be this way, and my work still bases itself on realism and realistic anatomy, but I can fairly say that this manga made me change some of my views on art. I'm going to talk about his "recent" works, which is his work from the past decade, because that's where you see that he truly started to master the style he was going for in the beginning, when it was a fucking mess.

Yes, the anatomy can be pretty whack sometimes, actually most of the times the anatomy per say is "fine" structure wise, it's his proportions that are overly exagerated but that's exactly the point of his mangas, a bunch of inhumanly strong people doing inhuman feats in the most ridiculous of ways, and it's so fucking entertaining, but this wouldn't work without his style at all. It might not seem like it, but his anatomical knowledge is good and consistent, it's not randomly done, it's structurally correct, but overly exagerated and stylized.

There's also this weird assumption that if the art is not realistic then for some reason there is no skill involved, which is the dumbest argument I see spewed out on here over and over again, when in fact this guy's lines are one of the most strange and impressive ones i've seen in manga. The dynamism in it is also exceptional, and I'm ready to say that he's one of the best at it, even though it's still nowhere near murata level, it's still great. So yes, different and original doesn't always mean it's good, but in this case it is.

I'm going to post a few pages that I really enjoy, or that showcase his style more fairly in an attempt to maybe give you some interest in it. If it doesn't then too bad, but I really think if you're into action mangas overall this is one of the best, and you're missing out.