Copying top artists to learn their secrets: Mika Pikazo

Summary by Krater

An art tutorial that breaks down the style of Japanese artist Mika Pikazo by analyzing her use of color triads, line art coloring, noise filters, and clipping masks in Adobe Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint.

From the video

Answers: How to draw and paint in Mika Pikazo's art style?

• Mika Pikazo art style analysis
• Digital painting color theory
• Triad color harmony in anime art
• Clip Studio Paint and Photoshop painting techniques

What it concludes

• Mika Pikazo avoids low-saturation colors and designs her art to look like a fruit salad or candy pile.
• She never went to art school or studied fine arts, but developed a strong eye for composition.
• She uses repetition extensively with recurring patterns and triad color harmonies.
• Clipping masks over base color layers are used to keep complex shading organized and manageable.
• Adding a noise filter and chromatic aberration effect helps give her digital paintings their distinct finish.