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As someone who merely dabbles in art, I've been thinking about how amazing some of the artists in the manga world are and I wanted to give a quick shout out to a few of my favourites.
Commonly known as the author and artist of "Vinland Saga. Whilst everything is good, the level of detail that goes into the characters in particular is my favourite, especially whenever there's a close for dramatic effect.
I like to call her an "art masochist" because hot damn, the level of detail that goes into the fabrics of the clothes and furniture of her "Otoyomegatari" series set in the Silk Road is mind boggling.
Or really known as Ogure Ito, (in)famous for the fanservice-y nature of his works, it was only when he started doing collabs with other authors, particularly the -Monogatari series that I started to appreciate his art as he couldn't alter the pre-existing character designs to draw big busty women, so instead he embraced the surrealism aspect of the series and got to show off his talent in other ways.
Whether it's Eyeshield 21 or the more recent One Punch Man manga adaptation, Murata is amazing and sometimes borders on crazy eccentric like when he drew Metal Knight's entrance in the OPM manga in a Phénakisticope style for no particular reason other than he could.
Unfortunately I can't copy paste the gif of Metal Knight so I'll just have to link it instead.
Unfortunately I can't copy paste the gif of Metal Knight so I'll just have to link it instead.
Last one is Takehiko Inoue who is best known for his "Vagabond" manga that adapts the life of famous samurai Miyamoto Musashi and is downright gorgeous. I swear every panel looks like it be hung up on somebody's wall.