Dragon Quest X

[Abriael]

Art styles shouldn't evolve based on what everyone else is doing. Otherwise you get standard run of the mill styles you see with every other kawai uguu detsu nee~ anime and game that comes out of japan. Akira Toriama and Eiichiro Oda are currently my favorite artists because of their original styles. And even though Toriama's style uses consistent designs tropes, they still look great.
And don't dis Dragonball dude, that was a fun adventure. Z was alright, but only through the manga. The anime dragged on too long.

Art styles normally evolve because artists normally get better at drawing with time. Of course that's not the case with Toriyama, considering he's never been good to begin with, and he's so fossilized on his extremely simplified designs that there's no room for improvement.

[Gramul]

Art styles normally evolve because artists normally get better at drawing with time. Of course that's not the case with Toriyama, considering he's never been good to begin with, and he's so fossilized on his extremely simplified designs that there's no room for improvement.

There's nothing wrong with his work. And to claim his style hasn't improved at all is a bit ignorant. His drawings are more dynamic (especially in character poses, it used to be they would often stand stiff and when not taking action, and his smaller characters where unusually potato like), he has a much stronger sense of staging and his characters emote much more clearly.
http://www.mangareader.net/105-2100-...chapter-1.html
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/media_p...uest8__art.jpg

[Abriael]

There's nothing wrong with his work. And to claim his style hasn't improved at all is a bit ignorant. His drawings are more dynamic, he has a much stronger sense of staging and his characters emote much more clearly.
http://www.mangareader.net/105-2100-...chapter-1.html
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/media_p...uest8__art.jpg

What's ignorant is comparing a manga page with an illustration. His illustrations from dragonball show no real visible difference.

[Gramul]

What's ignorant is comparing a manga page with an illustration. His illustrations from dragonball show no real visible difference.

Okay. Here's the same thing but with reversed temporal roles:
http://www.mangareader.net/105-3167-...apter-518.html
http://www.iheartdragonquest.com/ima...st-box-art.jpg

[Abriael]

Okay. Here's the same thing but with reversed temporal roles:
http://www.mangareader.net/105-3167-...apter-518.html
http://www.iheartdragonquest.com/ima...st-box-art.jpg

Good job still comparing a manga table with an illustration. No, there's no sizable improvement (besides the extremely poor quality of the scan). Toriyama is toriyama, and is crap.

[Gramul]

Good job still comparing a manga table with an illustration. No, there's no sizable improvement. Toriyama is toriyama, and is crap.

Here's an idea.
Compare:
http://www.iheartdragonquest.com/ima...st-box-art.jpg
with
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/media_p...uest8__art.jpg

and
http://www.mangareader.net/105-2100-...chapter-1.html
with
http://www.mangareader.net/105-3167-...apter-518.html

Like I said, more dynamic, more emoting, better staging, less potato.
Now we should agree to disagree before we completely drown the thread in our petty argument.

[Abriael]

Like I said, more dynamic, more emoting, better staging, less potato.

And a lot of completely meaningless catchwords.