About me and my art

I'm Kei, a freelance artist. I've been into art ever since I can remember, but started working seriously on it and taking commissions by the time I created my first social media profile to share my work (Instagram). This happened on late August 2017.I used to only take commissions via Instagram DMs/PayPal. I also did some work on some other freelance platforms like Fiverr. I got the opportunity to work on different amazing projects. Among those, some of them were for small businesses that wanted art for their products' packaging.Nowadays I only take commissions through VGen. It's a very reliable and easy to use site that is also secure for both artist and client. You can check it out here..I'm also an aspiring art VTuber. I want to make content with my OC, preferably videos (as streaming turned out to be a bit too overwhelming for me when I tried it out last year).I've always went with "Kei" online so I kept it as my OC's name. Kanra is a reference to one of my favorite characters: Izaya Orihara (Durarara!!).My OC is a human-bird hybrid. I LOVE birds and one of her main design elements is a direct reference to a pet bird I had. Said bird sadly passed away unexpectedly on 2022, but I got to keep one of her feathers as a memento. I have it framed next to a picture of us together. My bird was a pearled cockatiel so that also explains the color of the feather on my OC and the yellow spotty pattern it has. I still love her with all my heart and wanted to go as far as to include elements related to her when designing my character.

I don't have much art of my OC because I've been focusing on commissions as of late. Most of the drawings I've done of my OC are sketchbook doodles that I do on my free time away from my desk. I'll eventually add them here as well!

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Other things about me

I spend most my time drawing since I follow a work schedule to keep myself organized (weekdays 9-6 GMT-3).When I'm not drawing, I like reading books and learning new things in general. I am studying Japanese, and also took singing lessons for over a year. I'm also currently enjoying cooking a lot as of late, and slowly getting back to traditional art (watercolors for the most part). I also love photography! I mainly enjoy taking pictures of nature, animals and food.Overall, I'm a very passionate person for all things art. I do traditional art mediums such as watercolor, gouache, and markers. I'd describe myself as someone that always tries to make the most out of her time, which is why I'm usually doing some sort of activity besides work and gaming.That doesn't mean I don't love playing games. I'm mainly playing Honkai StarRail and World of Warcraft. I also sometimes do a bit of Genshin Impact, ZZZ and WuWa here and there.