what is Takaya's art ?

[lost unit]

Takaya's art what style do he use and how does he implicate it. I have heard people go on about Takaya's art but i know its guyver but if we were to draw our own guyver how could we turn into what is Takaya's artwork.

Is it shading or a specific term.

[*Jess♥]

I don't really think you can describe artwork or art style easily.

yakaya sensei uses common techniques in manga production.

 

various things I can point out that he uses, hatching and cross hatching on occasion, screentone, paint splatter techniques, I'm sure he has even used pointillism at rare times.

What defines his style? a whole mix of those styles, anyone can mimic that if they look for the consistency of when he uses each technique. for example, he often uses hatching and cross hatching to show a leathery surface. he uses screentone to show lighting contrast. he uses painting techniques for impact.

The beauty of his style is that he is very good at construction. he works with a lot of solid and complex shapes. it is clear that he is gifted with this type of work when we look at the environments he creates. his buildings always look amazing. The creatures he creates tend to have the quality of the buildings he draws, in the sense that they have a sound underlying structure and are clearly constructed very carefully. perspective is not always perfect, but you can always see that they are based on solid shapes. He also has excellent sense of composition and contrast. the images are always very clear and easy to view. a lot of manga can be very difficult to discern at times. there are so many occasions when I read naruto for example, I'm thinking "what the hell just happened, and what is that collection of lines supposed to be?" but in guyver, that NEVER happens.

[Guest Jupiter]

Takaya's Art is ice cream and everyone likes ice cream.

[Bio-Boosted Dude]

I assume it was my comment about that interesting image you posted of Sean and Sho in the other thread that sparked you to ask this?

 

What I mean by "looks like Takaya's style" is the line quality, the amount of subtelty used in the cross hatching to suggest hape/form (see: Guyver's shoulder pads), the angles of all the features of the Guyver's helmet, the intensity/suggestion of tendrils under the Guyver armour, the toning of shiny orb-like objects, the proportions (!! this is a big one)...

 

Of course, Takaya's human characters are also done in a very unique, identifiable way. It's definitely changed in the last 30 years if you look back at his earlier works, but proportions play a big part in identifying this aspect of his work.

 

Yuki hit the nail on the head about the concise and clear nature of his drawn action. Towards the end of my time spent reading Naruto, I remember barely being able to tell what was going on in the fights. Takaya's fights may be quite short and contain few actions by either adversary, but at least you will always know what the other is doing/has done.