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Happy birthday Pieck!

POV: Reiner forgot he was a warrior again

I implore everyone to re-visit the bygone era of SNK cosplay videos

Who’s ready for an adventure? 🦋

Follow me to Berry Hill as over the next two weeks I share my pieces for my upcoming solo show opening this Saturday at Nucleus Portland!

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watercolour on arches paper

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First, I want to address the rumors that I used AI to paint A Thousand Skies. Here is a condensed version of the 10 part video recording of how I painted everything. I normally reserve the full hours long video recordings for my patrons but here they are in case there is still any doubt https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1d-3hxjZWROiZPaI8XeU93cKBBKB1Gz9Z?usp=drive_link

All of my past paintings have full video recordings for my Patrons, going back to 2018 when I first got a Patreon.

Long time followers will also know that I care deeply about the environment, not only in the themes of my art but also in my actions to the best of my ability and knowledge. So much so that every year since 2016, I’ve donated 100% of my Black Friday sales to environmental charities, and you can see all the receipts of the organizations I donated to here https://www.yuumeiart.com/blog 

I realized a comment I’ve made at 2am and while sleep deprived was confusing. I want to clear up the misunderstandings from yesterday's post where I said AI isn’t that bad for the environment. I thought I was specifically answering the question of how much energy it takes to generate 1 AI image on my own computer without any servers, but I realize now that people were talking about how much energy it takes to train AIs by big companies. This was not what I was trying to refer to in my comment, but I recognize it is one of many legitimate concerns with the way current generative AI is developed.

I want to reiterate that I did use AI for a gag scene in my comic—the character, Vance, was objectifying women by seeing them as anime cat girls and pasting them over AI backgrounds. I thought that such a character having AI goggles was making a point. I recognize that regardless of the context, the use of AI carries other ramifications. I will be taking all of this into consideration with my future artwork.

I know AI art is a very heated issue with very real concerns attached to its use. I don’t expect people to change their minds. I will continue to make art as I always have for the past 2 decades before AI existed, and continue to make available to my patrons full video recordings of the paintings I’ve made and will make. Thank you.

:: Koi Muse Art Print No.1 ::

Born in a tranquil Japanese village, Hikaru Akimitsu’s passion for watercolors bloomed alongside the cherry blossoms. His brush danced with the hues of Koi fish—their iridescent scales, their fluid grace. But it was in the heart of Paris that Hikaru truly found his voice. France’s Seine River replaced his village pond, yet the Koi remained his muse—the embodiment of resilience and beauty. Now, back home, Hikaru’s paintings ripple with memories, capturing the eternal dance of life.

Read more about the artist: https://ultimaprint.com/blogs/expose/hikaru-akimitsu

Explore his collection: https://ultimaprint.com/collections/hikaru-akimitsu

I’m very excited to introduce you another of my new merch project, here are my first shaker keychains !! 🥹🥳 Reiner, Bert & Annie in their favorite hiding places will be available on my shop soon ! 🥔🍎🍋

My newest painting has been added to my shop! Use code SUMMER24 to get 10% OFF everything, including koi lanterns, wall scrolls, art books, and more :D

Me for scale lol

Sale lasts until July 22rd YuumeiArt.com/shop

The koi lanterns are back in stock! And everything in my shop is 10% OFF during this week long summer sale! Use code SUMMER24 to get your discount ✨

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I put some of my paper koi lanterns in tree branches and they look like they’re swimming :D these 2 are made from metallic cardstock and assembled without glue or paper.

I’m still working on getting these made into diy kits for sale, but I’ve been really busy and getting sick so often has been a huge setback Q_Q

More progress on the paper koi lanterns that I’ve been designing. I’ve finalized the designs and now I’m testing out different materials and colors before making the diy kits :)

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It’s that time of the year to draw the best crossover pairing

𝗘𝗿𝗲𝗻 : You can do it, Armin ! 🙌

𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 : Are you kidding ?! Armin is a little genius for sure, but he can’t win a chess game against Bertolt ! 😌

Here is another precious memory of EMA & RBA's I drew for a new totebag, that will be available at Japan Expo and on my shop soon ! ❤️🎉 It a kind of parallel illustration to my first totebag named « Sweet Memories » I created in 2023 ! ( That also will be back on my booth)