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Originally I didn't think much of Konatsuya's paint work, at first glance it looks pretty basic and minimalist, nothing particularly ambitious. But now that I've dealt with a fair share of amateurishly painted sofubi I can see how masterful her techniques actually are. The gradients are always well done, the paint is so thin, uniform and blends in so well it practically looks like it's part of the plastic and it stays on really well even at the pointy bits like claws and tips of tails. Lesser painters end up with a thicker layer of paint that looks more glossy or more matte than the plastic, some painted areas are smoother than others, sometimes you can even see the plastic color show up through the paint layer where it's particularly thin and on the pointy parts like fingers their paintjobs are susceptible to chipping. None of these problems are ever present on Konatsuya's toys, she may not do much painting and shading but what she does do is absolutely excellent. It's one of those times when it's really easy to take clean simplicity for granted and dismiss it as a "lazy paintjob" without knowing just how much could go wrong even with this kind of painting style.
