Art Evolution: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'''s art evolution is more noticeable with certain characters. Hiruma in chapter 1 kind of looks like Eddie Munster, but when that scene was redrawn for a flashback he's lost some of that feral look. Monta too changed over the course of the series. The evolution is especially noticeable with the [[Book End]], where a two page panel from the first chapter was redrawn with all the new team members and showing how both the characters and the art progressed.

** Similarly, characters that were once incredibly distinctive in their [[Gonk]]iness were toned down considerably as time went on; Kurita became less cartoony, and Niinobu Kasamatsu became about 1/3 his original width.

* The ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'' anime underwent a significant style change during the OVA ''Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei'', greatly improving on almost all the anatomical errors present in the first two seasons of the anime.

** Before that, ''Kai'' got a massive face lift when compared to the first season, which was often rather flat and rough. While this did occasionally work for the [[Sanity Slippage]] and [[Laughing Mad]] scenes, most of the time it was simply [[Off-Model]] to the point where there was no model to begin with.

* ''[[Future GPX Cyber Formula]]'' originally started out with average-looking art design, particularly the car designs, which looked more like toy race cars than real ones. But by the time the [[OVA]]s rolled around, the character and mechanic designs improved significantly, and the cars now looked like real race cars. Strangely, it also mixes with [[Art Shift]] in the last 2 OVAs, where some of the flashbacks has kept the older art, so some viewers might be confused.

** The series' last two OVAs, SAGA and SIN, has a change of the art style. The clearest example of the trope is Asuka Sugo, the protagonist's fiancee. She looks clearly like a full-grown woman, but since several flashbacks and photos of her younger days keep the old art, Asuka ends up having 2 different looks in the same show. For an example, here's [https://web.archive.org/web/20060507031926/http://home.netvigator.com/~altimate/askasugo.jpg her look in the TV series] and here's [http://imageshack.us/m/845/1117/222ta.jpg her look in SIN.]

** Oddly enough, in the ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' Kanzenban volume cover illustrations, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090213171925/http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/scans/yu-yu-hakusho/item61723/ Hiei looks kinda like Killua].

* ''[[The Big O]]'' had a significant art upgrade between its two seasons. This may be in part because season two was drawn on computers; legend has it that season one was the last major traditionally drawn anime.

** Colors have changed in ''[[Wandering Son]]''. Takatsuki originally had brown hair before changing to black around volume 3 and Shi originally had ''blond''. Everyone has [[Curtains Match the Window]]'s, so the brunettes have [[Brown Eyes]] and the raven haired characters have [[Black Eyes]]; Takatsuki changed eye colors in volume 5 and Chiba in volume 4 (apparently Anna too). Nitori's hair color has darkened over time too, from light brown to a darker shade.

* ''[[You're Under Arrest]]'''s most noticeable change was between season 2 to season 3, though there's a noticeable change (de-evolution) from the OVAs to season 1. The series has gone through several design changes during its run, each to fit the style of the time period. Most noticeable being the eyes which have gotten more [[What Beautiful Eyes!|big, colorful and bright]]. Aoi gets a [http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1174/aoik.png noticeable change] in appearance over the pace of the series.

* The main evolution ''[[Good Witch Of The West]]'' took was between the first and second volume when the artist abandoned the childlike figures and to draw them more realistically. The male characters took quicker form than the female characters. Along with this the artist drew less and less flowery backgrounds as the series got more serious.

* ''[[Elfen Lied]]'''s [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dBHK2FcupH8/TH2O1l4DFXI/AAAAAAAAACY/QBp9ooIax-M/s1600/Elfen%2520Lied%2520Portada%25201.jpg first volume] was extremely [[Off-Model]] and very 90s-style. The manga however quickly became more high quality, to the point where by the [https://web.archive.org/web/20121115170150/http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/3/39102/800712-3150648_l_super.jpg last volume] it could pass as being drawn by a different mangaka; it also looks like it went from [[Shojo]] style to [[Shonen]] style. The Diclonii's horns were also a lot longer originally, though later they started to look like cat ears.

* ''[[Drowtales]]'' has gone from quite frankly sucky art, to [http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=751 impressive]. The early example there is even a larger step up from the original chapter 1 art than the page it's being compared to, it just kept improving.

* ''[[Earthsong]]'''s artwork improved over the years to the extent that the creator completely restarted the comic from the beginning. And, unusually for such endeavours, is still seeing it through.

* ''[[Darken]]'', quite impressively.

* The webcomics of John Allison have undergone [http://www.scarygoround.com/ar.php a lot of evolution], which isn't surprising given that he's been at it for ''ten years''. See Shelley, the red-haired girl in the first ever strip of ''Bobbins'', [http://bobbins.keenspot.com/d/19980921.html here] in 1998? By 2000 she looked like [http://bobbins.keenspot.com/d/20000928.html this], then [http://bobbins.keenspot.com/d/20020327.html this], and then ''[[Scary Go Round]]'' started, with a [http://www.scarygoround.com/index.php?date=20020828 new artistic direction]. Since then, the art has changed from [http://www.scarygoround.com/index.php?date=20041129 digital] to [http://www.scarygoround.com/index.php?date=20050829 hand-drawn] and [http://www.scarygoround.com/index.php?date=20060221 back again] [http://www.scarygoround.com/index.php?date=20081209 twice]. The art's been fairly stable now since 2006, despite a switch from pen and ink (digitally coloured) to hand-drawing on a tablet PC.

* The webcomic ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20180114204936/http://shapequest.net/ Shape Quest]'' features a nice "upgrade" in detail following Chapter 3.

* Amazingly averted in ''[[Sabrina Online]]'', which has been running since 1996 without the art style or quality changing in any way whatsoever.

* ''[[Charby the Vampirate]]'', the author summed it up in [http://www.medinoc.fr/web/ImagesDiverses/Charby%20-%20ArtEvolution%20-%20Cast.jpg this picture]. She added that if she could draw as well as she does now when she started the comic, the characters would have looked like [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Zerlocke/ctvclassicstyleposter.png this].

* ''[[Khatru]]'''s creator has blamed some of the comic's [[Schedule Slip]]age to his fiddling around with the art style.

** The serialised Teens are quite different in appearance (especially Frylock), and distribution of personality, to their original appearance on [[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]].

* ''[[The Backyardigans]]''' [[Five-Man Band|five-kid-cast]] got improved with Season 2. You can barely notice any change on Uniqua, and it's more noticeable on Austin (who looks nothing like he did during the first season).

** For purposes of more illustration, take a look. The same villain (Baby-Doll) as seen in [http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/batman/btas/bios/babydoll/10.jpg TAS] and in [http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/batman/tnba/bios/babydoll/09.jpg New Adventures].

** With ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' and more so in ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]]'', the Timmverse got its final revamp. While the BTAS era had every character given a weighty look and the STAS era gave everyone a sleek look, the 3rd revamp added more lines. The best example of the changes would be the Joker, though, as he was present in all three eras and was wearing the same clothes, for the most part. In the BTAS era he had a rounded face and detailed features. In the STAS era he was drawn very basically with few lines. Even his eyes were simplified and his mouth became simple curves. In the JL era he got more lines and a face more similar to the BTAS version, but with the sharper lines and details (and [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|red irises in his eyes]].)