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Hatsune Miku Fictional Hardware Poster
Like many artists, I also drew Hatsune Miku at some point.
For those who don’t know, Hatsune Miku is one of the voice package of Yamaha’s Vocaloid virtual singer software synthesizer. The product used an anime girl to represent its voice. Vocaloid enabled musicians to create vocal songs without relying on human singers. Hatsune Miku was among the first of her kind to have a voice suitable for anime songs, and her anime cover art was also marketable towards anime fans. Combined with the rise of internet video platforms, she was an instant hit. The character quickly eclipsed the product she represented, and has since become an important part of the anime subculture. Miku was extremely popular around 2010, every artist was drawing her, and people still recognize her to this day.
The idea of this picture was supposed to be a poster for “a fictional Hatsune Miku branded hardware product”. But due to a lack of art skill and ideas, she doesn’t look so special other than some mech details and a leek guitar.
I keep this picture in my gallery because Miku look surprisingly on model and reasonably appealing. For my human drawing skill at the time, this was very unlikely to happen. I think I actually looked at her reference picture closely, something I usually refused to do until 2019, to my own detriment. The layout design was also carefully done. I must have put a lot of effort into this. Although the picture lacks in detail, it looks okay when zoomed out.