What is MIKE KANVAS

Visual Storyteller

Mike Kanvas (MK) 

is an online alias we use in our YouTube Channel, owned by Mike Kusika.

The name “Mike Kanvas”, sounds the same as “My Canvas”, which is the initial name intended for the Youtube Channel at first.
The idea of this channel is to encourage all visual artists, especially the ones that just starting out, to love what their doing, to keep developing their skills, get informed with knowledge of what tools are needed, and to appreciate/learn from the artist around the world by visiting their life stories.

The logo “MK” itself has been our signature of every Illustration artwork done through the years from 2005 until the present time and become somewhat a brand of our service, and thus, we will continue using the logo “MK” and the name “Mike Kanvas” to become more than just a YouTube Channel and community, but also give our team of creative and enthusiast artists, a name.

The Artwork style we use in our work is ranged from cartoon to semi-realistic style. We choose to work more on storytelling-driven illustrations such as a comic book, storyboard for film production, storytelling drawing videos, and also 2D Animations. 

Experience in the field

  • GFRESH! MAGAZINE Comic Artist Contributor (2004-2010)
  • Freelance Comic Illustrator (2007 – present)
  • Teaching Art Class at BPK SMAK 2 (2012-2013)
  • Teaching Comic Club at Bintang Mulia Junior High (2011 – present)
  • Published Motivational Leadership book in comic form STARTING YOUR LEADERSHIP JOURNEY, author Paulus Winarto (Elex Media Komputindo, 2009)
  • Published Biography Comic of Ps. Samuel Saputra UNPREDICTABLE ENDING part 1 (Penerbit ANDI, 2011)
  • Published Biography Comic of Ps. Samuel Saputra UNPREDICTABLE ENDING part 2 (Penerbit ANDI, 2012)
  • Published Biography Comic of Ps. Samuel Saputra UNPREDICTABLE ENDING part 3 (Penerbit ANDI, 2013)
  • Published Biography Comic of MERRY RIANA: MIMPI SEJUTA DOLLAR (Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 2014)

Skill Set

Highly Experienced in digital comic making from scratch to finished.

Highly trained in traditional pencil sketch technique.

Highly Experienced in many Drawing Software and Applications, such as:

  1. Clip Studio Paint (Illustration & Animation)
  2. Adobe Photoshop (Illustration & digital imaging)
  3. Rough Animator (animation)
  4. Adobe Premiere (video editing)
  5. ProCreate (Illustration & Animation)
  6. Mental Canvas (Illustration)
  7. Canva (design)