After much consideration, I’ve realized my raison d'etre is to paint realistic Business Fish. There is just something so alluring about those dead fish eyes, the gaze of which penetrates to the very depths of my soul. This is my magnum opus, I can never surpass this.
Night Wings
Turning the day into the night, the sun into the moon
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Sale ends on April 5th~
Wings of Pages
All the words on those wings are either bits of my own poetry and writing, or complete utter gibberish because my hand got tired 😂
This one truly took so long to paint ;_; I’ve always loved paintings with lots of tiny hidden details but couldn’t work on those very often because of my hand injury. But I decided to really indulge this time. Most of my paintings take 1-3 recording sessions but this one took 10 ahahaha
The character is Dante, a painter from my work in progress novel about artists titled 1000 Words Unframed. He’s an eccentric one and likes to paint trompe l'oeil, aka illusions. Here he’s painting a bunch of clocks onto his wall, but none of the clocks are accurate, some having 13 hours, one clock is a spiral, another is made of eyeballs lol. He is also a lover of cats, hence all the cat portraits and kitties hanging out. Here are some close ups of all the details!
Here’s a timelapse of how I painted it. The bottles and table in the foreground started as 3D models in SketchUp. The rest is painted in Paint Tool SAI. The full HD image, 10 art videos, and PSD file will be DMed on Patreon.com/Yuumei on April 5th.
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! 🍀
If I could, I would wear a moss shamrock mushroom hoodie everyday
Window wings, fragile panes
Shield me from the dark
Warm me with your spark
The final blursed being in my Axolotl series! This has been so much fun and quite different from my usual subjects. Maybe some other cursed inspirations will strike me again the future~
The other 2 from the collection
Finally got to paint this idea I had after failing the last time. My friends on Discord suggested a music dress so I might take a stab at that next :D
Timelapse below. The full hours long video recording, HD image, and PSD file will be DMed on my Patreon.com/Yuumei on March 5th
I got back from hiking in the snow with my huskies and I feel endlessly inspired by the beauty of the snowy landscapes. The snow creates such an ethereal world, I wish I could have stayed longer.
The inspiration photo and bonus dog tax
Stellarium Dress
My original plan was to paint a planetarium dress with the Solar System as the main focus, but I got so carried away with making the dress go woooosh that the composition no longer works for a Solar System lol. I’m still happy with how this one turned out, and I still get to paint the actual planetarium dress later ahahaha
The full hours long video recording, HD image, and PSD file will be DMed on my Patreon on March 3rd
“The sun sets on this side of my mind”
I just finished watching the Bridon Arc of Link Click and my heart is broken 😭
So here is an obligatory fanart of these tortured souls. Now excuse me while I go cry in a corner…
Autumn Vibe
Or as we Californians call it: fire season
and there is no such thing as winter
Happy Lunar New Year! 🐍🏮🎆
To celebrate the year of the snake, I wanted to combine the snake with my other favorite scaled animal, the goldfish! Growing up as little kid in China, I was always fascinated by the goldfish and koi ponds that are scattered in every park and apartment complex. I would stare at them for hours, mesmerized by their shiny scales and graceful movements. Hopefully I was able to capture that in this painting :D
Respire
Part of my Ashes collection