Do you think Toriyama learned the Loomis method to draw bodies?
of course
>Silly gag manga without a plot where the author has total freedom to do anything he wants with it>Still mogs the vast majority of other series published in the same magazine through the last 4 decades even todayHow did he do it?
>>7906037dude was genuinely a once-per-century prodigy
>>7906032>>7906037Not trying to be rude or anything, but that's pretty bad.
>>7906016I believe he's said quite a few times that he never learned or tried to learn art, he just did whatever. If so, he's a totally natural talent, and the Big Loom would have just held him back.But since we're not geniuses like Toriyama, we'll just read Loomis
>>7906016His drawings are basic and ugly as fuck though? I never understood people glazing this guy when he draws at barely above beg level
>>7906043>>7906092You lack discernment. Typical of begs and mentally stunted coomers. Go back to your anime renderslop.
>>7906092Do people here just not understand what a cartoon is? What the fuck? The amount of times I've seen something called "bad" or "beg" because it's not some twiggy anime bitch with a dog snout for a face is just astonishing.
>>7906102I've seen his creature and vehicle drawings - They're actually good. But character drawing isn't his strong point. Maybe you're blinded by a love of Dragon Ball, but I'm NOT. FFS ALL HIS CHARACTERS ARE CROSS-EYED. ALWAYS. Look at the 2 pics already posted. Do you think that's good draftsmanship? It looks flat and goofy as fuck. Most mangakas nowadays would mog that.He's a well regarded figure but I can still critique his work. I see no point in defending an artist just because they have a reputation. I get the same response from people who like Robert Crumb whose art I hate. This is a critique board.
>>7906139>cross-eyedToriyama had some odd stylistic quirks, like his muscle anatomy was very sausage-y during his DBZ era, but cross eyes, really? The thing that perennially annoys me about /ic/ is how misinformed and narrow-minded people's opinions are. If anything is perceived as "ugly" or different from a very narrow ideal, it will immediately be called "bad," or laughably in this case, "beg." He is just drawing fucking cartoons. It's Looney Tunes logic, symbol drawing because it looks charming and funny.Japanese comics before the mono-culture moe menace came in mode and turned everything into anorexic abominations used to be able to slip into caricature, overt symbolism and exaggeration like this.You still see it today especially in character expressions but it's rarer as a solid basis for character design and never really appreciated.
>>7906092Try making a comic and you'll find out real quick why he's so revered.
>>7906139>But character drawing isn't his strong point.His characters are beloved and iconic. You could definitely criticise his designs for being repetitive (like Chrono Trigger's player character is just a red haired Goku, and Dragon Quest's player character is just Goku with a headband), but bad? Nah.Try making a character that's even half has visually rememberable as Vegeta.
>>7906092>this is /beg/ tierpyw
>>7906139Look at that >>7906032 line work. The beautiful curves deftly executed with dip pen. The appealing stylization of hair. The simple dimensionality and detail of the footwear. The distinctive, memorable faces. I can't help but smile along when I look at this drawing.I think he's a fantastic artist.
>>7906016He is already working on dr. slump when the the andrew loomis books were translated in japanese by 1980s.I don't think he would also need Loomis as most Boomer mangaka that still went toschool for Industrial design. which is evident on how he draws all the props and setting in Dr. Slump and Dragonball
>>7906139>It looks goofyThat's the point, retard.
>>7906016His muscles are great. Faces and heads are shit but goes with his designs to be memorable.
>>7906037his parents supported him
