#japanesemonster

Another Post-it commission. This one is Sukimamori, mascot created by Japan West Railway Company to teach train safety. He’s a giant centipede like creature that lives in the gap between the train and platform and yells at kids for running or not minding the gap. Despite what you might’ve heard elsewhere, he doesn’t eat kids.

If you’d like your own post-it commission, it’s just $3 on my ko-fi

Ko-fi.com/Cattype

Please give me coin.

#sukimamori #monster #japanesemonster #psa #postitnoteart
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZsu2P_LRUA/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today’s #ayokaiaday is Okiku Mushi! A yokai inspired by the chrysalis of the Chinese windmill butterfly which can be found in wells and resembles a bound woman. A fact that drew comparisons to the legendary ghost Okiku.

I love this sketch. I’ve started making a finished version. I’ve also had an outline for a comic strip she’s in for a while and I need to solidify her design plus two other yokai before I can draw that.

#okikumushi ＃お菊虫　#yokai #japanesemonster #folklore #instaart #sketch
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVra5-SLYJw/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today’s #ayokaiaday is Ippon Datara! A one-eyed, one-legged little dude that happens to be a skilled blacksmith. Sometimes said to be red and green.

#ippondatara #yokai #japanesemonster #watercolor or possibly #gouache I dunno it’s been a long time since I made this thing #instaart #monster #painting #oneeyedmonster ＃妖怪
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVlwiyKv6nM/?utm_medium=tumblr

[Yesterday’s] #ayokaiaday is Ittanmomen! A long cloth that floats about as if caught in the wind until it hits you in the face and strangles you to death. Possibly a tsukumogami, possibly a fox or tanuki playing a horrible trick.

#ittanmomen #yokai #japanesemonster #folklore #instaart #procreate
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVlnqwAPMTs/?utm_medium=tumblr

[October 26th’s] #ayokaiaday (and bonus #yokaitober)[was] Hitotsume Kozo! A one-eyed boy who likes to play pranks and startle people.

#hitosumekozō #yokai #japanesemonster #folklore #artistcard #instaart
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVlnCZ3PS6U/?utm_medium=tumblr

[Yesterday’s] #ayokaiaday is onyudo! A giant monk that stands in front of you and becomes even more giant until you fall ill or break your neck from looking up at it. Sometimes he’s just a really big guy, sometimes he’s a shadowy person-shaped mass, sometimes he has a long neck as seen here.
This onyudo is an artist card I painted a long long time ago. It’s based on giant mechanical puppet used in a festival in Yokkaichi in Mie prefecture. I learned about it from a wonderful website on Japanese culture called Pink Tentacle. It stopped updating in 2011 but despite being seemingly abandoned, the URL hasn’t expired. Can websites be yokai?

Here’s the link if you’re curious:

http://pinktentacle.com/2007/08/giant-mechanical-o-nyudo-doll/

#onyudo #yokai #japanesemonster #folklore #artistcard #insaart ＃妖怪
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVhcnvWrCfa/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today’s #ayokaiaday is Hakutaku! A strange bull-creature that long ago appeared to a Chinese emperor and told him of 11,520 mysterious creatures. A book of these tellings was transcribed but has been lost to time

#hakutaku #yokai #japanesemonster #chinesemonster #sketches #instaart
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVUYGpRLbrI/?utm_medium=tumblr

Here’s my rokurokubi for Yokaitober’s week 2 theme: prankster! One of many yokai that will lure you away just to give you a shock. Like my yureis, this was another thing I had on the back burner that I finished for the challenge. Aaaaalmost got it in at the last second but wound up getting it in a few minutes after.

#yokai #rokurokubi #yokaitober #myart #instaart #Japanesemonster #ろくろ首＃妖怪　
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVHBf5Ip8-d/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today’s #ayokaiaday is Abura Sumashi! Squatty potato-head guy who answers back when you talk about him!

Posting this now because I keep forgetting to post them on the day.

This was made using a bunch of scanned textures. A technique I wonder if I should ever go back to since it’s interesting but I’m not always able to make it work. This is one such example. Leave a comment if you think I’m wrong.

#aburasumashi #yokai #japanesemonster #art #instaart #myart #油すまし #妖怪
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVFQL4hLd0O/?utm_medium=tumblr

[Yesterday’s] #ayokaiaday doubling for #YokaiTober is Zashiki Warashi! A house spirit that will bring you prosperity if it lives in your house but will bring you life destroying calamity if it ever leaves. It’s unclear as to whether or not the Zashiki Warashi has any control this power.

A collection of sketches. You might’ve already guessed I tried to make her look a bit like a kokeshi doll. The background is a piece of origami paper that I scanned and messed with in Photoshop. Kinda wished I went something less busy but all the origami paper I have are kinda busy.

#zashikiwarashi #yokai #childghost #japanesemonster ＃妖怪　＃座敷童子　＃ざしきわらし #drawing #sketches #myart #instaart
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVFOeN2Luo5/?utm_medium=tumblr

[Yesterday’s] #ayokaiaday is Arie! A prince of the sea that graced the land to tell the human common folk of a coming pandemic & the protective properties of his royal image!
Unfortunately he had a lot of trouble getting people to listen to him because he was a creepy little sea monster.

#arie #prophecy #yokai #youkai #妖怪 #japanesemonster #seamonster #ありえ　
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVC3OPKrKPd/?utm_medium=tumblr

[Yesterday’s] #ayokaiaday is Basan! The fire breathing chicken monster! It’s an elusive yokai but sometimes might be seen sneaking into villages or campsites for a few bites of leftover fire embers. I wonder if it likes barbecue

#ayokaiaday #yokai #basan #japanesemonster #youkai #chicken #monster #妖怪
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVADqRorg4h/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today’s #ayokaiaday is Hyakumeoni! I think I might’ve lost a follower I had just gotten when I originally posted this on Instagram. Can’t blame them. Imagine following someone for their cute art and then they post THIS
tbh It’s the one time I felt kinda proud to lose a follower.

#hyakume #hyakumeoni #yokai #japanesemonster #monster ＃妖怪　＃百目鬼
https://www.instagram.com/p/CU8tOHypKpd/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today’s #ayokaiaday: Nure Onna! Snake Mama and baby!

#nureonna #yokai #japanesemonster #snakelady #monster
https://www.instagram.com/p/CUzQy4orhJP/?utm_medium=tumblr

Posted this on Twitter but forgot to post it here. Yesterday’s #ayokaiaday: gaki! One of my favorite paintings that everyone else seems to overlook. Do people just not like zombie monsters anymore?

#gaki #yokai #monster #zombie #japanesemonster #myart
https://www.instagram.com/p/CUzQOKXLWBo/?utm_medium=tumblr