History PlayingWith / ArtEvolution

* '''Justified''': The webcomic is about a universe still being under construction by a god; with time, the universe looks better and better.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Remember when we used to look completely different and disproportional?"

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's webcomic starts as a bunch of scribblings in UsefulNotes/MSPaint reminiscent of ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff''. Some time later, the art is of Samuel Silva quality.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's webcomic starts as a bunch of scribblings in UsefulNotes/MSPaint reminiscent of ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff''. Some time later, the art is of Creator/NormanRockwell quality.

* '''Subverted''': The art quality gets better... but it's just because Bob took a holiday break and the webcomic is currently being drawn by his talented friend.

* '''Played For Laughs''': "I've been in this comic for ten years, and I ''still'' look like a stick figure drawn by a four-year-old while Bob and Alice have turned into the most realistic people in the comic! GET ME SOME [[TitleDrop ART EVOLUTION]], YOU IDIOT ARTIST!"

** The characters travel back in time to the beginning of the webcomic and [[MeetYourEarlyInstallentWeirdness end up in a crudely drawn world]]. They stand out so much that the locals revere them as gods.

** The characters travel back in time to the beginning of the webcomic and end up in a crudely drawn world. They stand out so much that the locals revere them as gods.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's webcomic starts as a bunch of scribblings in UsefulNotes/MSPaint reminiscent of ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff''. Some time later, the art is of NormanRockwell quality.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's webcomic starts as a bunch of scribblings in MSPaint reminiscent of ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff''. Some time later, the art is of NormanRockwell quality.

** The characters go back in time hundreds of years before the beginning of the webcomic, and end up in a world of primitive stick figures drawn in MSPaint.

** Late in the, the characters travel back in time to the beginning of the webcomic and end up in a crudely drawn world. They stand out so much that the locals revere them as gods.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob invests so much effort into his art that the storytelling suffers, and eventually Bob has to quit the comic altogether because he is such a perfectionist that drawing each episode takes [[ScheduleSlip too much time]].

** Late in the comic, the characters travel back in time to the beginning of the webcomic and end up in a crudely drawn world. They stand out so much that the locals revere them as gods.

** With practice and natural ability, Bob's drawing abilities have improved dramatically.

* '''Justified''':
** The webcomic is about a universe still being under construction by a god; with time, the universe looks better and better.
** With practice and natural ability, Bob's drawing abilities have improved dramatically

* '''Enforced''': As Bob draws several pages each week, he naturally becomes better at drawing from all the training.

* '''Exploited''':A fan of Bob mocks his art style for being terrible,Bob is then motivated just to spite the fan.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's webcomic starts as a bunch of scribblings in MSPaint reminiscent of ''SweetBroAndHellaJeff''. Some time later, the art is of NormanRockwell quality.

* '''Justified''': The webcomic is about a universe still being under construction by a god; with time, the universe looks better and better.
** With practise and natural ability, Bob's drawing abilities have improved dramatically

* '''Justified''': The webcomic is about an universe still being under construction by a god; with time, the universe looks better and better.

'''Basic Trope''': The art quality improves or otherwise changes during the work's run.
* '''Straight''': Bob's webcomic starts off as amateurish pencil sketches, but a year later looks like something by a professional cartoonist.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's webcomic starts as a bunch of scribblings in MSPaint reminiscent of ''SweetBroAndHellaJeff''. Some time later, the art is of NormanRockwell quality.
* '''Justified''': The webcomic is about an universe still being under construction by a god; with time, the universe looks better and better.

* '''Inverted''': The art quality actually declines over time.
* '''Subverted''': The art quality gets better... but it's just because Bob took a holiday break and the webcomic is currently being drawn by his talented friend.
* '''Double Subverted''': But when Bob returns to his webcomic, it turns out he learned to draw better during the holiday.

** Late in the comic, the characters travel back in time to the beginning of the webcomic and end up in a crudely drawn world. They stand out so much that the locals revere them as gods.
** The characters go back in time hundreds of years before the beginning of the webcomic, and end up in a world of primitive stick figures drawn in MSPaint.
** Late in the comic, the characters notice something that was supposedly in sight all the time, but the crude art made it hard to make out before.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob invests so much effort into his art that the storytelling suffers, and eventually Bob has to quit the comic altogether because he is such a perfectionist that drawing each episode takes [[ScheduleSlip too much time]].
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob finds an art style for himself that looks nice, yet is also not too hard to draw.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The art style shifts back and forth between the old style and the new style.
* '''Averted''': The art in Bob's webcomic doesn't change much.
* '''Enforced''': As Bob draws several pages each week, he naturally becomes better at drawing from all the training.

** Bob treats his webcomic mainly as a means to practice drawing.
** In-universe: the characters cannot read a blurry clue, so they wait until the art gets more detailed so that they can make out what it says.
* '''Defied''': Bob is aiming for StylisticSuck and tries to make sure that the art doesn't get ''too'' good.

* '''Played For Drama''': A character's wife ceases to love him after ArtEvolution makes it clear that he's ugly as sin.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': The art quality keeps going up and down.

'''Basic Trope''': The art quality improves during the work's run.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's webcomic starts as a bunch of scribblings in MSPaint. Some time later, the art is of NormanRockwell quality.

** With practise natural ability, Bob's drawing abilities have improved dramatically

* '''Parodied''': Late in the comic, the characters travel back in time to the beginning of the webcomic and end up in a crudely drawn world. They stand out so much that the locals revere them as gods.

* '''Invoked''': Bob treats his webcomic mainly as a means to practice drawing.

** The art stays the same, but the writing gets better instead.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob invests so much effort into his art that the storytelling suffers, and eventually Bob has to quit the comic altogether because he is such a perfectionist that drawing each episode takes too much time.

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