Character design and key animation for Yoshitoshi Abe's 'Phenomeno: Yoseki Mitsuruki is Not Afraid'.
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Phenomeno: Yoseki Mitsuruki Isn't Afraid: Character Design and Key Animation
In 'Phenomeno: Yoseki Mitsuruki Isn't Afraid,' Yoshitoshi Abe was responsible for character design and key animation.
First experience with digital painting
In 2015, Yoshitoshi Abe recalled that in 1993, he met a friend at the PC-VAN Image Forum and got involved with Photoshop and Painter, then purchased a minimal digital drawing environment. This became the concrete turning point for him to shift from early computer graphics to new drawing tools.
The back-and-forth between paper line art and digital processing
In the 2015 job description, Abe first drew line art with a pencil, then scanned Photoshop to clean and adjust the lines, moved to CLIP STUDIO for coloring, and finally returned to Photoshop to work on textures, overall color, and detailed edits. He reduced complex layer effects to preserve the hand-drawn look, while using adjustment layers to achieve overall color grading that was harder to use paint after painting.
2012 cover illustration digital line art attempt
The drawing demonstration on March 3, 2012, used the cover line art of volume 4 of "Ryushika Ryushika" as the subject, demonstrating digital coloring live. Abe explained that the line art for this cover was completed for the first time using a recently purchased LCD pen screen and Painter pencil tool, replacing the previous process of drawing on paper, wiping, blending, and then scanning; He linked this change to equipment performance and his own proficiency.
Handover of homemade color swatches with assistants
Abe had noticed that skin tones and hair colors in continuous color manuscripts easily changed, so he created color swatches to store commonly used colors. He set the straw to the pen button to quickly pick up colors; A unified color palette also allows assistants to handle coloring.
The sequence of light and shadow and everyday sources
During the demonstration, Abe suggested unifying the light-and-shadow treatment method and deciding the coloring order based on the image focus: when the background is clear, apply the overall color first, then adjust the parts; When focusing on figures, he would paint figures first. He also explained that the background of the demonstration photo was taken from a favorite nearby park playground facility, and the photography was also a reference for the creation.
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References
- Nitroplus: Phenomeno free visual novel
- TECH+: Yoshitoshi Abe talks about Photoshop and drawing techniques
- Mynavi: Yoshitoshi Abe's 2012 painting demonstration and personal explanation
Data compiled on: 2026-10-10.