Talk:Official VOCALOID illustrators/VOCALOID3/@comment-37245405-20181026115727/@comment-53539-20181026141356

Ryuji Otani I consider the overall highest quality artist myself. However he suffers from "One face syndrome" worst then KEI. Almost every face he draws is the same as Mew's which is why some fans mistook some of his work for Mew. However, the detail in black and white is incrediable at times and he puts a lot into a small area.

Yoshitaka Amano is also a high class artist whose work is renown, but he did concept art for Zola so we never got to see him as his best. He can do large scale watercolour style pictures.

SeeU's artist KKUEM I admit is also decent, but its a shame they had the criteria of "make a Korean version of Miku" handed to them. The throw away concepts aren't bad for SeeU, but the fact when we saw the concepts one was in the exact pose of Miku V2... And the more you look at the final version of SeeU and the more unique concepts they threw away, I feel KKUEM was held back by not being allowed to finish with something far less Miku-like. I blame SBS though as I think they didn't know what to make a Vocaloid look like so tried to make one that used Miku's formula. This happens a lot to artists, they come up with fantastic original designs... And then have the cut down to a completely different design by the end. If the criteria had been different and more freedom then "Korean Miku" was given to them, then the designs we see thrown away in concept would have been better. :-?

https://vocaloid.wikia.com/wiki/File:SeeUConcept.jpg

Simular with KEI actually, KEI didn't know what a "vocal synth" was so was wildly guessing with Miku's design. Considering much influence that design has had, KEI did a pretty good job when you think of it. ITs just a shame you can see "Lily", "Miku" and "Rin" too much in his face/hair designs... He doesn't seem to be able to avoid it, he varies the attire but re-using the same designs all the time. He just has about 8 hairstyles tops and 4 faces and once you get to know him you just see them all the time.

In another direction, Yamaha since V3 has insisted that studios adorn a anime-like design for their Vocaloids. ITs owed to the backlash of Bruno and Clara it seems. >_<