Help me by voting on what looks better please and thank you

Right, brighter pic

Strumpf

Man, really hard to say. Both look good honestly.

Silent One

2nd

Aarongeddon

before

2nd

Jean-François Bédard

am i the only one that prefers the “before” version

cam

I like the 2nd one more than the first. I wouldn't mind seeing if some of the lining can be less thick on some parts though. I think the Ears on this one specifically benefit a lot from the outline, but the bottom seems a little dark.

Gk

Oooh this is exciting! I love the new look

Paps

Before

I dig after a lil more

OmegaSimp

after

I prefer the before version if I'd have to pick one.

I like very much the second one but the first still has something that make me like it in a different way, but the colors and the contrast with the outline of the second one make it looks more bright i think

KuroKnight01

That looks great! I can't wait to see an animation with the new style of shading!

Jack Jagger

after

HellSpawn

After

Crystal Sipp

The "after" does feel more like the show

Ramon O'Sionnach

After is better :)

After

Ikkiya

Wouldn't it have been better to make a strawpoll?

JellyDonut

After

Herbie

after

Pancake

before

I love both but right is more cartoony, I think that's cooler

Zetsubo

Righto daddio

HerpaDalio

All the above

KingCrimson

before

Chazzy

Left

Xan

I like the Before, but maybe the After could work for me better with similar shadowing like the Before

After

Armallama

Right

After.

Ryan Carrillo

Before looks more realistic to me so that's the one I prefer.

DeusInMachina

After

Cat in a bed sleeping

I love them both (but I'm bias as hell, Jirou is my favorite character), but I feel the one on the right is cuter

Flash Deku

After

Anthony

After

TenPin

Styles can change and evolve and improve

Great M8

left

Harryblum

Right (the after side)

Eric P.

The left side is always your style

織田 方

I like the right

Ricardo

The right side looks more like anime while the left is more 3d-looking. Both are good! I like the right, and I think it has less danger of veering into uncanny valley territory.

Mirumoto Tsubasa

I'm going to say before.

Bean

after

Before

Daniel Turner

Gotta say the right

Biostar

After

Jorge Smith

right

David Izzo

The one on the right for me

Spectras

Right! 100% for me!

Ellaria Gable

i like the left because it looks smoother and thus animation looks smother but the right is a great for an image but id love to see that style in animation to make a final judgement

I would have to see both in animation but I am agreeing with Chae on this one. THe left one looks move natural when moving but the right one is great while still though again I would need to see the right one animated to be sure.

Kaiyeti

The after 100%.

AngryS

For me definitely the “after”

Saif-999

I prefer the right one though I agree with the other comments that an animation, even a short one would help.

Caustic Hornet

Right, 100%

Alpha_Doom

Both? Need to see an animation first

I'd have to agree. From the still shot, there are pro's and con's to both: 1 - P: Softer colors & shadows / C: Edges can look blurry, 2 - P: Sharper edges and higher contrast / C: Shadows & 'natural' edges can give incorrect position/proportion due to being too sharp

vinny8boberano

First (Left) one. Feels and looks way more like YOUR style than the right one.

Ronald Morrison

right

enzo

We'd have to see what the outline one looks like in motion tbh.

Apache

I kinda like both

SharkMessiah101

Right one

Emil Yi

Left for animations right for posters/pinups

Left one

LeoZiggy

After, I'd say. Don't know about in motion.

Agentx

I think the left for animations and the right for posters is nice since the outlines on the right one make it look more like the anime I think and the left looks more real. If I have to stick with just one then I would go for the before.

Monkeii

The right one

Right definitely

Afrokage

Absolutely the newer one!

Kinky no Kyoukai

leeeeeft

Leo

I myself have always loved designs with outlines so the new version is better to me.

s0n1cb00m

After 100 percent

Tyler

right

Left for me.

Michael L Blunt

I say before

GrimOmen13

Before, tbh

that stupid mf

After 😍

Omorfia

After for sure

jackerrør

After

Silvers

before for that sexy stomach

Red Kawa

Both are greatM8, but I would choose after

Onetoughact

Before is better imo.

Personally, I like the after. It just makes more sense with that art style.

Nick BrianJerkedOffToPsylocke Ford

The black lines make it so much better. If it isn't that much harder to do, i say switch it over.

Hunter Mackey

i prefer the new style

after

TailOfGod

After

after

musicmancs

Yup. After is better :)

cittran genericlastname

I like the after version, really nice shader you made

.1PercentOfGerms

After!

Much prefer the before to the after. Yes, definitely the before.

Joe Hawkins

cel-shading can be cool in static images, but in animation I prefer old style

ptor

left(old), right make's it look like it's more 2d. the old one look more realistic to me

after for sure

They're supposed to be "harsh" because that's how animes are shaded, It's meant to replicate the actual style of the series

Great M8

After does look more authentic to the source material, but I still like "softness" of Before more. The cel-shaded look is less... sexy and more cartoon-y? Maybe it'll be less jarring when in motion.

WiredRM

This might be weird but i like the first for the shading of the face for express... (left side). but the belly lighter shade because lack of emtion. That said if you had to choose a side and can't go in between go left.

B-RADZ

what kind of work

Great M8

It needs some more work but I'll say the after

Sagrel

After

Afrosty

Before

Kenshiro

Before was better

Vain D.

I think the after is a bit to harsh as it makes the shadows look jagged but other than that looks real cool. I think that this image looks better with the after but I could see the before working better for some image as the depth is easier to see.

Nicholas C

After is Awesome

EmbersFire

After

tyler hanus

After

Tanner Fox

After

Raul Melendez

After looks more like the anime

Fortunekuger

After

Bryce

After

After

Artokun

After~

Pomolo

After

BTheWitch

After

quill

After. ^_^ Good to see you experimenting. Can't wait to see what you come up with next.

Team Brusken

Definitely after that looks amazing!!!!

Angel morot

After

Marissa Torres

I love the outlines on the after one

After

Inc0gnificent

After

After

Verdett

After

Kristina D Johnson

after it looks really good shows more of the detail almost looks like the video game 😁😁

master ZQ

After

After!💞

Oh but they both look good!!!

After looks more like the actual anime, so I'll say after!

RedEarphones

I think black outlines look a lot better. More defined? Something like that.

Nate Cummings

After

Robot•Eye

After.

Haruup

After

Kyle

After

BluWillow

After

Nathan

After!

After

Pyatec

After

After.

Jacob