History ArtEvolution / Webcomics

* ''Webcomic/LeveL'' has an unbelievable amount of Art Evolution going from [[http://www.levelmanga.com/level.php?page=1&episode=1&large=true&cover=false a rather bland manga-like style]] to [[http://www.levelmanga.com/level.php?page=1&episode=5&large=true&cover=false THIS]].

* This got a good LampshadeHanging in ''[[http://www.comedity.com/index.php?strip_id=139 Comedity]]''.
* ''Webcomic/TheComicAdventuresOfLeftAndRight'': The first few dozen comics are smaller than the current standard and "[[OldShame do not have the nintendo seal of approval]]".

* ''Webcomic/{{Spooky}}: Early comics have sketchier lineart and the character designs are {{chibi}}-esque. As time goes on, the lineart becomes more refined and the characters get lankier.
* Early ''Webcomic/{{Springaling}} comics have thicker lineart on the characters than later ones, due to the artis switching to inking lineart with finer-tipped pens.

* Amazingly averted in ''WebComic/SabrinaOnline'', which has not changed its art style or quality from [[http://sabrina-online.com/1996-01.html 1996]] to [[http://sabrina-online.com/2016-03.html 2016]]. With the exception of holiday strips and the final strip.

* ''Webcomic/{{Archipelago}}'' starts out very scribbly in book one. Each progressive book gets a little better, with excellent quality work appearing in book 6. Compare [[http://archipelagocomic.com/comic/?id=22 this]] with [[http://archipelagocomic.com/comic/?id=583 this]].

** There's been another art shift as of [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0947.html strip 947.]] Arms are now flesh-colored (though still fork-shaped), sleeves and pants legs have appeared on clothes, and shoes now show a flex when characters are walking. Characters not previously depicted with boots now have them, including goblinoids, who were previously drawn with three lines for feet instead of the single line of humanoids; their boots have clawed toes to maintain this distiction.

** There's been another art shift as of [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0947.html strip 947.]] (Spoilers!) Arms are now flesh-colored (though still fork-shaped), sleeves and pants legs have appeared on clothes, and shoes now show a flex when characters are walking.

* ''Webcomic/ThePrincess'' has a few evolutions. The most noticeable one is the leap early on from monochrome to full-color.

Because WebComics are a medium dominated by inexperienced or non-professional artists, some degree of ArtEvolution is more the default than the exception. ''Please do '''not''' list transitions from monochrome to color.''

* ''WebComic/CoffinComics'' can be seen with this due to a transition from pencil to digital and again later on when the style was upgraded.

* ''WebComic/NiklasAndFriends'' has gone from looking like [[http://www.niklascomics.de/comics/kidhood/hood07.htm this]] in 1998, to looking like [[http://www.niklascomics.de/comics/shopping/shoppin3.htm this]] in 2005.

* ''Webcomic/APathToGreaterGood'' went through at least [[http://www.neorice.com/aptgg_20 five]] [[http://www.neorice.com/aptgg_144 distinctly]] [[http://www.neorice.com/aptgg_182 different]] [[http://www.neorice.com/aptgg_252 sprite]] [[http://www.neorice.com/aptgg_257 styles]], plus [[http://www.neorice.com/aptgg_293 one more]] in the [[OrphanedSeries hiatus]] filler. It started with pixel art on high-resolution vector background with "brown cartridge paper" effect, tried more detailed style of pixelated computer games of early 1990s (think [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer VGA PC]], UsefulNotes/AtariST or UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}}), tried smoother vector art (twice) and settled with more retro style of 16-bit consoles. The reboot, ''WebComic/HeroOhHero'', continued with the latter. It still evolves, albeit not as drastically: [[http://www.neorice.com/hoh_burk_29 2013]], [[http://www.neorice.com/hoh_burk_1872 2021]].

* ''WebComic/{{Precocious}}'':

* "WebComic/{{Selkie}}" has improved quite a bit, and the artist does like experimenting from time to time. Compare [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/selkie-2/ this]] and [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/selkie29/ this]] to [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/selkie227/ this]] and [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/selkie276/ this]]. Whoa...

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' has retained its simple stick-figure art, but it has become somewhat less scratchy and smoother, and the characters occasionally have new details added to them (with LampshadeHanging). This is a lot more noticeable in the panel lines -- they started out all over the place, and now they're completely straight. The sheer detail in the background of panels, even pretty simple ones, has gone up quite a bit as well much of the time.

* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''. The creator points this out in the annotation to the very first strip, as well as providing what he apparently considers a better starting point for new Schlockers, but invites them to see his art progress from 'bad to, well, marginally less bad' by starting at the beginning.
** He gets a lot of practice doing a strip a day. The difference between [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2000-06-12 the first comic]] and [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/ The most recent one]] is... noticeable to say the least.

* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' -- Check out the very first [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20060511.html spaceship roof crash]] compared with a [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20090811.html recent giant robot jumping on Bob's roof.]] For that matter, check out the [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20060603.html early Princess Voluptua]] compared with a [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20100206.html more recent version.]]

* The artwork of Josh Lesnick has been evolving constantly through his entire career as a webcartoonist, and is particularly noticeable through his time drawing ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}'', a comic that started out as very {{animesque}} (much like his past projects, ''Wendy'' and ''[=CuteWendy=]''), and eventually evolved into something more organic. This is also very noticeable in his [[BleachedUnderpants porn comics]], sometimes starring characters from ''Wendy''.

* Amazingly averted in ''WebComic/SabrinaOnline'', which has been running since 1996 without the art style or quality changing in any way whatsoever.

* ''Webcomic/FairyDust'': Its artist has confessed learning how to draw background art through this comic, and it's rather visible, both the progression and the trial and error. Character designs are also more uniformous at the start, and gain more individuality later.

* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' has gone from [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/03/02/episode-001-were-going-where/ this]] to [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/07/16/episode-1153-federalist-interpretation-of-physics/ this]]. It's quite funny to see Art Evolution in a sprite comic.