Personal illustrations from one of me favorite themes, yokais!

Saiba o que são os yokais, como eles surgiram e como influenciam a cultura japonesa até hoje. ⛩

お久しぶりです！最近ご無沙汰でしたが、久々に妖怪ウォッチ絵を描きました。やっぱりニャン系妖怪はかわいくてみんな大好き・・描くのが楽しかったです。それにしてもキウイニャンやメロンニャンは描くの大変ですね

The Hone-onna (jap. 骨女 / Transl. bone woman) is a Yōkai from Japanese stories. In the stories, the Hone-onna appears as a beautiful but extremely thin woman in a splendid kimono.

Un oni de papercraft, parte del panteón de los yokais / a papercraft oni, part of the yokais pantheon

This is a personal project, a book with 100 Yokais, mythical japanese creatures, each one created with a different approach. The artwork style is very different of mine usual.

Hiro herda uma livraria em Tóquio e descobre yokais. Ao se conectar com um jovem estrangeiro, eles embarcam em uma jornada mágica de amizade e autoconhecimento, explorando os encantos do Japão.

Domo-Komo: - Originates from: “Matsui Bunko Hyakki yagyo emaki.” – a Yokai with a loose kimono, green skin and Two faces: each facing “Right and Left.” A popular folk tale from Niigata (explaining its written name & possible origin) goes something like this:  “Two rival doctors challenged each other to surgery. They first successfully & replaced their arms, and did so perfectly. but as their dares got more intense, eventually they tried removing each others heads simultaneously: both of them wound up decapitated! – the crowd watching said: “Either way you look at it, it’s impossible.” or “Neither Domo or Komo won.”  ...At least, that’s the popular folk story reguarding the yokais namesake (abridged to fit in a tweet) it could also just as easily be a humorous spooky yokai with two faces that stare in either direction.... it reminds me a frog... so of course i drew it cute. 💕☺️  Art by samkalensky (hi that’s me!) check my shop for more yokai stickers and zines!