I tried recreating Mika Pikazo's vibrant illustration in order to learn the hidden stylization techniques for giving your illustration a pop graphic look. My main takeaway from this study was halftone, and in this video I explored using Photoshop, Clip Studio and other ways of applying halftones.

Copy Study PSD File:
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/fo...

Mika Pikazo's Socials:
Twitter:   / mikapikazo  
Pixiv: https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/1039353
Pixiv Fanbox (Files): https://mikapikazo.fanbox.cc/

CSP Brushes:
✏ 鉛筆R: https://assets.clipstudio.com/enus/...
✏ やわ肌ブラシ: https://assets.clipstudio.com/enus/...
✏ 水彩境界Gペン: https://assets.clipstudio.com/enus/...
✏ 濃い水彩 & 水多め: https://assets.clipstudio.com/jajp/...

PSD Mega Brush Pack:
✏ (Requires Creative Cloud): https://www.adobe.com/products/photos...

Resources:
Pixiv Sensei Course: https://sensei.pixiv.net/ja/course/17
Pixiv Sensei Video:    • sensei by pixiv 第166回  キャラクター / メイキン...  

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:36 1. Initial Breakdown + Resources
01:54 2. 1st Study
05:15 3. Halftones! ⭐
08:22 4. 2nd Study
12:02 Outcome + Conclusion

Korean Subtitles By Langzooma! :   / langzooma  

Any questions? feel free to message me:
  / _tppo