Art styles

A story is drawn in one of these from beginning to end. The same scene, five friends at a cafe on a rainy evening, drawn in each so you can compare. Click a picture to see it large.

Classic Webtoon · default Clean lines, flat colour, everyday Korea as you see it.

Chibi Comedy Big heads, big reactions — for the funny ones.

Flat Explainer Simple flat shapes, warm muted colours, no outlines — the explainer-comic look.

Noir Manhwa Sharp lines, deep shadows, moody light — for the tense ones.

Watered-down Anime Gentle, lightly anime-flavoured faces and soft colours.

The cafe scene in the Classic Webtoon style — **Classic Webtoon** · clean comic line art · flat colour fills

The cafe scene in the Chibi Comedy style — **Chibi Comedy** · bold rounded outlines · bright saturated flat colours

The cafe scene in the Flat Explainer style — **Flat Explainer** · shapes with no outlines · muted earthy fills of terracotta, mustard, teal, cream and navy

The cafe scene in the Noir Manhwa style — **Noir Manhwa** · sharp detailed line art · desaturated: blacks, cool greys, muted blues

The cafe scene in the Watered-down Anime style — **Watered-down Anime** · thin clean anime line art · flat pastel colours