himi

Part of a personal project I'm working on right now, to experiment with new art styles and practice lettering skills by drawing animals. The color palette and symmetrical motifs in this one were inspired by the boats on Lake Xochimilco in Mexico, which is the last remaining place wild axolotls live.

A5 color pencil and graphite drawing ... whimisical black and white charcoal drawing with a splash of color

A painting of a woman with seafoam green hair and a halo made of jellyfish. Himi gouache and various pens and markers on toned paper.

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Tired these himi gouache paints for the first time and I honestly really like them love how the painting came out

The process of getting to know ourselves. I painted this using Himi Miya Gouache.

Painted with HIMI gouache.

I tried himi miya gouache. And I love the colors.

Painted with HIMI gouache.

Here's a portrait of Yuko Shimizu that I'm working on for an IlloStories project (check the group out on Facebook). I took her pose from one of her photographs, then used colours, patterns and textures that were inspired by her artworks. This could be a front page for a book about her, or maybe a page for when her story reaches this point!

Lyrical typography