Small S Vol. 82: Cover Illustration by Karin [Japanese]

The cover illustration is by Karin and is an original illustration of a retro Japanese-style maid girl wearing many Japanese-themed motifs including goldfish and ramune sweets
Also included is a feature on how the cover illustration was made, along with a special interview with the NIJISANJI-affiliated VTuber Sukoya Kana.

20th Anniversary Special Issue This issue also features over 1,000 submissions in the Posted Illustration Corner This special edition highlights how to draw "Japanese-style illustrations".
Analog illustration making with COPIC markers, watercolor markers, Gansai paint, and acrylic paints is also featured along with a tutorial on digital desktop music production.

●Special Interview

Sukoya Kana (NIJISANJI) Karin
●Illustration Making Special Feature: ""Drawing Japanese-style Illustrations""
Introducing how to draw kimonos, Japanese accessories, and other visual materials
●Try drawing using various art materials
Karin: Cover illustration making (COPIC markers) / Nagata Ema (CLIP STUDIO PAINT) / Sagara Chito (Staedtler Pigment Brush Pen) / Natsume Lemon (Gansai Tanbi Granulating Colors 2) / Ichita Sukemaru (Amsterdam Acrylic Color & Acrylic Ganache) / Sanada Shiro (IC Screen Digital Making) / Hazuki Tohru & Minami Mio (CLIP STUDIO PAINT Tutorial for Beginners)
●Hatsune Miku Small S Illustration & Music Commemoration Contest
Desktop Music Tutorial - Start Making Music
●SS Gakuen Creator Collaboration: New Illustrations & Submission Corner

Hiraki, IZUMO
●Check out these gorgeous original illustrations
Yufushi, Nanakami Mana, Aoremon
_grumpypotato, Hata Homame, HamanoShun, HizaMigi Mito, Ahacha, Tomoe Yumo, Noriaki, Hakuren Momoko, Mizutani Yutaka
●New & Popular Corner: Kunstkammer SS "Theme: Characters with Furry Animal Ears"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Japanese
• ISBN: 4756260365
• ISBN13: 9784756260369
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Pie International
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 10.0"