Yuumei

Unreachable

Wandering mind, full of creation

Meandering lines, lost in elation

Each stroke, I broke a little inside

Each fate, I hate. My will defied

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Lately my hand has been breaking in one way another. It feels like I can never draw as much as I want to. I've been to physical therapy and they help in some ways but not others. To make matters comically worse, I got stabbed by a cactus and ended up with a cellulitis infection. My finger is swollen like a sausage and unusab...

Spring Keeper

Happy Chinese New Year! The year of the tiger~

Paint the Sun

“People always say that sunflowers track the sun. So I watched the sunflowers grow and saw that they did not.

The young plants did trace the sun from East to West, but when the blooms finally opened, they would cease to chase the sun.

One day, I would also like to gain my independence from the sun.” - Linus

From my work in progress illustrated novel, 1000 Words Unframed.

WIP shots

2022-01-16 18:35:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Some Changes for the New Year

Hi everyone! I hope you all had an amazing holiday season and will have an even better up coming new year :) 

Thank you all so much for the support throughout the years that made my art and comics possible. When I first made this Patreon, I had a lot of hand pain and wasn't sure if I could keep up with the rewards each month. Luckily, my hand recovered a lot over the years, and while it will never go back to being how it was before I got injured, it's much better these days.

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Happy Holidays!

I had a sudden urge to paint Chinese porcelain snakes with plants. Not exactly holiday themed but who knows how inspiration works anyway lol

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Kiki's Flower Delivery

More plants. More plants forever.

New Fisheye Placebo Chapter is out! :D

Read it first at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gDdYRIR24C03TDqLRedjENa8f5n85STi/view?usp=sharing

All HD files of this comic, plus lots of other illustrations will be sent out tomorrow for October rewards :)

2021-11-04 20:27:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Winter Frost + Fisheye Placebo chapter wip

It's still warm as summer in California but I'm already dreaming of winter~

In other news I hope to finish the next ch of Fisheye Placebo by the end of this month :)

Seeding Imagination~

 I just love winged turtles <3

Star Gazer~

Making a series of paintings with this tiny house as the setting~

Rainy Days, Sunny Days

WIP~

WIP

Built a 3D model of my dream tiny house~ 

Here are some test renders :D the full model will be available to all $20 tier patrons at the beginning of next month :)

2021-09-24 03:30:57 +0000 UTC View Post

WIP

Some  work in progress that'll be ready for August rewards :) 

All smoke in the air from CA wildfires just makes me want to paint even more nature

Regrow

WIP shots :)

Water water water

What can I say, I just really wanted to paint watery things. 

Spring Rain

Been itching to paint iridescent things lately~

Here's some images during the wip

Birth of a Nebula

I can't get over how kelp forests have the same colors as certain nebulas~ <3

In other news, I've started working on the new ch of Fisheye Placebo~ hopefully I can finish it soon. 

More art from the novel~

There will be lots of illustrations coming soon! :D Check out my discord for all the wip and discussions behind the making of this story~ https://discord.gg/j2vP6rQ

1000 Words Unframed, sneakpeek

Here's a little scene from ch3 of my wip illustrated novel~ 

I just finished the first draft yesterday, there will be 22 chapters plus some bonus side stories. I'll be taking a small break to refresh my mind before I edit the draft and begin working on the illustrations. Fisheye Placebo will be in the works too so don't worry about that :)

1000 Words Unframed, illustrated Novel WIP

Hey everyone! Sorry for the MIA, I've been busy working on an illustrated novel for the past month. 

For those who have been following me for a long time, you might know of my 2009 comic, 1000 Words (you can read it for free here if you haven't https://www.yuumeiart.com/1000-words )

This web novel will be a continuation of the comic and follow the lives of these 4 artists, exploring what art means t...

New chapter of Fisheye Placebo is out! :D

Read it here https://www.yuumeiart.com/fisheye-placebo-chapters#/ch-2-part-9/

Thank you for all the well wishes from my last post. I'm all recovered now and was even able to finish a ch of my comic. 

There's also some exciting news in the future but I'll save that for later ;)

Been sick for a few weeks

Hey everyone, sorry for the long absence. I've been very sick for a few weeks now but I've been getting better so no worries. The doctor said my symptoms could come and go for up to 6 weeks so I probably won't be fully back for another few weeks. 

The latest painting is inspired by this recent event. I don't want to disclose what happened but it has been a very painful time in my life. 

I haven't been able to paint until now due to the extreme pain but I've a lot of pain...

Daybreak

Self indulgent woosh hair painting~ featuring Robin from Fisheye Placebo

Many Paintings~

Amazing how much I can paint now that my hand is feeling better! :D

I feel like my skills have gone down a lot over the past years when I couldn't practice or paint regularly due to the hand pain. I'm so excited to be able to paint more and improve myself again! 

New chapter of Fisheye Placebo is out!

Fisheye Placebo is back! After a one year hiatus due to hand pain, I'm feeling much better and new chapters will be coming out regularly~ Thank you all my dear patrons for supporting me even when I was too hurt to make the comic <3

Read the all the chapters for free here 2021-02-28 20:20:55 +0000 UTC View Post

Lots of new art :D

My hand has been feeling pretty good lately! So I've been painting a lot and I'm so excited to be able to create to my heart's content instead of having to hold back due to pain.

2021-01-26 16:44:31 +0000 UTC View Post

All We Can Save

Currently living through the hottest January I've ever seen for Northern California. There used to be frost in the mornings but now it's just 75F/24C. Wearing shorts in Jan is not something I expected so soon. Last summer the sky turned red from historic wildfires, I don't even want to imagine what this summer will bring.

Climate change isn't some distant problem for future generations to deal with, we are that future generation and we need to deal with it now. Every chance you have, vo...

Wisteria Coils

Wisteria Coils to go with the Flower Buns from my other painting :D What flower hair should I paint next?

In other news, I've started working on Fisheye Placebo again after a long hiatus due to hand pain issues! Thank you all for being so patient with me while I slowly worked towards recovery with a new physical therapy exercise. My hand will never be as good as new but I hope I can a bit draw more than before.

Here's some previews~

2021-01-12 00:52:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Grow Again + Winds of Change

Happy New Year everyone! :D

Wishing you all the best in this brave new world~ whatever challenges lies ahead, we can overcome, and we find happiness <3

Cloud Forest

Cloud forests are literally made of clouds, right? . . . Right?!?!?

I hope everyone had an amazing holiday season and ready for the new year!

For this month's reward I'll be including a new year special which is the design files for the star projection lamp I made :)