SHHANart

I explored more realistic depictions and finer details of posture than in Crowned, adding fantasy elements to create cats that could be both comical and cool.

I tried a range of poses and scenes, from those inspired by fighting and superheroes to beings that might appear in folklore. Along the way, I also studied anthropomorphic cats in old Japanese prints and cat puppet theatre.

I further refined the gradient technique I had begun in Crowned into a style of my own. In this sense, the name SHHANart means “art in the style of SHHAN.” Later, I began calling the black cats I drew “Shhan,” sharing my artist name, SHHAN. The project name then took on a second meaning: “Shhan Art,” or art of Shhan.