Illustrator Reacts to Manga and American Comic Artists (Requested by Subscribers)

[@PopCross]

PREVIOUS ARTISTS AND EPISODES: Illustrator Reacts to Manga and Manhwa Art: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYuap4WPidaDkKs Solo Leveling art by Gee So-Lyung and Jang Sung-Lak, Yang Kyung-il, Keisuke Itagaki, Park Jinjoon and Hajime Isayama. Illustrator reacts to Requested Manga Artists (Mangaka): kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHObZ4ZoqZitopY Boichi, Eiichiro Oda, Sui Ishida, Kaoru Mori, Posuka Demizu and Kohei Hirokoshi Illustrator Reacts to Good and Bad Manga Art: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGW4fYavprJ9b8U Yoshihiro Togashi, Masashi Tanaka, ONE, Q Hayashida and Katsuhiro Otomo Illustrator Reacts to Good and Bad Comic Book Art 5 kzbin.info/www/bejne/emKlm6uhfa-cfNU David Yardin, Moebius (Jean Giraud), Mike Deodato Jr., Bill Sienkiewicz, Bryan Lee O'Malley and Gabriel Rodriguez Illustrator Reacts to Requests kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2iuZWyoa9ifhac Lee Bermejo, Akira Toriyama, Esad Ribic, David Finch, Jason Fabok, Skottie Young, Gabriel Picolo, Tsutomu Nihei, Andrew Wildman and Mark Bagley Illustrator Reacts to Comic Artists Evolutions kzbin.info/www/bejne/aX2wnpVqrtuebM0 Frank Miller, David Aja, Jae Lee, Matteo Scalera and Marcio Takara Illustrator reacts to Good and Bad Comic Art 4 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXOnp3RtbL6ceKc Kim Jung Gi, Joe Madureira, Stjepan Sejic, Todd McFarlane, J Scott Campbell, Takehiko Inoue, Sean Murphy and Matt Hollingsworth Illustrator reacts to Good and Bad Comic Art 3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIK7ZZSAequansk Eric Canete, Dexter Soy, Dan Mora Chaves, Yusuke Murata, Kentaro Miura, Hirohiko Araki Illustrator reacts to Good and Bad Comic Art 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJqbpoiBaZecjqs Alex Ross, Mike Mignola, Jorge Jiménez, Das Pastoras, Greg Land, Fiona Staples Illustrator reacts to Good and Bad Comic Art kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXLHZ2uurKp8atU Rob Liefeld, Kenneth Rocafort, Greg Capullo, FCO Plascencia, Francis Manapul and Humberto Ramos

[@masoncarroll1650]

Hey Chris you should do something with Power Rangers you could venomize them that’s what I’m doing on my channel or put them in d&d or Star Wars

[@sebastianorduzo322]

React to: Eastern: Go Nagai. Western: Transformers artists (there's a lot of 'em so I won't name them all here, look it up yourself).

[@sanigdhaya2488]

If you are willing to go outside comics and mangas, search for a game illustrators then check out lack on Twitter he works on tcg and concept art like on vanguard. Also masashi kishimoto -Naruto ,he is who inspired me to start drawing seriously 😁 Note: I just saw you covered masashi here, funnily enough I wanted you to cover the very same drawing you did, it's one of my favourite Naruto works

[@stephen6721]

David Ardinaryas Lojaya He's not really a comic artist but his style is really cool!!

[@kylo-juju3796]

i´ll say it again - mongie(let´s play) - quimchee(i love yoo) - enjelicious(age matters) - cho seok(moon you) - lico(refund high school)

[@JesusAntonio-en8df]

Even if the quality or "heart" of the art of Kubo got worst overtime, his character desing are one of the most attractive and good to see in anime in general. His characters are so cool looking that always blows my mind.

[@adverseresolve8142]

He always had tons more detail put into his art than Kishimoto's works

[@JesusAntonio-en8df]

@Conner Randall Agree, i love the JET artbook. If people ask me how good i want to draw characters i would say as good as Tite Kubo characters, lets hope that the announcement for march is the return of the anime.

[@TheForeverRanger]

He also does fights better than just about anyone even if it has made some fights go long due to his two page spreads.

[@knightghaleon]

Completely agree. If anything Shonen telling him he had two years to finish the final arc and then bumping that to just a couple months really hurt it toward the end.

[@knightghaleon]

@Conner Randall I agree. The enemies were interesting and powerful. Had Kubo been given the time to finish it up, he's have resolved a lot more character arcs. I wanted to see if Grimmjow got a second resurrection form.

[@reikolupus136]

I can't believe he is talking about Haruko Ichikawa, I really love her writting and art!! ...Oh, he is only talking about how she places the title in the Covers... ...Well, okay.

[@xxxfairycorpsexxx7592]

my reaction exctly xD let's hope he will talk more about her in the future^^'

[@craigstarbird6915]

I clicked on this video on a whim but seeing ichikawa’s name in the description got me to stick around. Wish he talked more about the artwork or ichikawa’s frequent panel breaks

[@SirRichard94]

Ah I whished you'd gotten more into the composition of ishikawa's pages. She has a really abstract but contrasting and impact-full style that is weak in detail and character variety but has really strong layout and composition.

[@tea_n_ink]

YESSSS LAND OF THE LUSTROUS (I thought it was ichikawa)

[@phenomenom9142]

I feel for Tite Kubo reducing the amount of background was an artistic choice, in an interview he mentioned himself how the background tends to take away the attention of the character he draws so he decided to minimize it, his health problems probably also played a role but a ton of misinformation was spread around the time the series ended by a certain youtuber that made its way into various forums and articles as facts even though they were disproved by later statements by the author so i just take what the mangaka says instead since the end result showed that around that time his character design got more mature n more serious to look at

[@pattongilbert]

Thankfully, he has made a video rectifying that and privated the old video.

[@phenomenom9142]

@@pattongilbert Supereyepatchwolf or Popcross?

[@kaiber0390]

@@pattongilbert His video trying to rectify things still had a good amount of misinformation. Going so far as to say hueco Mundo was hell. Idk if the guy deliberately wants to be wrong or something.

[@luthfeeghazale6206]

love that approach btw by Kubo...still the best artstyle from the Big Three (my op)

[@HollowShadow]

Next look at Hiromu Arakawa's Fullmetal Alchemist and Katsura Hoshino's D.Gray-Man

[@BrandydocMeriabuck]

Hello Hollowshadow

[@ayyylmao101]

YEEEEES! Two authors with gorgeous styles and attention to detail.

[@dablaccseaproductions5279]

I really need to see his take on Hoshino's artstyle and how it improved over the years

[@karlcembrano9540]

Pls react to Kouta Hirano - Hellsing and Drifters Kotono Katou - Altair: A Record of Battles Etorouji Shiono - Übel Blatt Mitsushisa Kuji: Wolfsmund Kouichi Ohnishi - Otome Sensou Pls also react to some Filipino comics as well Trese by Budjette Tan (writer) and Kajo Baldismo (artist) Skyworld by Mervin Ignacio (writer) and Ian Sta. Maria (artist) Also please react to Gerry Alanguilan artworks as well Ps. Love the videos you have done

[@PopCross]

Aweesoooomeee!!! Thanks so much! Screen-shotting this to reference later!:D Thanks for all the suggestions!

[@laboon344]

Also Akihito Tsukushi (not sure if that's actually the name of the mangaka or not) - Made in Abyss

[@rosh597]

Fun fact, the author and artist of Wolfsmund was mentored and was assistant to Berserk’s creator, Kentaro Miura, whose artwork deserves some looking into as well.

[@Dantezgt]

Also Hiroya Oku - Gantz and Inuyashiki

YES

[@rogerleo4654]

Kishimoto's art is just soooooo aestheticly pleasing. His dynamic poses, perspective, character designs, colours and composition are all just so good to look at. He's my favorite manga artist

[@haretosuzushi2591]

Most of the Land of the Lustrous covers are kinda spoiler-ish, tho i do wish you covered more of it's art instead of only talking about the title since i am a big fan of this manga.....

[@xxxfairycorpsexxx7592]

up

[@noname7497]

I'm a big fan of Haruko Ichikawa and Land of the Lustrous too. I want him to react more not just the cover.

[@francis6489]

Agreed, Ichikawa draws breathtaking panels.

[@melissamay1012]

Honestly, I prefer the later art of bleach. The character design later on is my favorite art in any manga, and I like the simple backgrounds. I know a lot of people don't agree, but something about his later work just speaks to me.

[@PopCross]

Coolcool, yeah that's totally fair. It is a pretty different character looks so I could easily see how people would have a strong preference on either end, earlier or later art. They do look more crisp and confident later on in a lot of cases

[@melissamay1012]

@@PopCross thanks for the reply! I'm a huge minimalist, so the "empty" or "boring" backdrops that most people complain about are my favorite backdrops out of any manga. Anyways, keep up the good work, I can't wait for your next video.

[@bosseinmoguli8225]

Fore the most part i disagree with the critsicm concerning the backrounds. Mostly i don't think the scened need any backround but in the TYBW they were really needed.

[@SubliminaIMessages]

I think my only problem with the newer art was that Kubo was drawing the same faces a lot, along with taking occasional shortcuts with the backgrounds

[@Alessandro-vv2fh]

I think that the best spot for his style was during the Shinigami arc and early Arrancar arc art-wise (that is never shown in the video, neither super early stuff or super late stuff). Early on (in the first arc) character design wasn't still fully blossomed and the characters were too goofy, but then the series becomes a slideshow of super-cool character design and memorable art pieces... up to the last 7 years or so, then started going down quality wise.

[@DeathXtremeHaseo]

I actually prefer Kubo's later stuff over his early art. Part of it is cause I suck at backgrounds and heavily focus on character design (I've made so much OC's for a manga project I wanna do and probably 70% of them are not going anywhere), but I also love simple scenery and high contrast scenes which Kubo is excellent at. Kubo is always the first artist I think of for inspiration along with Yusuke Murata, Sui Ishida and Hiro Mashima. Would love to see a react to Hiro Mashima too, his evolution from Rave Master to his latest work Edens Zero is impressive.

[@DeathXtremeHaseo]

@Shaman Xeed bigger eyes, skinny af chars, sometimes looking like OP proportions is better? I get what you mean in that most females are the same body shape, facial structure but theres a difference between an art style being better cause of just plain improvement and because it is unique. RM is unique but not the type of art I wanna see or even emulate. You need to strike a balance between unique and generic, which FT and EZ I feel do. I dont agree with Hiro rehashing charas tho, thats kinda lazy and a great source of your problems I gather too.

[@OsSas3]

@Shaman Xeed Fuck no. I heard Rave Master is a great manga but I couldn't start that cause of the art. It was so bland for me. In the other hand, FT could be a dumb/wated manga, but the art keep me going till I finished the series (thing which I regret) but the art was NEVER a problem.

[@night1952]

Bleach's art is arguably better at the end, it's a matter of opinion, but the action panels weren't as good/interesting. Earlier Bleach had a lot more energy to it, if by the end it had that with the refined art, Bleach would have been great.

[@MyNamesHunter75]

Grim1952 I feel after the aizen ark is when fight scenes lost their impact and I’m a die hard fan and a part of me hurts to admit it (Edit also if it ended then and cut to a scene from the future with ichigo his kid and his wife meeting everyone again I feel people would have been more fine with that then the final 2 arcs especially because he was meant to lose his powers

[@MyNamesHunter75]

My only issue with mashima is that his characters are all just reskins from each series while it shows consistency I get confused personally with who is this who is this he also is aware of it which means he does it intentionally perhaps it’s so the previous fandoms will consume the newer one as well either way I do enjoy his manga

[@Blue_Lunacy]

As someone who read a lot of mangas over the 30+ years, I felt that manga industry seems to have less of the *standard* artstyle than Western comic. In general, I felt that art styles are more varied from artists to artists at least in the Shounen (teenage boys) genre. Seinen (adult men) genre would have more realistic artstyle as their stories had more mature theme and issues as well as adult target audience.

[@ThePreciseClimber]

What I like about manga the most is that each series is much more personal than in the western comics. In the manga industry the writers/artists own the characters they create. In the west the company owns the characters. Spider-man is Marvel's property. But someone like Son Goku is Akira Toriyama's property.

[@Blue_Lunacy]

@Conrad Kujur I would argue that with Shounen manga, it would depend on which one you read. There are some that are more grounded and realistic than the others. One Piece and Naruto, straight up fantasy. And then there are One Punch-Man and My Hero Academia that move the superhero genre forward beyond the point that I felt Western superhero still stuck in. Then you have Act-Age, Assassin Classroom, Shokugeki no Soma, Deathnote, Bakuman, Platinum End, and all the works of Fujita Kazuhiro, that were all set in contemporary Japan. Especially, Deathnote, which struck a chord internationally.

[@justajobro1266]

Almost all of them have different art styles Like the realism of vagabond, fist of the North Star being itself, berserk and it’s fist of the North Star inspired style, jojo ‘s evolution from looking like a fist of the North Star clone to museum level art, the ridiculous proportions of Baki, the blocky but anime artstyle of db, whatever the hell is one piece, naruto looking like naruto, love is wars weird ass mouths and eyes, fruits basket lookin like all of the charecters were made to cry, haikyuu looking like the artist made it because he loves boys and many many more

[@LincolnDWard]

I think that "standard" art-style in "the West" is really just American superhero comics from Marvel and DC. There are plenty of unique art styles outside of the big 2, but those two publishers are so popular that they're what most people think of when they think of Western comics.

[@pierre-louislamaze8802]

I really think you should read Bakuman, not for any kind of review, just for you to enjoy, its a manga about creating manga (meta af). It truly is a wonderful manga and it can teach you a lot on mangakas' lifestyle and workflow. Plus it was created by the writter and illustrator of Death note, its really good !

[@vedkedia]

Ya

[@donnyshields4450]

I will definitely check that out

[@XPIEXBUNNYX1]

I definitely prefer Kubo’s art later on Arrancar Arc mostly the character design look crisp and when Kubo wants to draw detail landscapes he really does a great job! His early art looks kinda goofy tbh but people have preferences 😊

[@shadikal12345]

I don't want to rant on too long but each phase of Kubo' art has something about it that I find charming. The beginning of Bleach really feels like a passion project. Something Kubo was doing and was having a lot of fun with. It was expressive and visually stunning, evoking so much emotion from the characters themselves. It was definitely his 90's artstyle that was peeking through. The Arrancar arc to me felt like it was now becoming something a lot more mature, reflected in it's more modern artstyle. It's sharp and angular and there was so much edge to it. The character designs had heaps of flowing parts which looked cool when dramatically splayed on the page. This finalized during the fullbring arc where Kubo's art had matured the most and became the standard, only to decline along side his health when he hit the 1000 year blood war arc.

[@XPIEXBUNNYX1]

shadikal12345 you explained it pretty well! I think Kubo is the very few artist I’ve seen who’s art really change/developed and so people either are very hard/judgmental on him but I totally agree with you! With the blood arc it’s still visually pleasing but it doesn’t have that spark he used to have but with his health/stress and pressure on him I can’t blame him

[@arigat-o9670]

Some manga recommendations: Q Hayashida (Dorohedoro) Hirohiko Araki (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) Yuto Tsukuda (Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma) Sun Takeda (Gleipnir) Tatsuki Fujimoto (Fire Punch and Chainsaw Man) Hitoshi Iwaaki (Parasite)

[@corrinflakes9659]

He already did Hirohiko Araki.

[@threeamigos5790]

One piece

[@SuzukiCabs]

@@threeamigos5790 already did it

[@leere5524]

I’d love if you revisited Horikoshi’s art, particularly later in the series because he’s gotten ridiculously better! The way he does movement and perspective is stunning! More fantastic mangaka to check out would be Iro Aida (their work Toilet Bound Hanako-kun And please be sure to find some of their colour work! It’s gorgeous.), Kengo Hanazawa (literally any of their work), Hiroyuki Asada (their work on Tegami Bachi, their coloured work is so unique, they have a whole Twitter you can check out) and Adachitoka! And Yuu Kuraishi, Fort of Apocalypse and Starving Anonymous, some of the best character design, expressions, realism and atmospheric art I’ve EVER seen,

[@tinadaisy0307]

YEES Iro Aida!

[@hschabes]

I was going to leave a comment about Iro Aida too! I especially love the style and the use of color.

[@SanctuaryDog]

Leere I love that shot of deku kicking gentle to the ground, one of my favorite art piece of horikoshi

[@DARKgirafa]

I don't think this was suggested already: the art of manga author Inio Asano ("Goodnight Punpun"), it's absolutely great, there's also tons of videos/interviews on youtube where he talks about his process. Another one would be Hanazawa Kengo ("I Am A Hero").

[@johnny4941]

Asano is a great suggestion!

[@basedtsumugi8706]

Punpun is (IMO) the best piece of literature ever made. Love it so much, and would love his opinion on it as well! Nice recommendation!

[@ai_123o2]

I think I’ve requested this a couple times. Hopefully he checks it out Also I agree with based tsumugi

[@JustHoum]

Some fantastic artists that don't get talked about enough -Daromeon (Illustrator of Kengan Ashura and Kengan Omega) -Kazuhiro Fujita (Author and Illustrator of Ushio and Tora, Karakuri Circus and Souboutei Must Be Destroyed) -Paru Itagaki (Author and Illustrator of Beastars) (btw she's the daughter of Keisuke Itagaki of Baki The Grappler fame) -Shinichi Sakamoto (Illustrator of Kokou no Hito, Author and Illustrator of Innocent and Innocent Rouge) Edit: Also love your description of art and it helps me as someone who's trying to improve on their art.

[@tinadaisy0307]

He should totally do Beastars!

[@charlesdejesusellsworth6566]

He should totally cover Shinichi Sakamoto’s art!!

[@spookyovgi6367]

Just throwing some great manga artists imo that I'd like to see you talk about: Atsushi Ohkubo (Soul Eater, Fire Force) Tatsuki Fujimoto (Chainsaw Man, Fire Punch) Gege Akutami (Jujutsu Kaisen) Other artists: VOFAN (Art for the Monogatari series' Light Novels) Kazuma Kaneko (Art for the Shin Megami Tensei games) Shigenori Soejima (Art for the Persona games)

[@animesanimators4451]

You should look at Katsura Hoshino’s art she created the manga series D Gray-Man There’s also Madeleine Rosca who created Hollow Fields.Both their art styles are really cool

[@elit3art14]

Yaaaaay finally I've been waiting for days,months, years, thanks for making this

[@PopCross]

Hahahha no worries! Was about time I both got back to an illustrator reacts and finally covered Kubo :P

[@michellecamacho1428]

Ah, and please check Makoto Yukimura, the guy who did Planetes and VINLAND SAGA... his backgrounds and textures are just amazing, and there's so much movement Also, i would love to see what you think of CLAMP (especially on the xxxHolic's Color Spreads), Makoto Raiku (some big anatomy problems, but Doubutsu no Kuni's color spreads are really sweet and the animals character design's are dope) and Satoshi Mizukami (from Hoshi no Samidare to Spirit Circle he grows a lot)

[@JalekokRespawn]

You should definitely take a look at Oh!Great's art. He's drawn Tenjo Tenge, Air Gear, Biorg Trinity and Bakemonogatari.

[@ZenjaimeU]

Ohhh yeah pls Oh!Great's art is amazing!!!

[@terrabranwen2492]

YES! Air Gear specially!

[@bigbenultimate10fan]

His Bakemonogatari art is great. Shams the story's so shit though.

[@demikus]

I would love to see your take on Jamie Hewletts work, His stuff on Tank Girl, and definitely Gorillaz at the very least.

[@timegentleman]

Good call. I'd like to see more indie comics covered in general. Saga, Beasts Of Burden, or Paper Girls for example.

[@hugolindstrom1605]

His Tank Girl art is amazing.

[@phillipseaton9389]

I think he would love Hewlett's style in his character design.

[@ryushin6]

Loving this series. Wondering if you've checked out Tony Valente's french manga "Radiant" or Dan Mora's art on Boom Studios Power Rangers? Those would be awesome to see you react to them.

[@PopCross]

Coolcool! I haven't heard of Tony Valente before but I'll check him out! And I axtually have gone over Dan Mora in this episode: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIK7ZZSAequansk He's one of my all time favourites!

[@blueglaze1514]

i hope this inspired someone else to improve their art

[@jadthemad7871]

I'd love to see you react to Matt Frank's art. He's pretty much the quintessential Kaiju artist outside of Japan, I love how his work on Godzilla in particular. He manages to draw detailed and imposing monster designs without compromising the goofy charm of the rubber tokusatsu suits they're based on.

[@lewycraft]

Now that's what i was waiting for! Thanks for another great episode ^^

[@PopCross]

You're very welcome :D

[@lewycraft]

Still i hope, that you found time to look at Umakoshi or Hirano works, and enjoyed them.

[@bigbenultimate10fan]

Please do Dave McKean's art on Neil Gaiman's Sandman. Actually, you could do a lot of the art of Sandman. The art of that series is wonderfully surreal and magical, but terrifying at the same time. Also, VOFAN'S illustrations for the monogatari series is amazing. It's a little different from a lot of the stuff you normally do, but it's beautiful art.

[@senioradahug]

@popcross studios Tite Kubo did a more recent work called burn the witch, if you liked his art it may be worth taking a look at.

[@CodeTalkerLooter]

I'm happy, I've seen you talking about Kishimoto and Kubo. Could you talk about Yuki Taba from Black Clover and Kusuke Kurose from Goblin Slayer manga and also Kakegurui?

[@blakek2055]

I love your channel as a beginner in art it really helps

[@purpledefault4423]

I love this series because it's how I found your channel

[@PopCross]

Oh cool! Good to know, and glad you love it :D

[@pepelerezp6583]

I know nothing about drawning or design, and I really appreciate how you explain your what you are analizing. I lve Bleach and Tite Kubo introduced myself to the world of art and aesthetics. I love how he composes the scenes, using black outs and inusual approaches and how he "sync up" the speech to give a great emocional impact. Apart from the visuals, I love how he uses the silence and the poetry that is even in the tittles. Thanks for your video.

[@TheJeSTeR7530]

Haruko Ichikawa in one of these Videos ? Seems like my prayers have been answered :D I agree, her Covers are really nice and unique, I also just really love her artstyle in General, in a way her Drawings almost never contain too much detail of any kind, but all the stuff that is there and the way it is textured gives her Art some Expressions i dont think many other Artists ever really express in their Art ? Her Character Designs are also very interesting, as she manages to give all of them some unique personal flair despite the uniformality a lot of them share, which usually is a rather difficult thing to do, the only other Example of this i can think of is Attack on Titan, but sometimes if you look at some of the Human Characters there, they sometimes can look a bit too similar still. So i think that is definetley also something that Haruko's artwork should be praised for.

[@hannyboop]

I just find it a shame he didn't talk about the actual story art, you have to admit that the way she uses contrast is outstanding

[@TheJeSTeR7530]

@@hannyboop Oh yeah, her compositions and the way she contrasts characters and background is amazing. She makes it look so easy at times :p

[@xxxfairycorpsexxx7592]

i love Ichikawa's art ( = w =)/

[@randominternetweirdo5479]

Watched episodes of Spectacular Spider-Man yesterday, come to see an episode that talks about Cheeks Galloway art today. Good timing, I'm a happy fan.

[@kellynguyen353]

This series gives me so much joy to watch 💕 As for a recommendation, can you check out CLAMP, a group of female mangakas who made classics like Clover, Cardcaptor Sakura, Tsubasa Chronicle,...? They’re known for old school 2000s shoujo-esque manga style with big eyes and frills and flowers. I especially love how they design characters with a signature flow(-y hair), distinct fashion and looong limbs. My personal favorite has to be the manga xxxHolic, so many times I find myself entranced by its beautiful but slightly unsettling illustrations. Some of my recs: *Cardcaptor Sakura* Tarot cards: - ccsakura.fandom.com/wiki/Clow_Cards - ccsakura.fandom.com/wiki/Clear_Cards Illustrations: ccsakura.fandom.com/wiki/Cardcaptor_Sakura:_Illustrations_Collection_-_Clow_Cards_(artbook) *xxxHolic* - google xxxHolic with best art or illustrations or manga or just by itself. I promise it’s worth checking out

[@hazelhavoc]

I don't know why I love it so much when you review manga art. I really like hearing your opinions on them. :")

[@cheyenneoliver5184]

17:22 No, you're right, there's definitely a... divide let's just say, between those characters at that point in the story.

[@PopCross]

Oh cool! Good to know! Wasn't sure if I was over analyzing there XP

[@Eukleides89]

@@PopCross You know composition is good when the visual information alone is able to detail the scene without any context. I kind of wish there was commentary on Ishikawa's use of null space, but this was a pleasant surprise either way.

[@Octambulism]

@@PopCross I really appreciated the analysis of text as a pictoric element but come on man, not a single word on Ichikawa's masterful use of geometric composition and light-dark contrast?

[@Octambulism]

@@Eukleides89 I literally was thinking he'd never cover it as it came onscreen. Reaaaally hoping he goes back to the actual artwork IN the manga.

[@bunnymoonvii]

Please consider looking at these artists: Naoko Takeuchi (Sailor Moon) CLAMP (Magic Knight Rayearth, Card Captor Sakura, xxxHolic, and more) Gurihiru (The Unbelievable Gwenpool, Superman Smashes the Klan, many variant covers) Tracy J. Butler (Lackadaisy)

[@shakurasender5583]

You should look at Jeff Smith and his "Bone" series, especially the later parts.

[@noahhicks471]

I am so happy you talk about tite Kubo art I am a big bleach fan so that may me happy thank you for that

[@PopCross]

You're very welcome! He's been so widely requested it was about time I got to him XP

[@strobedthoughts979]

I'd like to suggest the manga Feng Shen Ji, it has a really amazing art style, great colors, and there's a power in there called monochrome which is interesting for such a colorful comic

[@ranman1717]

It's really great in my opinion

[@alvinanis3006]

I always loved Kubo and Kishimoto's works since they were a big part of my childhood, glad you did a video on their art.

[@dantecrottogini529]

I'm not sure i agree about Kubo, i think his art looks way cooler later on. I think he just preferred to focus on the characters rather than back grounds, it was an artistic decision, not because he couldn't. Also the way his fights flow is great and his character allways looked fantastic

[@juliabarrosmachado47]

Dante Crottogini the only thing that looks better is the character design, but that’s pretty much it

[@MyNamesHunter75]

J M he’s really someone who is amazing with character design (I say this because I know some people like to say he suffers with same face syndrome but I’ve never gotten a bleach character confused with another) I would love to see him work on team with other manga illustrators I feel it could be an amazing type project, with his character designs another who’s really good with backgrounds and one to write an amazing story

[@SuzakuX]

@@MyNamesHunter75 I always say he picked the wrong career. He should be designing characters for video games. His style would be great for Platinum style character action games, or fighting games. It's clear that it's where his passion lies, too.

[@frolovartur1986]

@@SuzakuX but wait. Didn't he design characters for a viedeo game recently?

[@MyNamesHunter75]

@@SuzakuX It definitely is, I'm pretty sure its actually what he is doing currently as well

[@saaaaaaaaalt838]

"A sense of distance between the characters." Literally couldn't be more true. In context, the character has more or less betrayed everyone and taken a small group to the moon with them. Not even on the same planet is a decent bit of distance.

[@notblessed6060]

Please react to: Sunhee Kim - distant sky Rachel Smythe- Lore Olympus Mun Jeong Hoo- Gosu Siu- Tower of God

[@thecetin3214]

That mature art design Kubo had was probably the best thing my eyes have seen, the art looks so amazing and perfect (im not saying this from a biased perspective). Best character design ive ever seen.

[@ryztortz2617]

U should react on MAngaka's art's evolution over the years.

[@_carlito_5367]

I love that you’re reacting to manga artists! Can you please look up Haruichi Furudate’s (Author of Haikyuu) works in the next episode! He’s one of my top fav mangakas!

[@danielcastro9236]

I was wondering if you could react to some video game artwork, speciffically I would love it if you analysed Tetsuya Nomura's artwork and illustrations(main character designer for Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, etc.).

[@PopCross]

I have been considering doing some video game art reactions so I'll for sure check out Nomura's art!

[@solitary2]

If you read chapters 485 to about 610 of Bleach, you’ll see he actually incorporates his unique architecture really well

[@breadbeard9728]

How’s it going dude, staying away from the alcohol?

[@PopCross]

Hahahaah It's good! And I suppose I am :P never really been much of a drinker anyway

[@Granimationz]

Dude. I get it, im a beautiful man

[@breadbeard9728]

Gregory Rochon oh thank god

[@myra_4]

'Sup Frank!

[@rubyy.7374]

Doooooooood

[@facundofernandez7628]

Great video men! it shows that you know what you are talking about, and it is very enjoyable. Pliz react to Oh! Great! And his manga air gear. I had a lot More but i forget them ( soul eater mangaka, terraformas mangaka )

[@vincentsudario3322]

Next Time you do one of these. you should React to Inio Asano his work is phenomenal especially Oyasumi Punpun

[@gnrngkcntnf]

You were right about the characters fighting in the land of the lustrous volume. You should definitely look more into Haruko Ichikawa though, her panel cpmpositions are really unique and also beautiful :)

[@PandemoniumPirateRadio]

7:55 Oh wow, I actually prefer the Sketch WAY MORE than the finished art 😂 It's like two completely different styles in how he handles muscles etc. Did he really ink the art? Or was the inker someone else who changed it up?

[@ohibo7676]

I suggest Iro Aida -> toilet bound hanako kun Atsushi Ohkubo -> soul eater Akihito Tsukushi -> made in abyss Love your videos 💕

[@commissaryarrick9939]

Yeah I love these videos!!

[@PopCross]

Wooowoooo! I'm glad! hope you enjoy! I tried to cover more topics this time, not just contrast and composition XP

[@commissaryarrick9939]

Could you do an episode were you look a tik tok art?

[@SoulEater-mh6ge]

U should look at some of Shinobu Ohtaka’s work on Magi it’s absolutely amazing artwork! (in my opinion)

[@harlemdeni]

Dude, PLEASE talk about Steve Mcniven! He's probably the most underrated artist in the whole comic industry!

[@harlemdeni]

@@daniel79tj He did Nemesis after that, couple of issues of Avengers, Inhumans and something here and there. He's slow as shit, that's why he faded. Nemesis was supposed to be out like 5 years ago. He's still one of the best though.

[@ryanturner3176]

I know this may be a little old school, but I would love to see your thoughts on Osamu Tezuka. I am a huge fan of how he uses adorable looking characters to tell serious stories like Dororo and Phoenix, and on the other hand how he uses his background in medicine when drawing incredibly detailed depictions of Astro's internal circuits, or inside of living creatures. I'm a new fan of this series and love your generally positive approach to reviewing even flawed art.

[@geoisacat]

Next time you do one of these, you should react to Hiro Mashima's work. He's the creator of Fairy Tail.

[@PopCross]

Good call! I've seen some of the art, but I'll check it out again! :D

[@kellynguyen353]

PopCross Studios I love his fight scenes and the way he portrays magic but I feel that his art got lazier latter in the series, esp with posing and facial expression. Maybe you can give some perspective on that?

[@GideonMadu]

@@kellynguyen353 I'd have to disagree on his art being lazier

[@jordangibb319]

@@PopCross don't bother lol its highly known for being some of the worse in the industry. Every single male and every single female i can say with certainty looks identical.

[@johnny4941]

@@kellynguyen353 yeah. The characters started to look moe and same facey IMO 😖

[@Starkk-ic9cj]

I’m glad u got to kubo and glad u put my comment in the vid love ur channel. Also I agree it’s hard doing something for a long time. Hopefully u do more of kubo on his designs of characters,clothing ect I feel u will be surprise that’s where he shines. Also the last artist on the video is someone I’m gonna check more now thx.

[@ghostkage]

The later panels you spoke of in Bleach were scenes in Hueco Mundo, a vast blank space of sand dunes and grey sky. Also the later facial expressions in Bleach, were due to extreme power levels of the characters. When youre at a god level , you wont be making goofy expressions. Manga and Anime are famous for starting out wacky as a contrast for serious themes Context is everything

[@MyNamesHunter75]

I agree with a lot of his points I love bleach and I do feel the backgrounds or lack there was were an issue but I can understand for heath reasons and just overall not being crazy detailed as he focused more on transformations (which in my opinion are the best in anime) but yeah the content he took the scenes form was a little harsh he could have got more fight scenes tbh because it’s where his work shines

[@SuzakuX]

Yeah, but remember that Kubo chose to create a setting for his story that was devoid of detail for a reason. Just like how in DBZ, Toriyama said he would have characters deliberately leave the city and fight in the wilderness because he didn't want to have to draw buildings on every page, and even came up with Super Saiyan because he didn't like having to fill in the character's hair with black. FWIW I think Kubo is a good artist who picked the wrong profession. He should have been a character designer / art director for video games.

[@kendiaz89]

First, I'm going to say that I always enjoy your videos, hearing an artist's perspective is really fun. I also recommend that you react to the art of Tower of God by Lee Jong-Hui or better known for his pen-name SIU, because he really did improved a lot from when the series started and how it looks like right now.

[@SatanSoulq8]

YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT HIRO MAHSIMA FAIRY TAIL/RAVE MASTER/EDEN ZERO AND SEE HOW HE CHANGE WHEN HE STARTED TO PAINT IN DIGETAL HIS ART 10/10

[@ayal92]

My favourites: *Koyoharu Gotoge (Kimetsu no Yaiba): It's difficult to describe it but her art is very atmospheric, the horror parts are very effective. *Shiro Usazaki (Act-age): She draws the most beautiful and striking facial expressions. Even Boichi has praised her art.

[@julio1148]

Kubo’s character design got way better later in the series in my opinion (:

[@varenoftatooine2393]

If only he wasn't so tired and stressed out

[@albert_wa]

I've been a fan of listening to your insights on various artworks as an artist despite me not being one to begin with, hahaha. It makes me wonder if you'd consider looking at artworks/concept arts or character designs for video games? Some artist that I could think for example would be like: - Jen Zee (notable works: Bastion, Transistor, Pyre, Hades) - Alex Ahad (notable works: Skullgirls, Indivisible) - Bengus (notable works: Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, Marvel vs Capcom 2) - Kinu Nishimura (notable works: Cyberbots, Street Fighter 3rd Strike, Capcom vs SNK 2) - Shinkiro/Toshiaki Mori (notable works: The King of Fighters, Samurai Shodown, Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, Capcom vs SNK 2) Keep up the excellent work~!

[@breaker6489]

1st and this is great I love when you react to different art.😀

[@PopCross]

Glad to hear it :D Hope you enjoy this round!

[@ViralAir2]

Surprised me with the land of the lustrous mention, i love that art style, specially how some panels are just a few lines or surfaces and yet they look so effective

[@arafatahmedtanzeer8459]

I would like to watch reacting to "JoJo's Bizzare Adventure".

[@kellynguyen353]

Arafat Ahmed Tanzeer he’s already commented on Araki’s work in a good vs bad comic art if I remember correctly

[@arafatahmedtanzeer8459]

@@kellynguyen353 thanks for informing..let me cheak it then ❤️

[@hystericallover5989]

Kelly Nguyen a comment is weaksauce, hirohiko’s style is so unique that it deserves its own slot in these react videos

[@nollid6294]

Great video, honestly, Tim Sale's art looks really cool. Weird/creepy stuff is an art trope i wanna strive for. If u do another one, you should check out Atsushi Ōkubo (Soul Eater, Fire Force) and/or Patrick Spaziante (he's done a lot of work for the Sonic comics, Mega Man comics, generally children's books but his ability to mimic art styles is insane). There's also Ben Bates who's REALLY good. Apparently he doesn't make art for comics anymore, but he's fairly experienced. Again, great video!

[@DwightBretonvanGroll]

Put it here again until I see them: Look up the manga: I Am Hero by Kengo Hanazawa Shamo by Akio Tanaka All of Hiroshi Takahashi's work All of Naoki Urasawa's work

[@maryamabdullah6049]

I love this series! Thanks to you I got introduced to so many incredible artists and their artwork which I probably wouldn't have seen otherwise. You also do a very good job of explaining concepts simply for people who might not be familiar with art and illustration! You should check out Takehiko Inoue's art! It's just beautiful!

[@PopCross]

Thank you so much 😁 and I actually have covered him before! Linked here kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXOnp3RtbL6ceKc

[@TheMcBeefy]

You should take a look at old European comics, like Tintin, Asterix & Obelix and so on.

[@akitahaku1447]

Tbh I kind of liked the style shift, the minimalistic backgrounds in the later parts of the story and the shift in expression don't show a decline in quality, it's just a shift in style. If you look at any Manga ka with a fairly long-running story (Ruroken, One piece, etc) you will definitely notice a change in style. overall, like the direction that his art took. Personally, I like that the character's expressions became subtler rather than obvious, I feel it adds depth rather than scream what the character is thinking. Art and comics/manga are at heart subjective but I feel it's wrong to say that his art got worse by the end of the series. But on the same note, this is coming from a Bleach fan lol.

[@hugolindstrom1605]

You need to react to Inio Asano! Really unique art that doesn't really look like anything you've covered on the series yet

[@shantydan864]

Loved your video. Naruto is the reason I got into manga. I read it two years ago and now have a huge manga collection. Love Kishimoto's Art so much

[@azaart6009]

When did you get merchandise

[@PopCross]

Just added it in a couple days ago! Was already done this episode when I put that out so I didn't announce it in this episode, but I'l mention it in my next ep :D

[@CamCardin]

Great video, as always! I think Naoki Urasawa would be worth a look.

[@joshuabarnard5702]

It seems like you did a lot of cherry-picking with Kubo. I can think of tons of panels from late in the series where the characters are just as expressive as early in the series, even in panels from the same scenes you showed. And a comedy scene vs serious scenes is just a bad comparison. That said, Kubo clearly wasn't putting much effort into the less important panels later on (due to his failing health). But the panels where he did put in effort are better than ever.

[@deathgun5925]

This lol. Shows comedy moments from early bleach, the proceeds to show serious moments from a WAR... Obviously the Comedy moment will have more expression. Imagine if Ichigo laughed out like a goofy kid while Yhwach fell to the ground lol... Context is key.

[@theanonymousme6015]

I'm happy you talked about Ichikawa but I was hoping you'll talk about her long shot panels with the amazing contrast of black and white, and yes the 3 characters do have some kind of dispute so they do have some distances between them

[@dragonpulse9977]

Tite Kubo actually decided as Bleach went on to focus less on the backgrounds, and put more detail into the characters and their designs. I really like the later art, and think he improves a lot from the beginning when it comes to characters.

[@mar5362]

You need to check out Tsukushi Akihito, the mangaka for Made in Abyss!

[@malakai_adam]

Watched since this series started you're doing great dude

[@michaelpodgorski1692]

I find it interesting no one brought up Yoshitaka Amano yet. He style is so distinct and, honestly, very awe-inspiring. On a slightly related note, I'd love to see his thoughts on the art for Neil Gaiman's Sandman, and the many illustrators would worked on it.

[@PopCross]

Ooooh yes! Been ages since I read sandman and remember loving it! Also I’ll check out Amano! 😁 thanks for the suggestions!

[@SuzakuX]

Well, that's because Amano isn't a manga artist. He's a character designer and illustrator, mostly for video games and novels.

[@rafaelvarela1024]

Loved your analysis of Bleach. The decline in the art is well-known by fans, and I liked your balanced take on it. I would be interested to hear your thoughts on some splash art. I'm very biased though, and I could watch a whole video just about his work from Zombiepowder. to the end of Bleach. Also, your note about trees in Naruto is fascinating since they end up being something like... 40% of the frames in the series lol

[@kevinblack8222]

Although you've already covered this manga, I would've liked to see your opinions on the drastic artstyle change of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure from part 1 all the way to part 8. You can easily see how Araki evolves as an artist just by the cover art of each of his recent works. Also, check out Soul Eater by Atsushi Okubo if you haven't already. I adore looking at this style a lot.

[@Towel-Man]

Check out Dave Rapoza, he's a freelance Illustrator and comic artist. He's done quite a few covers for Marvel comics. His Spider-Man Noir covers are some of my favorite! daverapoza.carbonmade.com/

[@dafunktrunk]

Your hair grew!!

[@sunnyboy9109]

I have a request for illustrator reacts! The artist goes by Tomato, and the webtoon is called Volcanic Age, Volcanic Rebirth, Hwasanjeonsaeng, or 화산전생. I personally really love the art in it, especially for the shading, and the clothing and character design. The designs aren't super unique, but there's more realistic variety compared to what's normally seen in similar comics, especially since it seems like practicality of clothing was actually considered. Edit: found the artist name and fixed it

[@patrickbode6051]

I'd love to see you react to the Land of the Lustrous art in the manga itself, I love the stark differences of black and white plus the character designs for the aliens are great!

[@theanonymousme6015]

But they're lunarians tho

[@TheWiseGrif]

Masashi Kishimoto AND Tite Kubo in the same video??? My heart just exploded

[@ThePlatinumangel]

I appreciate the nuanced take on Kubo's art here - one thing I would note is that he also chose to forgo backgrounds for a lot of panels specifically to focus on the characters therein, even if it's not a huge story moment or reveal. But it's nice to see someone GET why the art changed so drastically over the years

[@PopCross]

Glad you liked it! Was kind of daunting covering his work because of how many people love his work. Took me a while to cover him because I had to do more research than usual to figure out what happened through the history of the series. It's really crazy how many manga artists work themselves into the ground. Kubo felt like a good artist to cover the topic of 'why burnout sucks' :P

[@ThePlatinumangel]

@@PopCross oh absolutely, Bleach as a whole is a series of "what-ifs" from start to finish - what if Kubo had been given breathing room and time to recover from his illness, what if publishers hadn't pushed him to speed through or slow down certain things for the sake of money, what if he hadn't had to censor his own art at certain points (for example, the last arc has a guy getting absolutely shredded to the point where he loses most of his organs and the back of his ribcage is visible, Kubo had to redraw that in the volume release because it was so extreme). If you ever want to cover him again and focus more on things like composition and color choices, though, I can absolutely recommend a lot of his color spreads. Lemme know if you want a link to a collection of them.

[@ladyviren]

Yes! I’ve been requested ichikawa for so long! But maybe do revisit and look at her panels because this is what drew I and many others to her art.

[@marioaugusto5408]

I was expecting a little more about Haruko Ichikawa. You said about the text in the cover but very little about the artwork and there is so much good material to talk about. How the style is so simple, and yet, very charming, the battle scenes, the metal and gem effects... But anyway, the rest of the video is pretty good.

[@basbekjenl]

Great video love it, have been binging a lot of these video's and the pasion with which you talk about art is very appealing, I appriciate art but as the consumer, the final product is often kimmed over when the story is too good, I'm often rereading good stories slower so the artwork can come to life more easily and then there are works of art that take your breath away when you flip the page the artwork of tite kubo very much falls under the first category. I loved the story and the artwork got very little attention whenever I got a new chapter, I devoured it. Only much later I went back and got the appriciation that I hold still. I never read any amarican comics, my knowledge on the marvel and dc universe is good enough to talk with other people about and watching a few movies and review video's defffinitly helped with that but the art of Tim Sale for example that is brought up in the video is something I didn't really expect from comics, I had a much more cookie cutter expectation of the western comics. so thanks for this experience.

[@merpderp7223]

Love these videos man, always inspiring seeing lots of good different art packed into one video