calypsolemon:

michaelplayswithstars:

i totally know what people are getting at when they’re like “wow ONE is great because hes not the best artist but they dont let that stop him from storytelling and not giving up” bcuz like yeah ok yes theres nothing wrong with saying this and he does have lots of room for improvement, but on the other hand, i legitimately, absolutely think he’s a good artist??? like besides his storytelling and writing skills which are Fucking Legendary, he actually communicates emotions and imagery suuuuper fucking well. so well that sometimes BONES had a hard time keeping the fuck up, which i find hilarious

when the show started airing, guess which version of this scene most people actually preferred, hands down?

Yep, ONE’s version. It got the emotions and message of that scene across 500% better. To be clear, in n o f cuki ng way am i dissing BONES; god knows they just created an animated masterpiece. but im a little bummed about ONE always getting the short end of the stick on art. 

what i find the most impressive about ONE’s art is the sheer MAGNITUDE of emotion and intensity that he can get across through the artwork. 

These are great on their own but its a completely unique experience to READ through the story and get to these moments where there’s nothing but pacing and imagery to propel you through these scenes, some of which being the most powerful scenes in the story for those reasons. 

like idk damn dude. if i put some of my work next to some of ONE’s work, some people might say i was the better artist, but i would have to absolutely disagree. some of my best works don’t come CLOSE to this stuff. honestly a lot of published graphic novels don’t come anywhere near to delivering a story through the art as well as mob psycho does. 

i guess this is a ONE art appreciation post because goddamn dude, look at this.

I think when unexperienced artists/ non-artists see ONE’s art, all they are seeing is the very non-traditional, not “prettied up” style and presume ONE is just not a very talented artist and his popularity must come from his storytelling abilities.  But pretty much any artist who knows their shit can see there’s genuine skill in these panels.  You have to know what you are doing to achieve an art style that looks naturally messy and loose, while preserving the basic elements that make your art readable (anatomy, lighting, expression, etc).  And it’s clear from these examples that ONE knows very well what he is doing, as his art style shifts wildly from moment to moment, evoking emotion from the reader dependent on how detailed, how sketchy, how dark, how flat, etc the drawing is.  

More example of this type of purposeful messiness would be artists like Taiyo Matsumoto (creator of tekkonkinkreet and ping pong)

 Dave McKean (well known for his illustrations in books such as Coraline)

and my personal favorite, Mortis Ghost (creator of OFF and Dr. Cataclysm)

basically what I’m saying is, do not assume messy and loose automatically equates to unskilled art.  Artists like this go so underappreciated because their art isn’t cutesy or realistic like what everyone is used to.  If you love ONE’s work, and you find that reading his comics evokes an emotional response in you, understand that is just as much of a result of his art as it is his writing skills, and it’s likely something he’s worked on just as hard!