KYMG Vocaloid Art Works Miki.BLUEPRINT D

Title: Miki.BLUEPRINT
タイトル: Miki.BLUEPRINT
Release Date: 08/15/2010
Pages: 28 (including covers)

Reading Time: 2 minutes

If you’re a Vocaloid fan and a Kozaki Yusuke fan, what could be better than Kozaki Yusuke doing Vocaloid illustrations? My completely impartial answer: NOTHING. Well, if I could change one thing I would have made Kozaki Yusuke’s Miki.BLUEPRINT a bit longer. But that’s less of a complaint and more about just wanting more!

Miki.BLUEPRINT focuses entirely on the Vocaloid character that Kozaki Yusuke designed late last year, the pink-haired, robotic SF-A2 Miki. This book is A4-sized and 24 pages, not counting the covers. The SF-A2 Miki illustration on the cover has a plastic finish, making it stand out lightly from its paper surroundings, which looks pretty neat in person.

The illustrations inside are mostly spreads, with seven spreads in total. The binding is really tight, so unfortunately all the spreads are missing that little bit in the middle. You might also notice that the opening picture for this post and the fully dressed SF-A2 Miki laying down are mirror images, with different outfits. Those would make for amazing dual-screen wallpapers!

One thing that stands out about all the illustrations in this book is just how finished and professional they are. I’m aware that some of these were used on goods, but most are ones I haven’t seen before. If that means they’re new for Miki.BLUEPRINT, then that’s even more impressive.

I love the alpaca. Even cuter is the way SF-A2 Miki is sprawled over it. That illustration was given away on postcard if you purchased this book during Comiket 78.

The last few pages of the book include a few sketches and a message from Kozaki Yusuke with an eyes-closed version of the cover illustration.