Copying top artists to learn their secrets: Mika Pikazo

[@YTartschool]

Finally got this thing done! No idea if this was worth it or not, but if you liked it shoot me other popular artists for these study time episodes 👀😘😘

[@HandlesL]

Could you do dino_illus or hungry clicker for a future episode?

[@mip7302]

Yuming Li is an amazing artist with a very appealing style, I think it would make for a great video :))

[@SereneJoy42]

The KZbinr tppo also did a Mika Pikazo art study last year! Its really neat to see the different take aways you guys got from her style! Another one I would recommend a study of would be Rella, she has some crazy uses of lighting, you know its her if you find a beautifully lit piece of a vocaloid or evangelion character. Oh! And as long as it doesn't cause you troubles with copyright (please don't risk it if it does) would it be possible for future study times about, say, big IPs or video game styles? Like, what makes the mass effect style different from its competition like halo for example. Probably a lot to ask for, but I just wanted to throw some ideas at the board and see if it helps. I hope to one day pick up your art school program! I can't buy it right now, but its definitely a long term goal to get it one day!

[@ri5906]

Could you please do Bo Chen in the future please?

[@cantbeaartist]

Could you do Matcha🍵

[@saarsayag8235]

for anyone that liked this video there a youtuber named tppo that also analyzes other artists style in order to understand them better and his videos are very high quality! he also did a video about Mika Pikazo that i recommend watching

[@xRamada]

hey thanks nerd

[@bumbarborgcumbersnatch5284]

bless you dude!

[@sael5084]

​@@xRamada😂❤

[@broonoart]

I was wondering if Marc got the idea from tppo

[@parafuegosarchive]

​@@orenjikunArtthe videos teach different things from mika's art, probably inspiration, not a copy

[@daze_0753]

More incredible than Mika’s art is you actually breaking down her whole process perfectly and sharing it. Total W.

[@sael5084]

Would like Marc to break you down aswell ❤❤

[@billiana.art_youtube]

So true, and her style is really complicated

[@Cytryz]

Isn’t it more amazing that someone came up with doing it in the first place vs breaking down what someone came up with?

[@daze_0753]

@@Cytryz that’s also true. But we don’t know how she did it in the first place. She come up with that style by trial and error or she merged a lot of knowledge from other artists? Or she adapted her style based on someone’s else? The fact that Marc could actually break it the down by studying and testing a lot of things is pretty incredible to me, I wouldn’t have such patience or even some of the skills to do it. Regardless of that, both are incredible, not diminishing anyone here.

[@Hvajndall]

Artist studies are so much easier when someone more experienced breaks it down like this, thank you so much!

[@brimple]

so true patchouli

[@Hvajndall]

Patchouli recognises good knowledge when she sees one

[@Fishnberg]

Patchouli speaking facts

[@kabs255]

who is patchouli

[@DeterminationV5]

patchouli is the way

[@ekkymahesa8708]

Mika is the example of why AI could never replace an artist, the thought process when making each of her art is amazingly complicated

[@hocuspocus9713]

Unfortunately she is the exception to the rule. Most beginner/intermediate artists are invalidated by AI and it is a huge deterrent to people thinking about starting.

[@dlanor15]

I was gonna say give it 10-15 years and even her will be replaced, but honestly even if AI gets perfect in terms of execution, she will probably still be able to rival it. We've reached a point where I think great artists can draw anything because we have all the technology to do so, and this is excluding AI. The only thing AI art will do is give a platform to creative people who have the vision but suck at drawing. This artist has both. The only way AI art will replace humans is if it starts thinking exactly like a human or even better, and at that point we'll probably be worried about things other than AI art generations so it's pointless to worry about it now. Personally I'm one of the people who has ideas but can't draw at all, and I like creating some AI pieces that look nice and unique.

[@yuvraj3047]

can't say 'never'

[@ekkymahesa8708]

​@@hocuspocus9713i suck at drawing but i dont think we really need to get discouraged by an AI because even if AI could draw really really good, the result will be 'boring' to look at, example my fav illustrator watanabe tomari, the ai could replicate her 'style' and the result is decent but because the AI dont know what the thought process behind why the artist make a stroke here Or why the artist use this color pallete instead of that, the result even though is decent cant replace the original style, so even if your drawing arent that good when comparing to AI but if you can make your art 'style' distinct enough, AI cant beat you even if they do it in your own 'style'

[@muai]

will it get boring? we don't know its limits, or if there are any limits in terms of ai art@@ekkymahesa8708

[@narutardednerd]

I had been referencing this artist the past couple of days. Marc continues to be a wizard who understands his viewers.

[@sael5084]

And you're the wizard for seeing trough another wizard ❤

[@kiryuunaga1olivians100]

Mika Pikazo is my favorite illustrator, unfortunately her style is very difficult to imitate

[@poumybeloved]

Thats what makes her unique!

[@M1rFortune]

Its anime with extra layers

[@ooriginalkawaipotato3840]

True

[@freakmax9068]

Don't imitate, create a new one based on her style.

[@death__ray]

AI can (booooo)

[@kabs255]

You can tell how experienced Marc is, the fact that he could breakdown Mika Pikazo's techniques so easily. As the saying goes "takes one to know one" (in this context, a professional artist). If you're reading this Marc, PLEASE breakdown Yeureirei's drawing techniques too. LOVE U SO MUCH

[@anonymousfish5995]

Mika Pikazo just has this way of choosing the most aesthetic colours for her illustrations. One of my favourite artists I've been studying... Marc, you're telepathic 😂

[@bryanho7376]

I have so much respect for artist who are able to balance a ton of details, while maintaining a strong focal point!

[@ethanbowman6442]

Another artist with a unique graphic style is LAM. A study on his art would be very interesting and helpful.

[@SirVampyr]

Oh my god, Mika Pikazo is one of my favourites! This video is amazing! LAM is also a very good potential artist to study! :)

[@HandlesL]

I love you Marc Thank you for always teaching us to be great artists

[@sael5084]

I can feel the intense love from down here ❤

[@That_One_MF_0]

​@@sael5084"jusssst the two of us"

[@Foervraengd]

if I had a nickel for every time an art youtuber did a video about copying Mika Pikazo's art style, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@kurasakikenji]

I first found her art from Fate/Grand Order mobile game, they usually credit the artist who work on the character and she did like 3 character on the game like Sei Shonagon (archer) & (berserker) & Mysterious Ranmaru X. I still can't believe they actually got Mika Pikazo to do character design for the game.

[@kelleyblack]

i know a lot of people probably studied J. C. Leyendecker but no one can make it as detailed yet simple as you do plus i love how you deliver the content and i'd like to see how it can be imitated digitally. really hope you'll chose him for the next vid 🤞🏻

[@l0kk016]

I think these videos are great for a specific demographic of viewers, the "Definitely not beginner but still not Pro" artists... People who watch tutorials are probably more towards the beginner side, so it'll probably not do as well in terms of numbers as some other videos, but I hope you still do these from time to time... This was definitely one of my favorite videos from you in recent times, probably because I've been drawing (and watching this channel) for a few years already, you kind of already know most of the basic stuff in tutorial videos, so this is a great change of pace.

[@jaytopia2924]

agreed. These vids really help put into perspective how different other artists flows and styles are. It also kinda helps show that you dont need one type of style or method to produce good art work and you can just do what works for yourself.

[@Negativ3_]

It's doing pretty well

[@marin_xo]

Please do more videos like these, it's so helpful for everyone, especially advanced artists trying to level up their art. Would love to see Rolua next✨

[@puppystylexd]

as a hobbyist with some already established art skills, this is probably one of the more helpful art vids i have ever seen breaking down the processes of an established/skilled artist and in particular showing off the unique digital tricks they utilize is particularly insightful, since this sort of thing can be hard to figure out on your own without a lot of experimentation and in depth knowledge of the program you're working with. it blew my mind when i saw how the secondary shading was done!!!!! super huge fan of this format and i really hope you make more vids like this

[@kyouninja]

Combine Mika's art style and Marc's anatomy and design and you get a masterpiece

[@はなきみら]

Holy sheesh bro. It's really hard to breakdown art like these especially when the artist puts really advanced hidden techniques! Goodjob on spotting these techniques normally one couldn't catch at first glance! Really helps level up my techniques for art!

[@letzschrodinger1977]

I fell in love with Mika's art several years ago now, definitely one of the most unique styles out there IMO. This kind of technical breakdown of her art was super interesting to watch, and I feel like this kind of content helps in training an artist's eye so has benefits beyond copying or mimicking another style. Thanks as always for the content, both myself and many others would be lost without this channel!

[@sashellwisdom6038]

It’s so incredible to see an artist like Marc doing a study like this. I clicked the second I opened KZbin and saw this. Can’t wait to chill out and watch this!

[@swxrdzy]

Thank you for making this video Marc, Mika Pikazo is one of my favourite illustrators and I couldn't really wrap my head around why they're so good, thank you so much

[@onidres]

Mika's tecnique is incredible, thank you for the analysis and breakdown. The analysis itself was just out of this world

[@sillyperson_.]

MIKA PIKAZO MENTION!!! 🗣️🗣️🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@AriaLaurel]

I'm not an artist myself, but I'd always wondered about what Mika was doing to create such a unique style. The second shading pass in particular was really wild! Thanks for doing this deep dive.

[@To_Rue]

That was a fun video! I think this kind of video will help me explore different artstyles a lot more easily. I can see how this series will take a lot of time to create and an episode every 1-2 months or even more very understandable. I hope it will not only be about coloring though if ever there will be another episode. I'll be patiently waiting!

[@Isimarie]

The second shading pass is genius! I’ve been trying to emulate her colouring style for a while now and this is so helpful!

[@sgtfullmetal]

the tppo wave

[@aronwhar]

This video will help me so much, i remember wishing for something like this when i first saw her art since i love how chaotic it looks

[@deniz3315]

Really love this style of video, would be amazing to see a video like this on Demizu Posuka

[@steingtx3726]

I've been trying to imitate her style for the past 3 years as she's the reason I got into digital art but I could never understand her tricks or techniques, I legit cannot thank you enough for this video Marc.

[@litx1471]

Thank you so much marc for making this awesome breakdown of my favorite illustrator's artwork , you are such a legend 🤗

[@CyberValeth]

It's amazing what the artists in Asia do, definitely go outside the box to figure out and create what they want. Love this series already!

[@AishaKyes]

Oh, you actually took the idea, love it! Great breakdown of her work, it will help a lot looking at other artists in the future, now I have a better idea at what to somewhat look at. Thank you! The halftone thing will be something I'll definitely love to try out in my drawings too I love a fellow anime lover, I wonder if you'll draw the elf from Dungeon Meshi soon too 😂 I love drawing her and the main guy rn

[@Gabriel64468]

The workflow and mastery of seperate tools is almost more impressive than the technical mastery - which is obviously also impressive.

[@Dank_Lulu]

It's fascinating to me how you were able to process all this stuff and reverse-engineer it even as a seasoned vet. It's also fascinating to me how Mika Pikazo figured this stuff out all on her own. I heard somewhere that due to how the Japanese language is structured, it changes the way the brain works in some amazing ways. There might be some truth to that because on the flip side as a slav when I look at my brain's modus operandi, the words "It Just Works" come to mind... And on that note, thanks for dumbing things down to a digestible level. 😁

[@tomthepom98]

I doubt it's due to linguistic differences. According to the linguistics class I took at university, the theory that your spoken language shapes your thinking has been largely debunked. Still, I'd believe that larger cultural differences can influence the way you work.

[@Dank_Lulu]

​@@tomthepom98 Yeah, makes sense. Regardless of the reason, Japanese art's pretty cool!

[@luisalmeida9204]

8:00 - All the tricks shown in the video are incredible, but this one blew my mind

[@memenoobpoop]

always love to learn banger from Mika Pikazo

[@chopio7972]

my jaw dropped at the trick part, it looks pretty cool! thanks for breaking it down

[@fal4thought]

I absolutely adore these types of videos! I'd definitely love to see more from you! A few artists you could consider would be artists like Askziye, Yueko, Mogoon (?), Rella, LAM, Hanacue... and so on 🤗

[@katk9355]

I love this new format. I often have 20 minutes between meetings - not enough time to draw or study but stuff like this is just right for me to watch and learn something about artists. If I could understand why I like TB Choi or Toni Infante - that would be so cool

[@rr.studios]

Marc Brunet after watching one tppo video 😂❤

[@YTartschool]

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[@rr.studios]

​@@YTartschoolTppo (art channel) did a similar video a while back...so it looks like you got some inspiration from him 😅

[@miredmind]

Mika Pikazo's and Yoneyama Mai's styles are my favorite. I am currently still in the process of finding my own artstyle after ~3 years of doing digital art, but I love learning lot about theirs.

[@CakSindox]

Miko Pikazo's art is beautiful, on god. That hurt my eyes so much, but they are so pretty, I can't look away.

[@lemonwxtch]

She's one of my fav artists I've been following on twitter for ages. She's so so so good. Thanks for covering her!

[@youshimimi]

What a great video! Her style looks so complicated, it always completely stumped me. I hope you make more of these, I will definitely watch them!!

[@nicolasdumont4373]

I take a moment to say it's ultra-refreshing seeing you study other artists and decipher the advanced technics they use for educational purpose. I think it'd be a good idea to push your channel in this direction. I'm a bit late to the party but hey, have a good year.

[@joko3935]

Please keep this series, very fun to watch!

[@GhostCry100]

This new Marc arc is so good. Yes yes. Break down how all these amazing artists do their things. I WANT TO LEARN !

[@jamieh9466]

There's no way that you did a Mika Pikazo breakdown!! She's literally my favorite artist and I have her book :0

[@august3590]

Mika Pikazo is one of my favorite artists, thank you for breaking down her style!! I would love to see Yoneyama Mai

[@milhouse777]

By far the best Mika Pikazo recreation walkthrough in youtube

[@cxj1138]

I don't know English so I used Google Translate. In my opinion, the key to this style of painting is that it would be better to depict the hair and eyes as if they were made of glass.

[@emreproxtr]

Wow Marc! I am amazed by how humble you are. Usually new artists do this stuff. You might not be the best artist but you are the best art instructor

[@SleepyRue]

This is what I told my art teacher before I dropped out of art school because they didn't let me be creative, that there is so many things out there to make your paintings, digital paintings so unique and fun, you do not always have to do the typical traditional method there is so many out there that you can do and make your own spin on it, that is what make art so fun and creative.

[@magicalgirl1296]

Mika Pikazo's art is really vibrant.

[@yashkumar6531]

I always have my pen and trusty maths notebook with me whenever i watch your videos.

[@lilymikan_toast3304]

I love this so much! I've seen similar breakdown videos but really really value yours because your experience and skill as an artist enables you to pick up on and understand the key concepts (how mika uses patterns, colours and detail or space) and techniques/tricks (half tones + hard mix blend) mika uses that I wouldn't have been able to see myself. Everything is explained and shown so clearly and I appreciate the effort you put into learning another artists style! And it's also really cool to see you apply them in a new piece of your own. Really hope to see more!!

[@sHeggz422]

haven't been able to draw in a while, but being able to follow exactly what you're doing because i learned it from you previously it's always seamless.

[@yohannesdraws]

You broke this down brilliantly! Please continue this series!✨

[@CeLillyMusic]

Yesss, please make more videos like that!

[@zinzolin14]

Thanks for breaking down these artists' process and showing us how to recreate their works! I'd love to see more of these in the future

[@mochimona]

thank you for breaking her workflow down. I have seen another artist trying to break down how she's doing the halftone effect and it wasn't that close as yours. You are awesome, thank you!

[@WinterSnow_101]

Mika pikazo is one of my favorite artists, so I’m really glad you covered her art style!

[@einhasad7]

I love these art study videos because even when people pick up the same artist they learn different things from them. I would love to see you do more studies

[@johndoe-fr2wd]

Marc you're the only reason I do art literally you're my only motivation.

[@joaovitorlima9952]

Dang, I came in late for class! Seriously, tho, this is the best breakdown I've seen of her style yet. Combine that with the fact that it is a non-nonsense, straight to the point 10 minutes video, just awesome. Chef's kiss. Now I just have to learn how to replicate clip studio paint stuff in krita lol

[@prettyspectrum6371]

If this becomes a series I'm so down for it. You have the knowledge of art and how to explain things so well, sometimes I stare at some amazing pieces of art and try to imagine how they did some techniques. Loved the video !!

[@creeponite]

The Quality of this video is *AMAAAZZIIIINNGGGG* also the Tones framing the video is a nice touch 🤌

[@rynsart]

This is probably the best way to learn art, study your favourite artists guys. It really helps.

[@schranzcops2906]

OH HELL YEAH Mika Pikazo’s visual effects are so insane, thank you so much for your insights!!

[@imjinaah]

damn, thank you! Mika Pikazo is one of my all time faves

[@tliefling]

please do more of these! i learned so much from this video alone. it really helped to break down so many things!

[@thricekx]

Term 1 art student here. This is awesome! Thanks for your work in looking into this, Marc! Learning from you has been a pleasure! 😊

[@markun23]

I've been wanted to draw like Mika Pikazo and went to study her art by following it and copying it to understand how she made it. Damn it's so hard but fun. Nice timing for uploading this video thanks!!

[@maryhanh1832]

Thank you so much for teaching us about Mika Pikazo’s technique I've been trying to learn it for a very long time so this is truly helpful! Also, there is another artist with an incredible art style that I think will be very fun to learn Taiki, a video study about his tricks will be awesome

[@sedonachapman]

Please do more of these! it's difficult to find videos of this technique, but it's absolutely the most important thing for advanced artists to do once they have a good grasp of the fundamentals. It's really the only way I study art nowadays, and I love seeing master level artists' break down of iconic styles~ there are not a lot of tutorials geared towards higher level artists ❤

[@andrevaccaro3346]

I’ve watched this video like four times over and not becuase it isn’t structured well but becuase there is so much good information and stuff to learn from it, great video thank you for the tools to make my own art a lot better, please do more videos like this

[@Placerhold]

1900’s: Picasso? 2000’s: Nah we have Pikazo

[@mikicho-2-matte336]

I can't believe it! My art mentor made a video about Mika Pikazo!!! I'm speechless!

[@dumbdwei1120]

the video was so great! i hope it does big numbers because it is so much fun seeing you tackle other artist's styles and i would really love to see more! it's different and fresh and exciting!

[@L0rar3]

My favorite art teacher talking about my biggest art icon makes me cry out of happinessssss 😭😭😭 Thanku for your work!! QwQ

[@HuebertEllowit-LOL]

this was awesome! This is one of the hardest things for me to understand and implement on my own. I can practice fundamentals and everything, but my eye reeeeally struggles to find the specifics of what makes certain rendering styles look different from each other and what makes them unique. This is exactly the kind of video that is the most helpful for me!

[@hugo-samson]

Great video Marc! I used to do a lot of studies to learn fundamentals and then just stopped.. Seeing you still do this to learn different styles inspired me to keep studying. There's always more to learn.

[@Neeshin_Illust]

I also tried studying her techniques last year but this video really shows a lot of her techniques that I missed out. Really helpful! I hope you can try Lack's art style as well.

[@m_akinsarica]

Damn the trick with halftone filter and hard mixing it with smudge brush is so smart for quick color variations. I've never thought about it!

[@zer7766]

Im just searching how to draw anatomy and your vid just pop up, and when i watch it i feel very comfortable the way you interact(the way you teach us) its entertaining, im looking forward to continue my art journey learning to your videos!!

[@NormalMar]

Love Mika Pikazo and I was excited to see a breakdown of her stuff. Thank you so much!!

[@thaitoan4760]

So happy to see many people on youtube talk about Mika Pikazo, her art is literally Drug Art

[@therealsnaily]

WE GOTTA GET MAX GREEKE SOMETIME! Marc, You're really motivating me to get back to drawing, and I wanna crush this year with your tutorials and resources! Love ya.

[@muranziel]

YES! Please keep this series up. I beg of you! IDK if he's popular, but Park Jin Suky

[@ilovepalitaw]

Please do more of this, your breakdowns are very understandable and I learned so many things just from this video!

[@Arascaranara]

Thank you! I really like this series if you’re planning on doing it more, it really helps to understand their thought process. If you’re taking recommendations on artist to make a video out of, Wlop is amazing! Thank you for taking your time and effort, it really helps

[@reality7068]

Yes, please make more of these, they're interesting to watch. I'm curious about how different artists structure their layers.

[@thisisexpression101]

I always wondered how Mika applies her absolutely wild coloring finish and that was definitely not what I was expecting I'm trying that right now

[@vmfvictor]

I don't even do art but these types of behind the scenes videos are so awesome. Please make more videos like this on different artists.

[@phyniffer]

I'm not an artist and no idea why this video was recommended to me but I'm so glad it was. Great job

[@ramen5802]

What an Incredible video. I love her art and this was so in-depth. Please please please make more of these, what an impressive artist to start with. I think your method of getting those crazy colors in the hair was really clever as well!