Small S vol. 82: Cover Illustration by Karin
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The cover illustration is by Karin and is an original illustration of a retro Japanese-style maid girl wearing many Japanese-themed motifs including goldfish and ramune sweets! Also included is a feature on how the cover illustration was made, along with a special interview with the NIJISANJI-affiliated VTuber Sukoya Kana.
20th Anniversary Special Issue! This issue also features over 1,000 submissions in the Posted Illustration Corner! This special edition highlights how to draw “Japanese-style illustrations”.
Analog illustration making with COPIC markers, watercolor markers, Gansai paint, and acrylic paints is also featured along with a tutorial on digital desktop music production.
●Special Interview
Sukoya Kana (NIJISANJI) × Karin
●Illustration Making Special Feature: "Drawing Japanese-style Illustrations"
Introducing how to draw kimonos, Japanese accessories, and other visual materials!
●Try drawing using various art materials!
Karin: Cover illustration making (COPIC markers) / Nagata Ema (CLIP STUDIO PAINT) / Sagara Chito (Staedtler Pigment Brush Pen) / Natsume Lemon (Gansai Tanbi Granulating Colors 2) / Ichita Sukemaru (Amsterdam Acrylic Color & Acrylic Ganache) / Sanada Shiro (IC Screen Digital Making) / Hazuki Tohru & Minami Mio (CLIP STUDIO PAINT Tutorial for Beginners)
●Hatsune Miku × Small S Illustration & Music Commemoration Contest
Desktop Music Tutorial - Start Making Music!
●SS Gakuen Creator Collaboration: New Illustrations & Submission Corner
Hiraki, IZUMO
●Check out these gorgeous original illustrations!
Yufushi, Nanakami Mana, Aoremon
_grumpypotato, Hata Homame, HamanoShun, HizaMigi Mito , Ahacha, Tomoe Yumo, Noriaki, Hakuren Momoko, Mizutani Yutaka
●New & Popular Corner: Kunstkammer SS “Theme: Characters with Furry Animal Ears”
Analog illustration making with COPIC markers, watercolor markers, Gansai paint, and acrylic paints is also featured along with a tutorial on digital desktop music production.
●Special Interview
Sukoya Kana (NIJISANJI) × Karin
●Illustration Making Special Feature: "Drawing Japanese-style Illustrations"
Introducing how to draw kimonos, Japanese accessories, and other visual materials!
●Try drawing using various art materials!
Karin: Cover illustration making (COPIC markers) / Nagata Ema (CLIP STUDIO PAINT) / Sagara Chito (Staedtler Pigment Brush Pen) / Natsume Lemon (Gansai Tanbi Granulating Colors 2) / Ichita Sukemaru (Amsterdam Acrylic Color & Acrylic Ganache) / Sanada Shiro (IC Screen Digital Making) / Hazuki Tohru & Minami Mio (CLIP STUDIO PAINT Tutorial for Beginners)
●Hatsune Miku × Small S Illustration & Music Commemoration Contest
Desktop Music Tutorial - Start Making Music!
●SS Gakuen Creator Collaboration: New Illustrations & Submission Corner
Hiraki, IZUMO
●Check out these gorgeous original illustrations!
Yufushi, Nanakami Mana, Aoremon
_grumpypotato, Hata Homame, HamanoShun, HizaMigi Mito , Ahacha, Tomoe Yumo, Noriaki, Hakuren Momoko, Mizutani Yutaka
●New & Popular Corner: Kunstkammer SS “Theme: Characters with Furry Animal Ears”
- Size：10.1 × 8.9" / 257 × 225 mm
- Pages：184 pp. (143 pp. in Color)
- Binding：Softbound
- Publisher：PIE International
- Language：Japanese
- ISBN：978-4-7562-6036-9
- Author：Editors of Small S
For more information, please contact the distributor/bookstore who covers your country.
*Available Worldwide from MAY 2026 (Asia/Oceania from JUL 2025)
*Click HERE to download the infromation sheet.
