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Morbidity by `sjade1  1 week 6 days  ago

Morbidity by `sjade1 1 week 6 days ago

Black and white at it's best with a dash of red to keep things interesting.

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$motogp 1 minute ago
@ranyo:nah i cancelled it as i couldnt find suitable scan.Oh and i have a 70 MB of Higurashi scan Zips.All 5000 px + if you em PM me

~Hina-Homa 1 minute ago
Lol!Green eyes are the best...dunno why but I love people and animals with green eyes xD!

$motogp 3 minutes ago
Mine is cream colour with big green eyes as well.but shes very cute.. Lol check this out

°akiranyo 3 minutes ago
Hey Moto, so you gonna make a higurashi wall? :3

~Hina-Homa 4 minutes ago
Anyways...My kitty is black with green eyes:3 damn cute!

$motogp 5 minutes ago
@Hina:lol cyber cat XD..@ag:shes lazy lolz

~Anime-Girl 6 minutes ago
@moto: Hahaha lol xD your kitty must be a warrior (XD) emoticon @Hina : lol maybe you're right xDDD

~Hina-Homa 6 minutes ago
And my kitty wants internet...what means I must run away when she coe near to my laptop-.-

$motogp 7 minutes ago
Hahahaha lol so that she might understand you xD

~Hina-Homa 7 minutes ago
Oh oh! well maybe she wants that you sing like:Meow meow!xD!

What manga has the best art?

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~rubicon
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"Art is meant to disturb." - Georges Braque
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2 years 8 months ago
What manga do you think has the best art?This means best drawn and unique clothes, most detailed settings and backgrounds, and an distinct drawing style.

I personaly choose Blame! because, quoting Tokyopop, "This is an artist's book, a wasteland of tortured rock and steel ... rendered in ruinous beauty "Blame has very striking compositions, in which the main character is a tiny speck in a vast metal labaryinth. The character concepts and designs of some of the cyborgs are also equally striking.

~areka
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2 years 8 months ago
Definitely anything by CLAMp, although I would say X/1999, the art is fantastic, all the detail and creativity. The characters are drawn so beautifully. In fact, Magic Knight Rayearth also has some very nice art, expecially the fight scenes. it is so detailed, i don't even care if the storyline is weak. i read it mainly for the artwork. i feel inspired to draw everytime after reading it. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind is also very goo, so realistic. hayao Miyazaki is another manga-ka I admire. The backgrounds are all drawn by hand in great detail and precision, it's almost real. besides that, he doesnt use much screentones, most of it by pen. it must have taken ages to draw. i is one manga i have never regretted reading. Other than that, the most unique art would be Saiyuki, I have never seen character potrayal such by Minekura Kazuya, its one of the reasons i'm reading her work more now. even though she uses a lot of screentones, her art is truly unique.

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~reinselft
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2 years 8 months ago
Clover by Clamp. Yeah it's pretty generic? stereotypical? answer but hear me out. Clover is probably one of their most beautiful works because 1) character designs and clothes. The Clover storyline is set in the near future and to reflect that, Clamp designed futuristic clothes and miscellany to fit in the theme i.e robotic birds, monotone clothes accented with screws, winged motorbikes, intricate wire cages.. it's eyecandy and a good one too.
2) the arrangement of the panels. The panels within the manga are arranged very artistically and they transcend the usual box grids we usually see... my impression from the panelling used is they appear to look like director shots/screens of a movie in progress. Great art direction here.
3) the usage of negative spaces. Not very common to see in manga... but Clamp managed to master them with style.
4) art. A different style was used for Clover where fine lines were used to ink. It gives out a light feathery 'texture'. Very different from what you've seen in other Clamp mangas.
5) story. So far in my opinion, the only Clamp story that doesn't not suck. *glares at rg veda & chobits* Hard to find fault with this one as compared to their other works.

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!Twinblade-Akira
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2 years 8 months ago
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle

$bellatora
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2 years 8 months ago
CLAMP is always a safe bet. I thought they did a lovely job with Cardcaptor Sakura--there were times when I just stare at the pretty.

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~yume-chan
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2 years 8 months ago
What manga do you think has the best art?This means best drawn and unique clothes, most detailed settings and backgrounds, and an distinct drawing style.


Ai Yazawa. I just love NANA! And the art I like most is CLAMP! Yay! CLAMP!

~crystal-heart
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2 years 8 months ago
CLAMP!!! Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles and XXXholic!

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~Denevan
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2 years 7 months ago
I agree with Rubicon. Blame!'s awesome in everything.
Although most other manga with art so "fancy" it hurts are ones that have a plot that bores me. Kind of too bad.
After watching some Berserk scans, I have to say the mangaka gets better with time (at least in my opinion). his black and white pictures are cool and inspiring anyway.

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~Cryostasis
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2 years 7 months ago
Wow, doesn't anyone appreciate anything other than CLAMP? I mean, I like them too. However,

Real Bout High School. The artwork is beautiful, Facial expressions are so detailed that you don't need words, Motion is expressed better than most Anime's I've see, the motion blur effect usedwas breathtaking. To top it off (Denevan) the story was well developed, which only seemed to add to the superior quality of the art.

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~DemonDays13
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2 years 7 months ago
FLCL for me...

~angeloflight
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2 years 7 months ago
The best ones are
Kaori Yuki(Angel Sanctuary[not the first 4-5 volumes though], count cain god child, ludwig kakumei)
CLAMP(xxxholic, tsubasa, cardcaptor sakura, x/1999, chobits)
Ai Yazawa(NANA, paradise kiss)

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~Kiariyuri
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2 years 7 months ago
Reinselft you took the words right outta my mouth lol, Clamp would have to be my choice as well with Clover and Xxxholic leading the charge. Another title which as far as outfits/costumes go isn't very orginal, it is of course supposed to fit into the time period, but the art does have it's very unique style, is Blade of the Immortal by Hiroaki Samura. For those who have read it ya know what i'm talking about. The lines keep everything in a constant movement, it always feels like something is happening in every panel, even if it's something as simple as the leaves rustling, a great work of art.
Blame has it's own style also of course, but never completly appealed to me much, but I see where you're coming from for sure rubicon ^_^

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~ecristy85
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2 years 7 months ago
One Piece, it's so cool and it reminds me a bit of old cartoons (plus a lot of hot guys XD)

Teizokurei Daydream: wearing that S&M clothes should be illegal (i would kill to look like her in them).

Great Teacher Onizuka: you will never see so detailed backgrounds and facial expressions, this is a must.

I''S: Katsura-sensei style is so realistic, he draws every little thing in detail, plus his storytelling is superb.

Bleach, Zombie Powder: I. LOVE. HIS. STYLE!!

Really, everybody likes Clamp ^^U I do too, but i'm more into shounen styles like Bleach

~smartdeviant
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2 years 7 months ago
Sorry, im all for clamp.

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~yun-ting
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2 years 7 months ago
I think CLAMP does the best charecters clothing.
but to be honest i dont really pay attention to backgrounds that much.
hmm CLAMP has pretty charecters aswell
.....definatly CLAMP ^.^

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