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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん
@1989nk.com
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🍁artist, manga author | #bjd hobbyist | eng/日本語 N4 trans masc (he/him) | １９８８年４月🎂 gay | disabled | auDHD | EDS/pots you can read my manga series here! both chapters are free/pwyw https://1989nk.com/pages/1989nk-chapter-one https://ko-fi.com/jackaleope
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · Jan 14
Hi I'm Kale! I'm a disabled transmasc artist who is currently making an original indie manga series with a transmasc main character. It would be cool af if you would check it out 🫶 I really like drawing in a classic anime style!

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#portfolioday
a promo poster for my manga, Sweethearts of 1989, featuring the main character Hiroki (he/him) an illustration of Hiroki (he/him) being hugged around the waist by his boyfriend Hideyuki (he/him) an illustration of Hiroki (he/him) and Hideyuki (he/him) as sexy bunny boys an illustration of Hideyuki (he/him) with a sweet, friendly expression
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 27m
as I suspected, Doraemon is perfectly at my reading level lol. I'm actually having a lot of fun reading it and it doesn't take literal hours 😂
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 1h
omg!! 🥹 they look so cute thank you!!
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Pssshhh I didn’t forget the mustache until the very end, you did!!

Day eight of moot-tober for @1989nk.com!!!

[ #art #illustration #digitalart ]
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 23h
I haven't decided what clothes to put Hide and Hiroki in for their date. 🤔 time to look at cute 80s japan fashion on Pinterest lol
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 23h
last week+ was so eventful, I did SO much stuff, so much walking. this week I've just been crashing lol. sooooo tired. I've been doing my best to work on my manga in between meals and naps 😆 hopefully I'll have a bit more energy in a few days.
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~Classic Anime Girl of the Day!~ @retroanimegirls.bsky.social · 1d
Today's Classic Anime Girl is Hibari Oozora, main protagonist of "Stop!! Hibari-kun!!" (1983)!
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 2d
I won't have time for spooky month art this year so I'll just bump this one cause I still like it lol
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · Nov 1
he didn't even take that much blood 😂
happy halloween all 🫶🎃
(both charas he/him)
#oc #ocsky #イラスト
a color illustration of Hiroki in his devil au form. He is holding onto Hideyuki by his shirt, who just fainted and is dangling. Hiroki has just taken a little bit of Hide's blood, but Hide is such a weak baby that he faints immediately. 😂 Hiroki looks a bit panicked by this. he/him for both characters
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 2d
update 2: okay yeah the hype for this stuff is real lol

my hair is extremely non porous so I was honestly afraid it would all just wash away. but even after 1 application it's wayyyy better. it's shiny and curly at the ends again and not just a giant frizz ball 😭
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 2d
update: sources say this is the stuff to try... hopefully it helps!!
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 2d
I won't have time for spooky month art this year so I'll just bump this one cause I still like it lol
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · Nov 1
he didn't even take that much blood 😂
happy halloween all 🫶🎃
(both charas he/him)
#oc #ocsky #イラスト
a color illustration of Hiroki in his devil au form. He is holding onto Hideyuki by his shirt, who just fainted and is dangling. Hiroki has just taken a little bit of Hide's blood, but Hide is such a weak baby that he faints immediately. 😂 Hiroki looks a bit panicked by this. he/him for both characters
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 2d
update: sources say this is the stuff to try... hopefully it helps!!
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 2d
I have been growing my hair out long, btw. it's down to the middle of my back right now. I looked up suggestions online and most people say to just tie it up until the warm months are over. lol
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 2d
man, I really got spoiled by how dry it is where I live, because the humidity here in Japan has been DESTROYING my fine wavy/curly ended hair. I might have to search for some kind of hair care for it. but idek if they have anything here that would be good for my hair type. 😫
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 2d
today's shopping finds ✨
ive been going to Book Off locations that are way outside the popular tourist spots and it's definitely worth it cause the prices are way more fair.

there's been a lot of newer Lum figures being made recently, but I really wanted this vintage one more
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 2d
objectively the best potato chip flavor
(it's umeboshi/pickled plum)
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 3d
inspiration for the last panel - my dog does this to me lol
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 3d
WIP 2
6 pages of Retsuko's story in rough form from sweethearts of 1989 chapter 3. Retsuko is pruning her roses and gets pricked. she takes off her glove quickly and examines her hand. there is a visible calloused scar on her palm. she has a brief memory of her childhood and her father before Panpan brings her out of it by licking her hand and putting his paw on her.
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 3d
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2 pages of sweethearts of 1989 chapter 3 in rough sketch form. Hiroki is brushing himself off from falling. then we see Tom's point of view as he recognizes Hiroki from when they were in school together.
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Whit☀️Wei @mochiwei.com · 4d
Linktober 2025 Day 4: Nostalgia 💙

#linktober #artposting
Image depicts Link in his adult form from Ocarina of Time looking wistfully at a memory of his younger self running through the woods with his friend, Saria.
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 3d
I'm really mad that I made Retsuko's dad kind of hot because he's a terrible man lol
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 3d
need a quick boost of inspiration and motivation for making comics?

read anything by moebius
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ARTASOUKI @artasouki.bsky.social · 4d
doodle before bed.
Research break, eating pocky out of your sensei's chest no big deal.
Ryuji is a lucky man.
#oc #ocsky
words say "RESEARCH BREAK" Ryuji is saying "Finally a good snack" and Yami is replying with "Hamasaki-san?" he looks flustered as Ryuji is leant down to grab the pocky stick out of Yami's chest. other doodle of Yami with the pocky stick in his chest. A quick sketch.
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 3d
WIP 2
6 pages of Retsuko's story in rough form from sweethearts of 1989 chapter 3. Retsuko is pruning her roses and gets pricked. she takes off her glove quickly and examines her hand. there is a visible calloused scar on her palm. she has a brief memory of her childhood and her father before Panpan brings her out of it by licking her hand and putting his paw on her.
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 3d
WIP 1
2 pages of sweethearts of 1989 chapter 3 in rough sketch form. Hiroki is brushing himself off from falling. then we see Tom's point of view as he recognizes Hiroki from when they were in school together.
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 4d
I can't cook to save my life but thankfully Japan has a metric shitton of restaurants for me to choose from with very affordable prices
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 4d
it's not a trip to Japan without food pics!
(seriously this is mostly what I saved up my money for...)
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