美兰 (Milla) 是我作为人物设计师参加开发的动作游戏《自由星球2 (Freedom Planet 2)》的主角之一，我为她设计了二代的新造型。因为我个人对美兰的偏爱，当时我偶尔会以美兰作为人物来绘制一些练习图。

2018 年我曾经绘制过一张美兰的高视角练习图，本意是挑战一下自己不常用的角度。然而当时的创作心态也好，审美和画技也罢，并不足以很好地表现这个题材。尽管花了很大力气反复尝试，但最终仅在“理论上”勉强画出了高视角透视，人物的脸蛋完全扁平且不可爱，人体结构、高度差、空间感几乎完全没有，也是扁平的。这张练习图一直被我视作重大的失败，不久之后就因为“羞于示人”而从作品集中删除。

2025 年我在整理旧作品时又看到了这张失败作，决定再次挑战一次，让这件事有个了结。整个重画过程相当顺利，直接在原图上面覆盖着画，半天就改完了。最终的效果我觉得还是有一些不那么舒服的地方，但比起旧图来说就顺眼许多了。以后再也不用因为看到旧图而感到遗憾了。

美兰还有一些其他的旧练习图，当时画的效果也不太好，我应该也会试着将它们重画到自己觉得满意的状态。

Milla is a playable character in Freedom Planet 2, a game I helped develop as a character designer. I redesigned Milla’s new look for the sequel and often drew practice sketches featuring her due to my personal preference.

In 2018, I attempted a high-angle view drawing of Milla to challenge myself with an uncommon perspective. However, my creative mindset, aesthetic sense, and drawing skills were inadequate for the task. Despite significant effort and multiple attempts, I only achieved a “theoretically correct” high-angle perspective. The character’s face appeared flat and unappealing, lacking proper body structure and spatial depth. I considered this practice a major failure and soon removed it from my gallery out of shame.

In 2025, while sorting through my old works, I rediscovered this failed piece and decided to give it another try. The redrawing process went smoothly; I painted over the original image and completed the revision in half a day. Although there are still some uncomfortable aspects in the final result, it is much better than before. Now, I won’t feel regretful when I see the old picture.

Milla has other old practice drawings that also didn’t turn out well. I plan to redraw them as well.