Mxkly / My Kim Dao

Category: Illustration

  • The Bestiary Academy: Student Roster – ABC Book

    The Bestiary Academy: Student Roster – ABC Book

    Procreate, Illustrator, and InDesign | 2024

    Illustrating all 26 letters as characters of the alphabet, the ABC book was inspired from ‘The Addams Family’ and ‘Coraline’. I designed mythical creatures based on different cultures’ folklores and myths. The book introduces all 26 characters as students attending ‘The Bestiary Academy’.

    Below you will find the first few pages of the book.

    Behind the Scenes:

    Researching about the folklores, myths, and cryptic was the most important part of this project to ensure the characters would be represented truthfully and respectfully. The idea behind the pages inside of the book was if they were drawn like Victorian framed photographs. And accompanying that picture frame was an about the creatures’ captions that would pertain to their folklores, and/or myths in a humorous way.

  • Corvus Corax

    Corvus Corax

    Ink and Paper | 2024

    Using Micron inks and crosshatching techniques on a 12×18 paper, this scientific illustration showcases a full body raven, in flight, and a skull anatomy. Each drawing is meticulously labeled with scientific anatomical terminology.

    Also noted, this piece was selected to be in ‘Emerging Visions‘ in Buffalo State’s first student exhibition at the Burchfield Penney Art Center in over two decades!

    Behind the Scenes:

    Working with traditional media is meticulous especially using a cross-hatching technique throughout the piece but I think it is so worth it when seeing the rich black inks come to life.