Is this traced? or just shitty line control

maybe
yes
why do u care

Scanlators are notorious for bombarding scans with filters that warp, smudge, sharpen, etc, to make shit look less scanned. I wouldn't trust a scanlation as a proper representation of the original printed artwork without comparing them myself, same as I would never trust their translations to be correct. Scanlators are all a bunch of dipshits.

>>2510780
cuz it looks like its made by the wikihow artist

>>2510774
half and half

>>2510774
I think he just doesn't give a damn anymore.

How long has Naruto been running?

>>2511162
too.

>>2510774
Mangas are usually inked by assistants and are produced in super crunch mode, so it's possible that anyone in the studio who knew half a shit about inking was too swamped with work and they let some newbie ink stuff to meet deadlines.

Narutard here. This is the new Boruto series not drawn, but authorized by the original author of Naruto (Masashi Kishimoto). Instead, one of his assistants / associates is taking the reins for the art and story. Hence the odd linework.

It's early, I'm sure the new dude will get cleaner with time. In fact, I like how the chapter opens with a glimpse of the future. That moment will be a benchmark of comparison for how much the artist has improved as he will have to revisit that scene again.

>>2510787
Yeah, scanlators have to redraw some portions, and most scans look shit compared to the real thing.

The One Piece volumes I own look far better than the scans out there.

>>2511180
^this.and...
>>2510787
This

Not to mention this guy has to be shitting pages out asap to stay ahead of the curb and get a few months ahead. Coupled with opening chapters being 60+ pages on average and he has had maybe 6 months to get the story mapped out, new characters concept and the pages drawn, that is a huge constraint especially knowing he is trying to follow such big foot steps. Shits brutal.

Can anyone explain to a newfag what line control and line weight means?

>>2510787
you are shitting on people who do tons of work for absolutely free

>>2511721
>line control
Does the line go exactly where you want it to?
Are curves smooth when they're supposed to be smooth?
Is the weight consistent when it's supposed to be consistent?

>line weight
Thickness of the line.

Look at the chin in the first panel. You can the line wiggles for no good reason and the line weight is very inconsistent.

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>>2511180
Narutard..now there's a word I haven't heard in a long time. Makes me nostalgic.
>>2511530
>stay ahead of the curb
That does sound brutal