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

[@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

[@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)

[@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

[@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 ❤

[@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.

[@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 😂

[@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! :)

[@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 🤞🏻

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@kyouninja]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@Gabriel64468]

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

[@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!

[@onidres]

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

[@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

[@joko3935]

Please keep this series, very fun to watch!

[@deniz3315]

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

[@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!

[@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!

[@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

[@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

[@chopio7972]

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

[@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!

[@sillyperson_.]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@memenoobpoop]

always love to learn banger from Mika Pikazo

[@luisalmeida9204]

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

[@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 🤗

[@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.

[@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 😅

[@yashkumar6531]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@august3590]

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

[@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!!

[@Frch015]

I really enjoy this copying artist sort of new content

[@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

[@creeponite]

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

[@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!

[@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!

[@Faerinth]

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

[@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!✨

[@magicalgirl1296]

Mika Pikazo's art is really vibrant.

[@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

[@jayceeanimations]

I didn't expect an artstyle analysis video from Marc about Mika Pikazo, awesome! I recommend two illustrators for the next analysis, "Kei Mochizuki" or "Yoneyama Mai"

[@lemonii.toffii]

Same I love yoneyama mai

[@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! 👍

[@milhouse777]

By far the best Mika Pikazo recreation walkthrough in youtube

[@GhostCry100]

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

[@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

[@Winturd1]

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

[@hoangsheep4040]

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

[@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 ❤

[@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!!

[@kemonlop]

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 💕💕

[@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!

[@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

[@NormalMar]

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

[@hesterftw]

this was extremely informative would love more videos like this

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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

[@johndoe-fr2wd]

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

[@MrJustyblue]

I loved this episode. Sometimes it's puzzling to look at some of artists Works and i wonder how they did it. I hope to see more of these!

[@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

[@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

[@schranzcops2906]

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

[@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!

[@muranziel]

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

[@jamieh9466]

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

[@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.

[@reality7068]

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

[@lakepants]

Being good at art isn't the same as being good at teaching, nor just drawing. I think it's best to be good at learning.

[@rynsart]

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

[@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!

[@rai1578]

PLEASE do more studies based on artists

[@yanzuilhof7226]

The half tone hard mix trick blew my mind. Thx for sharing this!

[@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!!

[@ogkpopper]

OMG THIS IS SO COOL! Please do Luciah Siang next, there's literally so little studies out there about her art, and by little I mean one, but she is AMAZING!

[@ngakk]

Love the breakdown of Mika Pikazo’s techniques! If I would suggest another artist it would definitely be Mai Yoneyama

[@Suntallulah]

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

[@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 !!

[@johnharrisjr.351]

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

[@Resonate911]

those hard mix blending technique is really a game changer