Jackary Archives Day 185: Summer Miku Nakano (2019) (Patreon)

I have to apologize once again for the lack of Archives Posts, but I promise (for real this time!) that I will not have any more lapses in the foreseeable future. Needless to say, the last few weeks have been crazy for me, some changes to my life circumstances, and I'll have a post soon explaining the situation. Just busy busy busy! Luckily, after several weeks of being unable to draw due to constantly having to take care of other logistical stuff that took higher priority, I'm finally finished with all that stuff and will be working on art and producing things to post from here on out.

Anyway, today's Archives Post is actually a drawing most of you haven't seen before! This is Miku Nakano from The Quintessential Quintuplets!

This is a drawing from 2019 (I think?), and it was a commission for a long-time follower. The character is definitely a bit random, since I heavily skew towards video game characters and haven't actually watched a lot of anime, but if there are any fans of Miku here, I hope you'll enjoy!

ARTIST'S NOTES:

It was a while back, so things are a bit foggy, but I'm pretty sure I can't take credit for the swimsuit here; I believe this is an official swimsuit of hers. Anyway, aside from that, this was drawn during my infamous 2019 era where I was in style purgatory, an era that produced a lot of my least favorite drawings, in no small part because I was always attempting to draw "anime faces" but hadn't really learned how to pull it off.

That being said, this one still holds up! Some of the more advanced techniques of mine (such as ambient occlusion) hadn't yet been developed in my art style, but I like what's going on here, the lighting looks nice, and the face is passable. If this were a more popular character, I'd probably repost this piece more than I have, but in my experience, the more obscure characters just usually don't make much of a blip on socials. Anyway, I hope at least one person out there will enjoy seeing this on their feed!