I tried studying Japanese character illustrator Umibouzu (うみぼうず) and following along with her 120mins challenge video, in order to learn the secrets to drawing faster. From this, I learned how to optimize my workflow while drawing to improve my drawing speed and confidence.

All illustrations from this vid (CSP/PSD):
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/fo...

Umibouzu's 120mins Vid:    • 【120minutes】イラストメイキング　リゼロ　レム  

Umibouzu's Socials:
Twitter:   / bouzumi_  
Pixiv: https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/28939313
Youtube:    / @usermz8jo3ri4r  

Artists Mentioned:
ASK:   / askziye  
hanamori:   / hanamori59ya  
Rolua:   / rolua_n  
Kei Mochizuki:   / key_999  
mogoon (モ誰):   / jeonghee1414  
rurudo:   / rurudo_  
Mika Pikazo:   / mikapikazo  
LAM:   / ramdayo1122  

Brushes used (I mostly use default brushes):
CSP:
✏ 鉛筆R: https://assets.clipstudio.com/enus/...
✏ やわ肌ブラシ: https://assets.clipstudio.com/enus/...
✏ 濃い水彩 & 水多め: https://assets.clipstudio.com/jajp/...
PSD:
✏ (Requires Creative Cloud): https://www.adobe.com/products/photos...

Extra Notes (Notion link):
https://spiffytern9bd.notion.site/N...

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:36 Follow Along Study
03:30 2hrs Attempt (Umibouzu style)
06:24 2hrs Attempts (Variety style)
13:21 Outcome + Conclusion

A lot of people have been asking me about editing, so I’ll start sharing some of my editing sequences on Gumroad: https://tppo.gumroad.com/

Any questions? feel free to message me:
  / _tppo