How many of us tried to learn and copy from Sorayama? I think really many even today, Sorayama's illustration techniques have been transferred on Photoshop and other illustration softwares however I think that the original hand and airbrush technique remains still the best.
To all students reading this post I suggest to go search about Sorayama's works there is a lot to see and dream about, here for you a set of illustrations you could use as examples for your illustrations and art works :
Sorayama's illustrations