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🍵

[@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

[@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

[@pb5335]

hey thanks nerd

[@bumbarborgcumbersnatch5284]

bless you dude!

[@sael5084]

​@@pb5335😂❤

[@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

[@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

[@ethanbowman6442]

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

[@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 ❤

[@bryanho7376]

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

[@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"

[@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 🤞🏻

[@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✨

[@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!

[@sillyperson_.]

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

[@sgtfullmetal]

the tppo wave

[@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.

[@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!

[@joko3935]

Please keep this series, very fun to watch!

[@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!

[@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!

[@memenoobpoop]

always love to learn banger from Mika Pikazo

[@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

[@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

[@benedits5206]

Marc is not pulling any punches this year, I love STUDY TIME❤❤❤ Let's goooo 2024

[@deniz3315]

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

[@shutter-chan]

Mika's artstyle is best defined as "order out of chaos".

[@GhostCry100]

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

[@Placerhold]

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

[@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 🤗

[@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.

[@yohannesdraws]

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

[@magicalgirl1296]

Mika Pikazo's art is really vibrant.

[@imjinaah]

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

[@thaitoan4760]

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

[@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

[@Resonate911]

those hard mix blending technique is really a game changer

[@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!

[@milhouse777]

By far the best Mika Pikazo recreation walkthrough in youtube

[@hiramzen]

hell yes! a new marc video breaking down another artist's work!

[@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.

[@L0rar3]

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

[@hoangsheep4040]

Hope you’ll do Rella’s arts. I adore her lighting skill so much 😭😭😭

[@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!

[@CatherinetheMewsthebestMTB]

This was super gamebreaking for me. I've done a lot of these things individually before, but putting them together like that. It's very like. It's like I openned my 3rd eye by watching this video

[@hesterftw]

this was extremely informative would love more videos like this

[@Sodukka]

Mika Pikazo is like if adhd was an illustration

[@allel_ffb]

this is extremely helpful thank you so much 😭❤️❤️❤️ I've seen a couple style breakdown videos and from every each i was collecting something for me. please do Ask style breakdown also. i've seen some of that, but she is STILL a mystery to me

[@Faerinth]

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

[@Sn0wHare]

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

[@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!!

[@gregorrohde3146]

Heeeey, I really like this format! Please continue it!

[@rai1578]

PLEASE do more studies based on artists

[@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.

[@rynsart]

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

[@sleeper6548]

Next month is my bday, i am trying to get a drawing tablet from my parents, since they cost more than what i get per year lol, if i can convince them, then I'll definitely come back to this video, Mika Pikazo is one of the first artist that I actually liked the art of, her coloring is just so captivating

[@johndoe-fr2wd]

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

[@johnharrisjr.351]

Yes to everything that's happening here. Appreciate your extra effort.

[@mypham7907]

Finally see this content about Mika Pikazo !!!!

[@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 ❤

[@tijoao4661]

If this ever becomes a seires I would love to see a Guweiz episode, love his style and how he uses dark values, almost pure blacks and still make it very eye appelieng!

[@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

[@yashkumar6531]

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

[@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!

[@goldenwolf3392]

Very good video, it helps me understand that art (coloring portion) itself has an order that anyone can really do as long as you have the correct steps and some technical skill. Really cool! 👍

[@Frch015]

I really enjoy this copying artist sort of new content

[@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!

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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!!

[@mikicho-2-matte336]

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

[@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.

[@BrunoBarker]

Fantastic! I love how you explain the things on a such easy way! Marc was hiding his Sharingan for the whole time lol! Also, i WILL be one of your students one day that's for sure!

[@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

[@VELVETYJUSTDRAWS]

Mika pikazo one of my favorite artists

[@eminayeart]

These recent videos have been AMAZING Marc! keep up the great work sir! 💪🔥❤

[@ellairen423]

This video appeared on my KZbin homepage after I installed Mika's work as my wallpaper 😯

[@edgardmacedo8264]

super dooper cool, she must use a lot more detailed and complex methods in her works but this was a really great way of simplifying her art style, amazing!

[@vairus7792]

Oh god you did it , mika pikazo is once of my favourite illustrator , but the next time can you make a study about Rolua or Yoneyama mai? The way rolua draw hair and perspective is so mesmerizing and Yoneyama mai is once of the sss illustrator . Her works are amazing

[@Suntallulah]

Thanks for the easy breakdown video! Some artists I would love to see future videos on would be ASK or LAM!

[@hannana1109]

Marc, you're my savior!! I LOVE videos like these and I'd really like to see you break down how Wenjun Lin do color and value. They're like really bright and highly saturated, yet it's still really beautiful! Thank you 💕💕

[@berkeeonyoutube]

that's sick, if you wanna continue this series, I think rinotuna got a pretty cool style

[@BombyMFT]

Boichi's art is amazing and i'd love to see his style break down next

[@cykakrolik]

I appreciate it so much. If you will be able to do "Bo Chen" episode I think people will be so pleased with it

[@metovir8109]

Thanks, Mark!

[@fukkendermohammed]

Please do keep doing these. Also it is refreshing to see you replicating anime styles more faithfully like this. I'll admit, when I once heard you say you "used to draw anime", I thought you just ran into the same info hole roadblock as many westerners do and just gave up on going for that style, but I guess it really was an artistic choice for you

[@schoolpresentations3593]

This is so good Marc, please keep this series!

[@rip_HFWR]

truly impressive, you are indeed an art teacher...

[@39fornothingatall]

This video was DEFINITELY worth the effort, Marc!! You're really good at analysing what goes into an artist's style and technique, and I feel like I learned so many cool things from your breakdown! I really hope you make more videos in this series! ❤

[@kanita5389]

Oh I love this "learn from the pros" type of video

[@rafalandrzejewski6327]

Still the best art teacher ever , you see thinhgs in other art thats nobody can

[@nafishaziq]

Fav ilustrator

[@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.

[@ChuuChuu777]

Marc, you are not only an amazing artist, but a teacher as well. Thanks for everything you do! 🙏🏻

[@PaichiVT]

This is amazing! My favorite artist that I would love to see a study done on is Eku Uekura~!

[@hampton887]

This was amazing, totally worth making, thankyou!

[@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!!

[@rayo1134]

As a subscriber for 2-3 years (i dont really remeember but i know i discover marc quite some time after stepping digital art around 2021 and i can tell that this videos the editing and the graphic design this past few videos improved a lot again. My master can be a new proko from quite some time