CATDOLL: Oda Eiichiro's junior high school drawings are comparable to those of art students

Popular Japanese cartoonist Eiichiro Oda is well known by anime fans for his imaginative and exuberant painting style. His One Piece is a passionate and epoch-making work. Recently, some netizens discovered that Eiichiro Oda's alma mater exhibited a still life sketch he created during his school years. Let's admire the master's paintings together.

This still life includes a guitar, a trumpet, and two glass bottles of different shapes. The composition and coloring of this painting are very accurate, and the details and highlights are also very well handled. From the label below the work, we can see that this work was created in the first year of the Heisei era, which is 1989. Considering that Mr. Oda was born in 1975, it can be inferred that this work was created when he was in the third year of junior high school.

As this photo was posted online, it sparked discussion among many Japanese anime fans: "It's amazing that he can draw like this in the third year of junior high school. He can even apply to an art school." "From this painting, you can see that he likes pirates very much." "Even I, who don't know much about art, think it's very well drawn." "His style is still evolving. The difference between the first volume and the 63rd volume of the manga is huge." "I thought he was drawing a manga. I'm so disappointed..."