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Pokémon digital illustrator gives us a tutorial in the history of anime eyes

The transition from past to present in the world of Japanese animation is certainly an eye-opening experience.

Naoki Saito is a professional digital artist with a glowing resume that includes work for the Sangokushi Puzzle Taisen mobile game and art for Pokémon games, as well as the Pokémon Trading Card Game. His vibrant style of illustration has earned him a huge fan base online, with more than 50,000 followers on his Twitter account alone, all eager to share and retweet original works from the talented artist as soon as they appear online.

Saito’s most recent work delves into the transition of 2-D anime character eyes over the years. According to the illustrator, the image on the left shows how eyes were drawn long ago, with a vertically long oval shape and lots of white space around the pupils. The portrait in the middle shows the transition to more angular eye shapes that are larger in general, with a focus on strong, dark eyelashes. On the right, we have the image that’s commonly in use today, with less white space inside the eye and features that are more conservative and low-key by comparison.

今と昔の勝手な目の描き方の違いイメージ。 pic.twitter.com/x8DdcarpV3

— さいとう なおき🍀 (@_NaokiSaito) July 2, 2016

Free of bright accessories and flashy garments, the eye-centric bald-headed faces are striking a chord with anime fans online, who are surprised to find that the transition really does ring true. One Twitter user even gives several concrete examples that correlate with Saito’s illustration.

According to @Oh_benibeni, the image on the left resembles characters from the anime franchise Slayers, which started as a light novel series in 1989. The middle image is said to be reminiscent of the K-ON! cast, which first appeared in manga form in 2007, and the picture on the right looks like characters from the Sound! Euphonium 2013 Japanese novel series.

https://twitter.com/Oh_benibeni/status/749227169604177920

Different generations are bound to feel an affinity for the various styles of animation pictured above. Which one did you like best?

Source: Togech
Top Image: Twitter/@_NaokiSaito

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