I tried drawing along with Yoneyama Mai to get better at illustration | Copy Drawing

My attempt at recreating Yoneyama Mai’s ‘2020.04.13’ illustration. I wanted to understand her workflow, brushwork, coloring techniques, and mainly how did Yoneyama create the final pink pastel look? What adjustment layers did she used? So I followed along with her illustration timelapse video to find out the artist's secrets.
Yoneyama Mai (米山舞):
🎨 KZbin: @Yoneyama Mai
🎨 Pixiv: www.pixiv.net/en/users/1554775
🎨 Twitter: / yoneyamai
🎨 Instagram: / yoneyamai
My PSD Files:
📁 drive.google.com/drive/u/2/fo...
Timestamp:
00:00 Intro
00:26 Rough & Line art
01:22 Coloring
04:51 Background
05:40 Yoneyama's Color Adjustments
Any questions? Feel free to message me:
🤔 / _tppo
Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Wacom Intuos Pro

[@idkwayta1722]

Hello the grain is added using 50% gray on overlay then grain. It's a very old technique people use. Since at 50% grey on overlay the value will not change at all and so does color since it is grey on overlay. Only the grain will show up after filter since the grain have different value than 50% grey

[@tppoart]

ahhhh I see thank you!

[@idkwayta1722]

OK in case you wonder why do this. The reason is that you can lower or increase the strength of the noise using "just" the opac slider without affect anything and only the noise

[@adrianparra4442]

I don’t understand

[@sahiru]

i just got the 50% grey part ,....welp

[@feinky8489]

wait, so the whole point of this video is just to add noise?

[@wishisimple9591]

Yoneyama Mai's art looks unique always, thats why they are one my favorite artist the copy practice looks almost identical, looks great!

[@tppoart]

thank you!

[@oamioxmocliox8082]

;)

[@zeusolympus1664]

@@tppoart bro you have insane drawing skills. Dont underestimate yourself.

[@kithalie]

I'm having a hard time trying digital art. Following along with artists never crossed my mind, this is an amazing idea.

[@tppoart]

yeahhh give it a try! Surprisingly informative and it's actually fun to do

[@jaytopia2924]

frrrrrr, i used to follow along to learn traditional things like proportions and perspective but somehow i never thought to do the same thing for digital concepts

[@hongsonnguyen8204]

she has mastered all the fundamentals and utilized it to an extent that in a 100 years I cant imagine to draw like her, the flow, dynamic, energy, balance,...

[@_NguyenThuyMinhAnh]

Being able to breaking it down and explain it in a simple way to understand, you re amazing my friend! Love to see more of your video❤

[@tppoart]

Thank you

[@arysdelio5143]

I did not expect you to do a video on yoneyama mai since her style is very unique and honestly hard to follow

[@tppoart]

yeahhh I love her style! I think this video was somewhat simpler compared to her latest artworks, so I thought that this was a good starting point

[@potatodude5327]

5:51 the layer she was using is the color balance layer in CSP; it basically allows you to control the colors in shadows, half-tones, and highlight. it's very useful if you feel your image is ruled by one strong color(think: an image filter), playing around with it can drastically change the...well, balance of colors in the image!

[@swisdom9117]

You're sooo talented. Your replica looked so similar to hers. Wow. Also a million people have said this but your channel is so underrated. I learn so much from you

[@tppoart]

Link to extra notes from my study: miro.com/app/board/uXjVOuxxTuI=/?share_link_id=83403928812

[@sandhrart]

Amazingly done!!! Thank you for taking the time to follow tutorials step by step and summarise them for us! It's been so helpful!

[@Meii8899]

you're seriously very talented and your videos are so informative, not many artists will show their layer process, that gives me a hard time as i self learn digital art myself and i have zero to no idea on how to manage the layers in my art, you're seriously so good! thank you !!

[@Angel-de4er]

You are seriously amazing, I started analizing some artist´s videos but couldnt make head or tails from those processes. Now after seeing your vids I think Ive got a better grasping and surely will get better.

[@NweNeko]

This is so cool and it's really interesting for a beginner artist like me to be exposed to something that seems simple but has a huge impact on the art itself

[@alfirahmancalfiadro6591]

bro i cant fathome how you manage to study Yoneyamai work in depth and managed to ouput a great artwork from it. this analysis video is my new thing now

[@tppoart]

thank you 😁

[@couragedy89]

Mate, you are everything I have felt when I tried to do imitation studies of my favourite artists. This is really well laid out studies, and I am truly encouraged and motivated by your studies.

[@SyccRi]

Yoneyama Mai's art style is so unique. I've been loving it ever since i first saw it. I found myself scrolling through their arts (on yt, pinterest and so on). Ty for this, i'd def try practicing this style and see if it inspires mine:)

[@Mevie_]

ive watched like 3 videos of yours but i am so thankful knowing all these little secrets and tips from this i could grow as an artist 🙏thank you!

[@FabricioRodrigues...]

Such a masterful and incredible video!! Amazingly eddited and FILLED with gold-worthy info!! You nailed it man!!

[@Purple-Tea]

Its always very interesting To watch artists like you trying other artists art style and see the „behind the scene“ of the drawings! I learn alot watching your videos! Thanks Man

[@roundedosu]

your skill at observing and copying others techniques is astonishing, great study and your channel really motivated me

[@sezuriiii]

I love how you aren't saying you're "fixing the art" or making it better. I find it cool how you only follow along for a study and not calling it completely original art that you did. This is really informative and helped me a lot with my art! :D

[@Ayub-Akane]

A tip I can suggest toward people is to start with thin lineart and then thicken the lines as you go. Even when doing copy drawings, if you try to immediately replicate the same thick lines as the original, you may accidentally go overboard and be forced to erase. However, this can ruin some parts. So by starting with thin lines and thickening them as you progress, you can view what the thick lines do to the whole image rather than just that isolated part for that moment.

[@radishanim]

Love, love the analysis of the colors. I wouldn't have been able to realize there was a method to the color picking had you not explained it. Thank you!

[@azanamiii]

thank you so much for this video. i really love yoneyama mai artwork. will definitely try this myself.

[@DammmitDiane]

Thank you for explaining things very clearly and simply, I learned a lot from this :D

[@gaboshkaboi6885]

Wow! Well replicated. And I like how well you explained everything

[@JoiskiMe]

Thank you so much! This is a wonderful run-down!

[@donutyue]

Thank you so much for the study and tips!! Curves are so powerful, you can try using LUTs as well for finishing the render! What makes the piece SO GOOD though is the basics of perspective and lighting. Amazing work from yoneyama 😩👌👌👌

[@chrisjaypedra9114]

your attempt is almost identical to the original 😱and I learn a lot xD

[@tppoart]

😉

[@AllisterVinris]

Your videos are extremely helpful, I'm very happy to have found you

[@NaN-uu8sy]

Just recently found your channel and it has been really helpful!!! Thank you so much and looking forward for more of your content!!

[@sanks9747]

I am taking my time watching your videos... don't understand many things but I am learning so much. Even as a beginner these are incredible help. Thanks.

[@Monsterpala]

This is very helpful. Thank you very much for the great work.

[@remochii]

You recreated it perfectly!! ❤️

[@Elmopios]

Awesome process + free psd files , this man is generous

[@bevq2246]

omgg this channel is a goldmine

[@mody6074]

Thank u for the video! I love how you explaining it also the video animation is so nice!

[@whitexflash]

This channel is so underrated 😭❤️ good work!

[@lirneim8013]

I feel the inhale and self-loathing afterwards so much XD. I always do that whenever I do something and it always discourages me from trying harder.

[@valeriasoloveva4667]

Wow, that was extremely helpful. Thank you so much!

[@Yami-gv6uk]

im defnitely gonna try this, its a great method to improve your art

[@ligodraws]

Omg I'm soo glad I found your channel , I tried following along with artist but it's hard for me cuz I'm a beginner , your explanations are really helpful 💕

[@dryercat2585]

Really well done video, I can appreciate good editing when I see it

[@mape6777]

Wow, thanks a lot for this study, the editing and explanation and for sharing the file. Now it's time for me to study this as well :D

[@Zanion]

this is me, I love playing racing games and occasionaly make a livery for one of the cars. neither am I good at drawing, nor do I know anything more than the most basic stuff in photoshop. yet here I am. Watching almost all videos of you explain how artists use different features of photoshop in a category I will propably never touch. going frame by frame to see what you did only to perfect a single line, on a virtual car, that will be seen by only a handful of people. I will propably try to draw along one of these videos at some point, once I feel more comfortable with everything. Thank you for doing these videos! I feel like I get better by the second

[@pvettycvnt]

Great study but i can't help but notice how you edited the video! I love it it's just so smooth and flowy idk man keep up the good work :D

[@sophiayamagughi]

I'm glad you're making these! cos I always have wondered the same but was too lazy to do it myself

[@statusvideosbyrinkibind2423]

It was super duper gorgeous 😍

[@kalebdaniels]

I love your analysis videos!! You make me feel like such a Noob, and u sound very seasoned 🥲🙂

[@jameslovesart3408]

I learned so much from this video thank you so much for your time and effort :)

[@seeit1612]

you're my fav art channel now sinix second

[@rxvengg1377]

i dont think i'll ever have the time to learn art but i must say i enjoy your videos very much

[@minatimurmu9798]

Did I find a treasure? Your channel is a lifesaver!! Instantly subscribed!

[@fukurouituki129]

A bless I found your videos, keep it up! I want to watch more!

[@hikarihoshizora3060]

I love this guy already

[@AConnorDN38416]

oh man this is cool, I did a draw along with this same video a few months ago too, haha. I got impatient pretty early on though and didn't follow through with it like you did. Nice video! It seems like you can learn a lot from trying to copy the process from one of these videos that pro artists publish.

[@reishou19]

Adding the grain texture gives the work a very watery color look.

[@AnnTran-pl8ho]

i would absolutely KILL to see you break down rinotunas artworks !!!!

[@5ravee5]

Wow..... That's really pretty

[@HavenHopeArt]

Such a good video! 💜

[@pedromarinsbede1584]

thx so much for the class!!!

[@LemonEyesNL]

Love this videooooo!!!

[@kaizze8777]

I noticed that there really 2 processes that popular artists use. The line, base then render ,ethos or the painterly one layer painting method. Both are valid and all other process styles essentially a blend of the two. I lean on the line art side but starting to get used to painterly because you get to do Matt painting and photo bashing and making the materials a part of your blocking process. Very interesting stuff. Great video as usual

[@irfanmifzal8380]

at this point you should make full class how to copy practice, you so good

[@willchen1152]

thanks for that noise technique! I been wondering how to do it easy

[@beige_me2]

Great illustration

[@alexcena1383]

Amazing my guy keep this content up

[@tppoart]

thanks 😉

[@autims2953]

Thank you very much for your video!

[@tppoart]

no problem!

[@totallystevens4468]

Underrated channel, definitely subbing

[@tppoart]

thank you 🙏

[@luthfihawari94]

keep up to good work, bro!

[@demon6937]

I look the artist works in youtube damn they are beautiful

[@bubblesintheocean4638]

I've been always watching thru Yoneyama's timelapse vids but I cannot make heads or tails of the processes bc I'm not used to Ps. Just recently got into it for drawing and I'm slowly learning the basics. You did an amazing job with this piece btw!!

[@neurzero]

I like your version honestly if you ask me

[@vert1811]

Awesome

[@sembarang1150]

Godly observation skill

[@tiktokfinds6143]

your skills are off the charts.. indeed practicing alongside a master helps..

[@SylverScourge]

Yeah, too bad you have to already be close to their level to truly learn.

[@xidiffiyt7986]

@@SylverScourge not true even if you're art is bad you definitely will still learn

[@yameenchaunsa3721]

sick dude!

[@samfacultad9669]

Holy shit the editing is too good 😮

[@LePeppino]

Binging through all your videos right now and really loving them. I wish I could paint half as good as any artist presented here and my red/green and blue/purple color blindnesses aren't exactly helping, but it's really inspiring nevertheless.

[@Jinjinajin]

I enjoyed 0:54 way more than I thought I would. Subbed

[@vianaocta8265]

Yoneyama Mai's art is so good. I really try so hard to draw like her but I always failed. Mostly because I don't know what to do after one step to another.. When I draw, it's usually sketch > lineart > color > shade > lightning. And that is just never make my art looks good, in fact my art looks so terrible the more I look at it. I never actually satisfied with my own art, but I don't know where to fix it. It's always "just add this and it should be good" but turned out it looks bad lol

[@LucasSweden]

Good work

[@mae-ceriley6841]

i love your videos

[@tulianlachacha2447]

Thankyou

[@dann-7801]

Appealing

[@iamrouxe]

Damn you're good!, i just found this channel

[@talleres117]

bro can you do a tutorial like slow process on how to do skin color types and color theory cuz im really havinh a hard time understanding color thepry

[@tppoart]

I honestly don't really know much about skin coloring and color theory as well lol. I was just painting in the same way as the original pic. But I'll see what I can do for a future vid!

[@rachi19]

Wow

[@alisuleew4272]

She was clearly (I think) using an auto action on clip studio which is a system that save your hue,saturation and other. And when you clic generate it will create different file of what was save by yourself. Or mb she download an auto action made by someone and use it because we can download it too

[@FrogsterGangster]

this person saves me from my siblings coming inside my room and seeing wtf im doing

[@kate_mam]

شكرا

[@BaraKingu]

It has a strong art nouveau style

[@gabrielolivari1695]

Thank you so much for the video, i was wondering what is the canvas size.

[@colourarch9104]

I use Open Canvas and I may have to follow through to see the differences I can determine.

[@snora_zzz]

My goal is to have someone analyze my speedpaints like this one day

[@eunjiho3343]

0:55 yesh i can feel u brother

[@inventor4279]

What I feel this series fails to mention, is how regardless of the knowledge of any of these tools and strategies you have, it still comes down to the personal view and creativity of the artist, none of the things done here are revolutionary, they are as bare ones as they come, but it's how she used them

[@davidetarabella2309]

great video! can you do tatsuki fujimoto tecniques pls?

[@karakurie]

Hey, if you feel the rough sucks that's a good thing! Check where the differences are and why (if it its perfect I always get pissed because obviously if I'm drawing by myself it looks like crap so whether or not its perfect is unhelpful. The mistakes help you the most) I am a bit crazy but I often turn the face into a geometric shape or basic loomis head and then figure out where the proportion differences are. Anime is exaggeration if real life so you can't really learn to draw in a person's style from the get go unless you can tell how they changed proportions and why. Like yoneyama made the eyes bigger and nose small enough that you can see the other eye. But it is still in proportion and the line follow the same direction. (sorry I mean the proprtions are exaggerated but the design makes it look in proportion. The why is because of design. Norman Rockwell did this a lot) Just some advice because although I totes feel that sigh I felt you skipped (or maybe didn't record) one of the most useful steps. (I used to skip it too and wondered why I still couldn't draw. Art's not magic. It is for some but not for me.)

[@HitBoxMaster]

As an artist, this entire channel actually seemed like something worthwhile, but everything is basically "draw the rest of the owl", lol. What a disappointmetn

[@nekichu]

if by artist you mean "beginner artist" or "someone who's been drawing for less than 3 years" then this isnt the right place for you lol