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welcome, hi, hello 𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

ALSO KNOWN AS NIKYTA
“KYTA” CANTWELL..

ASIAN-AMERICAN
Illustrator, 3d ENVIRONMENT
ARTIST, & INDIE GAME DEV.

Passions include . . .

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Passions include . . . 𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

WORLD BUILDING

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WORLD BUILDING 𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

EARLY INTERATIONS

EXPLORATION

VENTURE TO “WELLWISP ISLE” — OR AT LEAST, THAT’S WAHT THE LOCALS CALL IT!

ENCOUNTER “WELL-MEANING” GHOSTS AS YOU DELIVERY MAIL TO A SEEMINGLY ABANDONED ISLAND. WHO STILL LIVES HERE, ANYWAY??
HELP THE GHOSTS MOVE ON BY DELIVERING TO THEM LOST MEMORABILIA ALONG THE WAY! REMIND THEM WHO THEY ARE!

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FIRST APPEARING IN MY FIRST PUBLISHED RISOGRAPH ZINE
“NO COATS, NO TREES,
RED HAS SEEN A LOT OF SPOTLIGHT OVER THE YEARS BETWEEN STICKERS,
GIFS FOR INSTAGRAM, &
BEING THE FORM
OF MY EXPRESSIONS
WHEN I’M MAKING POSTS!

SCENES FROM UNPUBLISHED COMIC, CENTERING AROUND RED’S BACKSTORY AS A WIZARD’S APPRENTINCE. THIS COMIC WOULD HAVE ALSO BEEN THE ORIGIN STORY OF MY OTHER ORIGINAL CHARACTER, “BOO, THE PUMPKIN PUPPY.”
RED IS GIVEN THE TASK OF CREATE A POTION, BUT THINGS GO ARRAY WHEN HE SPILLS THE BREW! THE SPELL ESCAPES, AND LTITLE DOES HE KNOW IT’S FOUND A NEARBY PUMPKIN PATCH. ALMOST AS THOUGH IT WAS MEANT TO FIND IT ALL ALONG!

BEFORE I EVER THOUGHT I’D CREATE ART FOR A LIVING, CAME ALONG “BOO.” BACK THEN, THOUGH, HE WAS JUST CALLED “PUMPKIN PUPPY,” INSPIRED BY MY DOGS BLEU, BOOKER, & BINX AND MY LOVE FOR PUMPKINS. (AESTHETICS ONLY — I’M ACTUALLY SEVERELY ALLERGIC TO THEM.)

THAT BEING SAID, WHILE I DON’T DRAW HIM AS MUCH ANYMORE, REALLY ONLY MAKING AN APPEARANCE DURING FALL OR SPOOKIER SEASONS, HE HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART AS MY “START.” WITHOUT BOO, I WOULDN’T HAVE BEGUN POSTING, OR WANTING TO CREATE SOMETHING OUT OF COMPLETE NOTHINGNESS. HE’S JUST MY FAVORITE LTITLE GUY, LIVING IN A PLACE WHERE IT’S AUTUMN EVERYDAY.

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