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Mika Misono // Blue Archive ( Pack x 03 Ver. )
🕑 Added 2025-11-13 06:12:47 +0000 UTCHey everyone, how's it going...? (・∀・)ﾉ
Sorry for being MIA for a couple of days, as you can see, I've been pretty busy...😅💦
Whew... I can definitely say this is one of the heaviest projects I've had recently, at least in terms of the background. A truly difficult but fun challenge.
Drawing Mika was the easy and fun part; after all, she's such an angel. The real battle here was getting the background right.
To begin with, it's a very famous building designed by a very famous architect (Frank Lloyd Wright). So I had to try to make a faithful representation, at least to the best of my abilities.
To save some time, I traced the basic shapes of the building directly from a photographic reference. However, this only shaved a couple of hours off my work, since the details, textures, and small elements scattered throughout the scene were overwhelming just by themselves...😵💫
In the time-lapse you will see that the process was a wild ride...LOL
Secondly, I really enjoy drawing backgrounds, but that doesn't mean I'm any good at it. You see, anime backgrounds have something really weird about them: they're not quite painterly, but they're not hiperealistic either. So neither of those styles really describes them. I'd say there's a certain over-baked quality to them. You know, almost like a deep-fried meme.
They need to be oversaturated, the contrast is pretty high, and there's an overabundance of special effects and sparkles.
So they're a whole science just by themselves...🎨👨🎨✨
But even with all that, I still enjoy working on them.
I'll keep working hard to master their secrets...!
Comments
Virus. G
Thank you so much for all the support...! Let's keep working hard...💪✨
Virus. G
A heavenly vision, no doubt about it...😍👼💕
akh101
Love it all! Thanks for all hard work you did! Looking forward what comes next.
Esteban Escalona
Beautiful 😍 i love her
