#japanesefolklore

If you’ve seen my previous 30 or so posts here on instagram you probably know I spent most of October doing two yokai related art challenges- yokaitober and Ayokaiaday. I forgot to mention that I made posts for both challenges on my website Cattype.net (not .com, remember that) and that I made elaborate header images for both of them. So I should probably post them here.

This is the header for my Yokaitober post. Here’s the link to it.
https://www.cattype.net/single-post/for-halloween-this-year-i-did-a-yokai-themed-art-challenge

The background pattern for this and the Ayokaiaday post was made by taking a twitter bird I made for something else and copy/pasting it a bunch. Maybe I replacing the @ with a # would’ve been more apt but I worked hard enough on the actual posts, I didn’t want to spend too much time on the headers. Drawing a # was a smidge too far apparently.

#yokai #myart #folklore #japanesefolklore #monsters #rokurokubi #cattype #kuchisakeonna #toirenohanakosan #jinmenken #akamanto #kitsune #hasshakusama #kunekune #ghost #onryo #yurei #teketeke
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYm6xYZPEI1/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today’s #ayokaiaday (and bonus #yokaitober) is Toire no Hanako-san! The little ghost girl that can be summoned by calling out to her from the 3rd stall on the 3rd floor of an elementary school! What she does once summoned is up to the storyteller. Sometimes she just answers back and that’s it. Sometimes she’ll try to scare you or drag you into into hell through the toilet or some other nasty thing like that. But while she can be scary apparently the nice version is so common that in Japan she’s generally regarded as mostly harmless- even benevolent.

The two Hanakos in the bottom corner are the first new drawings in this thread. Up til now I’ve drawn her short and stubby like a Powerpuff girl or Dora the Explorer (Not my intention but there have been comparisons) but then I tried drawing her skinny like this and she might be better this way. (Especially since for some reason I found it easier to draw her in her more traditional jumper) If you agree or disagree feel free to leave some feedback!

The painting in the upper left corner is part of a painting I did for an illustration class many years ago. The painting was of yokai in a bathroom including an akaname licking the bathtub walls, a hyosube drinking from the toilet, and a kamikiri picking through the hair in a brush. My favorite comment I got from a classmate was that Hanako is the cutest character in the painting but she’s also the one doing the most damage. I hadn’t considered that when I made the painting but it’s so funny to me!

#toirenohanakosan #yokai #japaneseurbanlegend #japanesefolklore #instaart #ghost #urbanlegend #トイレの花子さん
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVo8qzaLjd5/?utm_medium=tumblr

Okurichôchin, The escorting lantern. Maybe she’ll take you home… It depends if you are a good person, or not.
A Yokai for the character design challenge of october.

Hey guess what? I will be opening for another round of Flamboyant Cuttlefish Baku casts! These huge 8” sculpture is cast in solid urethane, ready to seam, finish and paint yourself. Preorders will open this Friday at 2pm PST. #missmonster #missmonstermel #flamboyantcuttlefish #baku #japanesefolklore #sculpture
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ-IdxVBdQQ/?utm_medium=tumblr

Yokai
Japanese vampire demon. Red eyes and pale skin. After all this quarantine and reading the news, each of us is a little youkai. But we do not drink blood. Someone drink our blood. Guess who.
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#yokai #japanesefolklore #japanesemythology #vampire #vampireart
https://www.instagram.com/p/CA-5lRJHL5B/?igshid=1rn5qgnhxyejp

Hey guys, here’s the chain for the orchid fairy! Hope you like it! Let me know what you think :) she was a season pass creature! #gramgames #games #mergemagic #character #creature #creaturedesign #photoshop #art #mergmagic! #digitalart #artdirectionstudio #magical #spring #flower #sketch #quarantineart #conceptart #artdirection #mythicalcreatures #creature #monster #fantasy #magic #quarantine #friyay #japanesefolklore #merge #mythology #pokemon #fairy
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-wopl6DfhS/?igshid=1qm92lwwmbnlw

Hey guys, here’s a piece I did for the season pass of MM! I’ll post the creature chain soon! #gram #gramgames #games #mergemagic #character #creature #creaturedesign #photoshop #art #mergmagic! #digitalart #artdirectionstudio #magical #spring #flower #sketch #quarantineart #conceptart #artdirection #mythicalcreatures #creature #monster #fantasy #magic #quarantine #friyay #japanesefolklore #merge #mythology #pokemon #fairy
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-rgWqLjXhN/?igshid=ucpcw0xfq82g

Here’s the full piece guys! Hope you like it! You can find the whole thing in my Behance (link in description) with the sketch and process! Happy Friday! #gram #gramgames #games #mergemagic #character #creature #creaturedesign #photoshop #art #mergmagic! #digitalart #artdirectionstudio #magical #cats #rat #sketch #lantern #conceptart #artdirection #mythicalcreatures #creature #monster #fantasy #magic #kyuubi #kitsune #ninetailedfox #japanesefolklore #wednesday #mythology
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ikoi9jl2U/?igshid=c5b8iezo8l82