Hello from Iceland. I picked from some of my favorite artist in comics/manga like Greg Capullo (Batman) Takehiko Inoue (Vagabond), Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto) and Anton Furst (Concept artist). I think I picked to many so I will evaluate one of each artist, and give summary about their other works :) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Capullo (First image) >Diminution (5) The windows, water-tanks and chimneys are way smaller in the background >Convergence (3), There is perspective but the buildings are so varied that its trickier than usual to see >Foreshortening (2) A little bit with the hand but it isn't the main trick used. >Overlap (5), The Curtain and hand combo overlap draws us so much into the image >Atmosphere (4). Details and color fades away but we can still make out tiny details I also notice he likes to use the fade a lot to create depth. He plays a lot with silhouettes and black and white contrast which the colorist enhances. But you can still see in his raw pencils that he doesn't draw every detail in the background which gives his art a nice punch of contrast. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Takehiko Inoue (Image 5) Diminution (5) The crows vary in size dramatically >Convergence (2), The background is very natural and not really and hard lines so the perspective isn't as obvious but we can clearly see the horizon line with the way he uses the fade >Foreshortening (2) A little bit with the corpses but nothing dramatic. >Overlap (3), The crows overlap many things on the page and their size enhances the effect >Atmosphere (5). This is the most obvious and a trick he uses a lot. We can make out trees further away but just barely and it separates the mid and background nicely. He is a really big fan of Atmospheric perspective and loves creating detailed foregrounds and pushing the background to its limits with almost no lines. When reading the manga he really pulls you into his world and makes it believable with his control of details and contrast. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Masashi Kishimoto (Image 8) >Diminution (3) The tiles on the roof vary in size >Convergence (5), He loves fish-eye lens perspective and it gives the image a really cool look >Foreshortening (5) The foreshortening is so crazy on this image and I think it works hand in hand with the fish-eye perspective. Especially Sasuke's leg and Naruto's hand. >Overlap (4), Naruto's foot overlaps Sasuke and it gives it a sense of action and Sasuke's backfoot just barely overlaps the powerline >Atmosphere (1). I think he doesn't use this at all, unless I missed something. If you look at his art he plays a lot with crazy perspectives, overlap and foreshortening. His art looks really dynamic and he uses some other techniques in other photos here but these are his strongpoints I believe. He does use Atmospheric perspective and fade also but not as often. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anton Furst (Image 12) >Diminution (4) Don't know if this counts but the bridge is so huge and in our face that it makes the city look small but we know that because of the bridge, that the city is a towering behemoth if we were up close (as you can see in his other artworks) >Convergence (4), I think the perspective is a big part of this image and it draws us to the city >Foreshortening (1) Don't think there is any here. At least not obvious to me. >Overlap (5), The bridge at the bottom left just barely overlaps the city and some details on the bridge itself overlap which is a big effect even though it may not be to obvious at first. Many buildings in the city overlap and it makes the city feel huge and the buildings being overlapped look so big >Atmosphere (5). He fades a lot of buildings at the bottom and around some others and it does a really good job of separating the buildings apart. It's clear which are in front and back and it works well with the overlap. He even does a bit of a reversal. he darkens the top of the buildings which I think creates the same effect. He has other images which it is more clear what technique he is using but this one I really like. In the other examples he uses lots of atmospheric fades and overlaps together to create towering skyscrapers that are so big that we cant see the bottom or top of them depending on the perspective of course :) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have many more inspirations and artist I admire, but I think all of these have very different uses of techniques and tricks to create believable worlds. This was lots of fun to study and see, which I have never really done before but its surprisingly fun :)