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[IrgendwasmitRot]

I have a big soft spot for Harold Sakuishi. Beck is probably my all time favorite manga.

Masakazu Katsura is another old favorite of mine. I probably won't google him at work though just in case.

ma maaaaan

I love beck, such a great manga (and anime too)

 

[elyetis]

I have a big soft spot for Harold Sakuishi. Beck is probably my all time favorite manga.

I love beck ( though mostly the anime and it's godly ost ), and currently enjoy Rin...But even now I still have a hard time with how big he like to make mouth to exaggerate facial expression.

 

[Tsun]

Yusuke Murata

tell me thats not the most beautiful gorilla ever

 

[Wolfe]

Kind of surprised to only see Otomo only mentioned once even though countless posts talking about attention to detail, dude is one of the kings when it comes to detail.

 

[Professor Renegade]

Yusuke Murata tell me thats not the most beautiful gorilla ever

That's the face of a gorilla who just had an anal evacuation.

 

[sechsterangriff]

Yoshikawa Yasuhiko.

Gundam the origin is a masterpiece

I bunch of good artist already chosen and the beast artist Takehiko Inoue, Yoshikawa Yasuhiko, Makoto Yukimura and Kentaro Miura is in already a ton of posts so


Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro
Spoilers



This series is weekly and the dude takes his time with his art

Don't you guys mean Yoshikazu Yasuhiko?


Oh! great is a secret favourite of mine...

 

[AquaWateria]

Sui Ishida has really great art especially on how it's able to convey lots of emotion.

His colored art is phenomenal and one of the best Mangaka's I've seen if not best in using colors amazingly.

People who say Murata is the best need to see Shinichi Sakamoto because he completely outclasses Murata.

This guy's art is unbelievable.

 

[cosmicblizzard]

Araki and Oh! Great are masters at highly-detailed nonsense. Some pages are great, but some are impossible to decipher.

 

[Renekton]

Takehiko Inoue

 

[Sami+]

Asano and Miura are pretty godly but Kaoru Mori deserves respect too -

Omg I have to read this. Arab/Turkish culture is so underrepresented in general I jump at this shit when I see it lol

(Magi made me so mad)

 

[Werewolf Jones]

People who say Murata is the best need to see Shinichi Sakamoto because he completely outclasses Murata.

The detail is there but he's essentially drawing nothing. There's a sufficient lack of things present in these pictures.

Also I missed Daisuke Igarashi. A very under appreciated artist.

 

[Snakeyes]

Healthy/motivated Togashi is one of the best manga artists out there;

 

[Nickle]

I really need to start reading manga, I just don't know where to start. The only one I've read in the past 8 years is Jackin Master Kurosawa.

 

[yogloo]

*cracks fingers*

Akira Toriyama



Hirohiko Araki



Kentarou Miura



Murata Yusuke



Takehito Inoue



Takeshi Obata



Takahashi Tsutomu



Masanori Morita



Kaoru Mori



Eiichiro Oda

Fist bump.

 

[psynergylover]

well it a Manwha: The Breaker

Tenjo Tenge

Hajime no ippo

would go on but I'd take up a whole damn page

EDIT: Also the manga for Battle Royal has some of the best drawing I've ever seen in a manga, would post of pic put the good ones are either gory or highly sexual

 

[Werewolf Jones]

I really need to start reading manga, I just don't know where to start. The only one I've read in the past 8 years is Jackin Master Kurosawa.

MangaGAF will be able to help you out, depends what you want though.

 

[Chet Rippo]

I've always been partial to Hideki Yamada's art.

 

[yami4ct]

Healthy/motivated Togashi is one of the best manga artists out there;

Togashi is simultaneously one of the best manga artist and one of the worst. It's very frustrating at times. The storytelling is more than worth the slips in art, though.

 

[Daingurse]

Healthy/motivated Togashi is one of the best manga artists out there;

I agree, I think he's great when he's motivated/well. He honestly has some of the most striking transformations panels.

My favorite panel of his (Late Hunter x Hunter spoilers, don't click if you care): https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/d1/71/f1/d171f1d83a7cbf0665b204d25871e945.jpg


That shit was burned into my mind for weeks, couldn't stop thinking about that panel. Just thought it was badass.

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

Yang, Kyung-Il

Cheng, Kin Wo and Tang, Chi Fai (unknown heroes to me)

feng shen ji art is crazy good

 

[GloriousBagel]

 

[cosmicblizzard]

I'm gonna throw in Masuda Eiji for his AMAZING facial expressions.

 

[Forceatowulf]

Miura

All. Damn. Day.

 

[MayMay]

I absolutely adore Takeshi Obatas style, definitely my favourite. His artbook is also LOVELY.

That, and Sui Ishida.

 

[co1onel]

Asano is definitely my favorite. I also really like Sumomo Yumeka's artstyle.

From Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan

 

[Ninjimbo]

A lot of the greats have already been covered. Good tastes all up in this place.

One guy who is getting there for me is the author of Soul Eater, Atsushi Okubo. I can't post any images because I'm on my phone, but his art has greatly improved. Some of the final chapters of Soul Eater looked absolutely spectacular in some pages. His new manga is carrying that forward. I really dig his style.

 

[ant1532]

holy fuck at these images

 

[B.O.O.M]

Some truly amazing work mentioned in this thread Good job Gaf!

Here's an artist whose comic (it's Korean) that is really really growing on me. Love the art! great story telling too.

Hellper by SAKK

Ok so this one is I'm a bit biased. I love her work so much. Again great art with fantastic storytelling

Hiromu Arakawa!

Also Kouto Hirano baby!

 

[Seductivpancakes]

A lot of my favorite manga titles and their artists are already mentioned so I'll go with Makoto Yukimura. I love Vinland Saga.

 

[Inuhanyou]

I don't really know in general who i would say was the absolute best in terms of drawing for scale.

But i do know that Daisuke Moriyama is probably my absolute favorite artist when it comes to drawing facial close up expressions.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

I've eagerly been awaiting DTL's arrival and for him to post Akira Amano.

 

[Kite]

Kaoru Mori deserves respect too -

*fistbump*
Check out some of her earlier manga, It's amazing how versatile and detailed her artwork is. Victorian Romance Emma and Shirley are about Victorian/Edwardian maids.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

I have a lot of favorites, but I think my two furthest apart on the spectrum in terms of simple vs. detailed are Natsume Ono:

and Shirow Masamune:

 

[balgajo]

Actually, I change my mind. Nothing is better than Attack on Titan. The others just can't compete with a talented artist like that.

Joke post but I have to admit that the way he represents the grandiosity of the walls is awesome, with some amazing angles. I really feel it on those scenes.

 

[AnkiRendan]

Character design wise, I really love Kentaro Yabuki, who did Black Cat and To-Love-Ru. I'd trust him with drawing females any day.

 

[flawfuls]

Come on guys, only one mention of Daisuke Igarashi so far? Most mangaka out there are just trying to make pretty looking pictures, he tries to make works of art.

 

[Newtype-001]

Since most of mine were already taken heres another manga artist i think is good.

Miura Tsuina

 

[TheProdigal]

Boichi

Hiroya Oku although all his backgrounds are cgi

 

[yogloo]

I thought Hiroya Oku's character is also CGI?
I basically drew over a sort of poser application?

 

[TheProdigal]

I thought Hiroya Oku's character is also CGI?
I basically drew over a sort of poser application?

havent seen that

edit: just looked it up

Hiroya Oku draws up a rough draft known as the "name".[1]
His assistants create 3-D models on the computer based on the sketches.
He then uses that as a backdrop to draw the actual art on top of.
Once all the character art is penned, it is scanned into the computer. This caused the lines to thicken and mess up the balance of edges and contrast, so the 3-D computer created backgrounds are reduced to simple lines.
Character and background art is complete, and tone is added.
Then the sound effects and text bubbles are added.
The image is printed out and they discuss the finishing touches.

 

[Ushay]

One Piece - Oda
Berserk - Muira
Onepunch Man - Murata

These were the standouts for me. Just brilliant artists on another level.

 

[Droplet]

A lot of my favorite manga titles and their artists are already mentioned so I'll go with Makoto Yukimura. I love Vinland Saga.

Come on guys, only one mention of Daisuke Igarashi so far? Most mangaka out there are just trying to make pretty looking pictures, he tries to make works of art.

I have a lot of favorites, but I think my two furthest apart on the spectrum in terms of simple vs. detailed are Natsume Ono:

These are my favorites, but just to go for something a little different, Tsukiji Nao. Her works are mostly on the erotic (but not entirely NSFW) side, but her subject matter aside she certainly has an eye for detail and composition:

 

[co1onel]

Come on guys, only one mention of Daisuke Igarashi so far? Most mangaka out there are just trying to make pretty looking pictures, he tries to make works of art.

These look amazing. Which one of his stories should I read first?

 

[The Silver]

Lot of my favorites have already been posted.

This hear is one my favorite "badass" panels, Kubo was on POINT with this whole fight, shame the rest of Bleach is terrible.

Masasumi Kakizaki, from the horror manga Hideout, the whole manga has excellent art but this panel in particular hit me because it felt like it had so much presence, like I could feel the atmosphere from this place

 

[KiboSenshi]

I need to broaden my horizon on manga more, some of these are just amazing.

 

[Nightbird]

My must-read List got very long thanks to this Thread!

I hope there are lot more coming!

 

[neoanarch]

Tomi Akihito

Toyoda Tetsuya

Mishima Eriko

Here are some lesser known artist that I absolutely love. Because their art is so expressive the panels just flow. The characters have personality and infividuality that just pops from the pages. Sometimes I think people mistake big bombastic spreads as a mark of talent. I'd rather look for great layouts and panel progression.

 

[Timbuktu]

Inoue is still my favorite for more than twenty years. I loved how much his style matured and progress through Slam Dunk. I enjoy how grounded his works are in a way that Takahata and Shinkai can be with anime and it's all about the framing details and motion more coherently than i've seen anywhere else.

With illustrations, i quite like the ink and wash style of Lee Chi Ching and quite enjoyed his Eagle Shooting Heroes adaptation.

 

[petran79]

Battle Angel Alita by Yukito Kishiro

One of the most haunting designs I've read. Though the Last Order does not match the feel of the original. Too shonen oriented unfortunately

I was captivated from the first page by Mohiro Kitoh's design in Narutaru.
This cold look without feelings even while characters are suffering works much more effectively actually in producing heart wrenching moments. Combined with the weirdness factor, a manga I'll never forget

Finally, some one should translate this manga, even if it is just one volume. It was translated in Polish only. I love that 70s design.

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

I absolutely adore Takeshi Obatas style, definitely my favourite. His artbook is also LOVELY.

But Castlevania Judgment though...