character

Kitsune Mask ( April 2021)

Art, character, masks, Sculptures

In the spring of 2021, I delved into creating even more masks, starting with this beautiful Kitsune mask.

A Kitsune is a mythical fox from Japanese folklore, often depicted as a magical being with the ability to shapeshift. Kitsune are known for their intelligence and cunning, and they are considered messengers of the rice deity Inari. Traditionally, they are portrayed as having nine tails, with each tail symbolizing increasing age, wisdom, and power. In many stories, a Kitsune can transform into a beautiful woman, often leading to tales of love, trickery, and mystique. They are often depicted in traditional masks, and I wanted to put my own spin on this enchanting figure.

Crafting the fox was a bit challenging at first. When I was around nine or ten, I made a donkey mask that had a similar structure, particularly in the long noses. However, that was years ago, and I had to relearn many techniques. I constructed the nose and ears using sturdy cardboard after forming the base with plaster.

Unfortunately, I only have one picture of the process, and the full beauty of the mask can only be appreciated in a video. You can find a short clip showcasing the entire process on my Instagram account.

Click here to watch it!

So yeah… meet my beautiful Kaiyo!

process of Kaiyo
Kaiyo
Kaiyo worn

Watercolor Portraits (March – June 2021)

Aquarell, Art, character, Faces

In the spring of 2021, my interest in Korean music began to wane. I found the industry increasingly perplexing, and ultimately, I just wasn’t enjoying it anymore. During this period, I was quite active on my art Instagram account, where fan art of K-Pop stars garnered a lot of love. However, creating original characters became disheartening, as it was challenging to reach an audience.

As my enthusiasm for posting faded, I noticed the rise of Reels on the platform. This shift meant I had to film my entire creative process to gain likes and engagement, which only added to my stress. I realized that I was no longer enjoying painting as I once had; I was too focused on capturing the process rather than immersing myself in my art.

The portraits you see here were created during this transitional phase, when I was still trying to maintain my output while clinging to my Instagram presence. I participated in numerous “Draw This in Your Style” challenges, where artists reinterpret an original character in their unique style. It was a fun way to connect with other artists and explore creativity, even as my relationship with art was evolving.

The first and largest portrait in this collection features my favorite character from the webtoon—and now anime—Solo Leveling: Esil Radiru, a demon princess who captivated me during my reading.

You’ll also notice that I began experimenting with different mediums in my art. I moved beyond just watercolors, blending them with acrylic paints and colored pens to create more dynamic compositions.


Crystal Dragon (2021)

Aquarell, Art, character, Drawing, Watercolor

Since I’ve always been a gigantic fan of fantasy books and movies, dragons were always my secret spirit animal. I always wanted to paint them more often and maybe even tattoo theme day. My I go my journey step by step.

In February of 2021, I listened to my favorite fantasy audiobook and started to paint this beautiful Lady. I still love the vibrant colors and her design overall.

crystal dragon

Kyle Commission (January 2021)

Aquarell, Art, character, Comic Adaption, Watercolor

In January of 2021 I got my first commission via my Instagram Account.
A girl from somewhere in America send me a direct message, asking if I’m taking commissions. I felt honored and accepted it: She wanted the southpark character Kyle Broflovski drawn in my style.

To this day I’m a bit confused, why exactly she wanted me (only painting K-pop related people during that time) to do that for her. Especially since my art wasn’t exactly known or astonishing during that time.
BUt nevertheless I had a lot of fun doing it, also, because the original character really doesn’t look like the references I usually use.

Looking back, I don’t love the way he turned out to look, but it was still a great task.

After I finished and she was happy with the finished painting, I even shipped to her.

Kyle South Park

Clay Bat (2021)

Art, character, Sculptures

In January 2021 my sister wanted to build some cute stuff with clay. Since I’ve always been and will always be in dark edgy witch stuff I obviously had to decide between a skull, a snake or a bat. Since I wanted to do something fluffy the bat was just my way to go.

So that’s what I did!

First, I roughly started to sketch him out. Afterwards I ran to garden & trapped some wire- then to the kitchen and took the tinfoil.

That’s how the base of the little bat, the skeleton was made.

Afterwards my sister and I got to the basement and started to form our little figures (she made a really cute turtle)

We just left them to dry a bit- and since we sadly do not own a clay oven they both were meant to just die and crumble into little dry clay pieces.

So no, this bat was never burned and painted (even though we probably still could have done something to make both figures last longer) but I still had a lot of fun with this little project.

Oni Mask/ sketch (2021)

Art, Masks, masks, Sculptures

Besides painting, I also love to sculpt masks.

After I finished my Rabbit mask (click here to see the project), some friends of mine wanted me to make plaster masks for them too.

One of them, Duc, wanted me to do a dark blue/grayish Oni mask for him. These are the sketches. The mask actually exists- but it isn’t finished and I haven’t worked on it in a looooong while. Maybe I can take a picture of it one day.

You can see the process of me taking a plaster mask off his face underneath the sketches.

The reason why it isn’t finished is, that I am not happy with the current state of it. Right now it even has details, teeth (made out of fimo) and is painted, but it is simply too heavy and not symmetrical enough for my liking.

Cyberpunk 2077 (2020)

Aquarell, Art, character, Faces, Watercolor

For one of my moms colleagues birthday, I was supposed to paint a card last minute. Since apparently He likes video games, I decided on this one. It ain’t my favorite one but she’s still cute.
To be honest I must say, that I still haven’t played it yet. But with all the negative backla

sh and the fact, that mycomputer would simply die by trying to run it, I haven’t found the motivation to actually get it.

Also on this watercolor card, you will simply think that she has purple skin, but it’s actually the lighting (which you can’t really notice, since my execution is rather poor lol)

tooth mask pt. 1

Art, character, Faces, Masks, masks, Sculptures

after finishing my rabbit mask so I started a new one. I still gonna take good quality pictures of it but here it is. It was inspired by Tokyo Ghoul, the masks from Bring me the horizons Parasite even and the traditional Oni mask.

It’s made of plaster, hot glue, modelling paste and some plastics I found in the bin. Its painted with acrylics. I made the teeth out of FIMO

Rabbit mask pt. 2

Art, character, Faces, Masks, masks

so here you can see how she turned out. I’m really happy with that mask. Especially because I haven’t done one in over three years. So the whole mask is made of plaster, modelling paste and then painted with acrylics. the ears are made of some really stable but light material. I put middle thick wire at the sides, so that I can bend them and that they are even more stable. Afterwards I painted some shadows with chalk. I wanted to blood at the top of her head to shine so I put some ind of clear vanish over it.