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Kwai 🌻 葵花

@kwaiflower.bsky.social

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she/her || SF/HK || 25+ CCA MFA Comics '25 comics and art and zines and stuff linktr.ee/kwaiflower #kwaiary

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Kwai 🌻 葵花 @kwaiflower.bsky.social · Feb 8

a lil intro comic zine i made a bit ago about me :)

#meettheartist #zine #comic #autobio #artsky

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Kwai 🌻 葵花 @kwaiflower.bsky.social · 1h

HAHAHAH OMG yes !!!!

Kwai 🌻 葵花 @kwaiflower.bsky.social · 1h

surprise ending for both you and me (2/2)

#artsky #webcomics #comicart #diarycomics #autobiocomics #comics #kwaiary

drawing of the immigration officer and the words above him say no change in facial expression, while the officer says, "i am just kidding. i can help you. Give me your passport."

drawing of kwai with a very confused face and question marks coming out of her head

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Kwai 🌻 葵花 @kwaiflower.bsky.social · 1h

travel struggles (1/2)

#artsky #webcomics #comicart #diarycomics #autobiocomics #comics #kwaiary

drawing a sign on top that says immigration. to the left, someone is putting their passport onto the scanner and the screen goes ding! and shows a checkmark and the words "please move forward". next to that person, in the middle, is kwai who is also scanning her passport. however, the screen this time shows a cross and the words "please go to a counter" with a arrow pointing to the left. there's one more person on the right but they are cut off.

kwai slides her passport through the little opening in the window towards the immigration officer at the counter. She says, "hi! the machine told me to come to the counter?" "here's my passport"

drawing of the immigration officer with a serious face as he says, "this counter is for EU citizens. You are not an EU citizen. Please go to the other counter"

drawing of kwai pulling back her passport and making a very embarrassed/ awkward expression, saying, "oh! sorry! my bad! i didn't know! sorry!"

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Kwai 🌻 葵花 @kwaiflower.bsky.social · 5h

ughhh hate those thoughts :(
but also?!!

jake the dog saying "dude, sucking at something is the first step towards being sort of good at something"

Kwai 🌻 葵花 @kwaiflower.bsky.social · 6h

im trying to do a notebook/ journal/ travelogue thingy for my oktoberfest trip but aaaa idk why im getting stuck

Kwai 🌻 葵花 @kwaiflower.bsky.social · 1d

and i don't want to keep up!! i want to be able to take my time to make my work good, instead of feeling pressured to post in case i drop off the face of the earth

Kwai 🌻 葵花 @kwaiflower.bsky.social · 1d

i'm feeling conflicted about using instagram as an artist..

like i want to find my audience! and my community!

but i hate having to please the algorithm for this to happen ;~;
i can't keep up!!

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Kwai 🌻 葵花 @kwaiflower.bsky.social · 2d

two superpowers i wish i had: shapeshifting and being able to speak all languages/ communicate with anything

Kwai 🌻 葵花 @kwaiflower.bsky.social · 3d

AUTODESK SKETCHBOOK GOT AN UPDATE AND IM SO HAPPYYY THERE ARE SO MANY NEW FUNCTIONS!!!!

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乙川灯🐈‍⬛②巻でました @otokawa03.bsky.social · Sep 11

終わりまでやっぱカメラあると筆致が怪しくなるな！！

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mintt 🏜️ drawin' my pictures and images @keymintt.bsky.social · Jun 7

more public art! these fellas were printed on vinyl for the sides of a traffic cabinet

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Thomas N. Perkins IV @tnperkins4.bsky.social · 3d

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Kwai 🌻 葵花 @kwaiflower.bsky.social · 3d

someone said they liked my outfit today!

Kwai 🌻 葵花 @kwaiflower.bsky.social · 4d

i should really go to sleep i think

but i want to draw

Kwai 🌻 葵花 @kwaiflower.bsky.social · 4d

speaking it into existence: an english manga/ comics/ zine library/store in hk

Kwai 🌻 葵花 @kwaiflower.bsky.social · 4d

did humans start doing the head tilting thing when confused first or did we learn that from animals because animals do it so that they can smell/ hear better (or something), but what do humans gain from tilting our head when confused

Kwai 🌻 葵花 @kwaiflower.bsky.social · 5d

trying to learn a new digital painting style/technique and i've restarted three times because i keep bumping against walls its just not clicking in my head aughhhh

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king is indecisive 💙✨ @king-reinhardt.bsky.social · 5d

Because I guess it's somehow not glaringly obvious: If you use or support the use of gen AI, don't follow me. You're a lazy thief and you are not welcome here 💙✨

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Kwai 🌻 葵花 @kwaiflower.bsky.social · 6d

i cant wait until i can foster a kitty again !!!!

Kwai 🌻 葵花 @kwaiflower.bsky.social · 7d

i have a three hour road trip coming up with two of my younger siblings and im making a playlist of my middle school songs to subject them to ^^

Kwai 🌻 葵花 @kwaiflower.bsky.social · 7d

realized i never posted the final zine product!!

#zines #zine #zinester #lyriczine

photo of kwais hand holding a zine she made called sad boi hours 2, a lyric zine by kwai. the cover looks like someone has scribbled the text with sharpie onto a CD and a collaged background of different stickers

Kwai 🌻 葵花 @kwaiflower.bsky.social · 7d

the way you drew jamesy is SO GOOD 😭😭

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Stefscribbles @stefscribbles.bsky.social · 7d

we have a new cat! his name is jamesy

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Kwai 🌻 葵花 @kwaiflower.bsky.social · 7d

it keeps hitting me recently that half of comics making is writing like wow i actually have to write out the comic i want to make and think through things oh no

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Kwai 🌻 葵花 @kwaiflower.bsky.social · 8d

mini travel diary comic (1/2)

#travelcomics #comic #comicart #webcomic #diarycomics #autobiocomics #artsky #oktoberfest

drawing of kwai and G (kwai's friend) meeting at the airport terminal. kwai is running in from the bottom left of the frame and G is standing closer towards the top right. the text says i went to oktoberfest with my bestie G on it's opening weekend

There are drawings of small cute headshots of both kwai and G waving their hands around excitedly as they shout together "i can't believe that we're in munich together!!"

The drawing is of kwai in a Dirndl, the traditional bavarian costume for women, that is made up of three parts, the blouse, the dress, and the apron. Traditionally, the length of the skirt is at least knee length, and the placement of the apron knot has a meaning (left: single, right: taken, middle: maiden). Next to kwai is G dressed in a white shirt and a lederhosen which is quite tight and traditionally made out of leather and is quite heavy. The costume for men also include knee length socks, while the shirts can be white or checkered. The text says, "we fully committed to the whole thing, like wore the traditional bavarian attire and everything"

Drawing of kwai and G sitting at opposite ends of a table and they are cheering their beer steins together while making eye contact and also yelling Prost! The text underneath says, "*apparently it's considered bad luck if you don't make eye contact when you cheers someone!" the lower text in bigger black letters says, we drank beer

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