Kimi🌻✨

Hi, I’m Kōto! Wanna be friends? 🍙🍡🌷💫 Just a silly little guy ;-) The artist’s notes: 🌱 trying to show more of my oc Kōto and thought this would be a fun way to do it 🤭 tbh I’ve had this post sketched out for almost a year, and I mayyy have started colouring it only now when I have 3 assignments to be doing instead but let’s not talk about that 🫣 #ocartwork #kōto #adventuresofkōto #originalcharacterart #doodlingart #ocintroduction #cutecharacters #sydneyartist

A weekend of drawing live portraits @mellowart.au in Melbourne! ✍️🌷 Back in Sydney now and getting ready for my last two pop ups of the year + almost finishing uni but it’s so nice to look back at all the drawings I’ve done over the the two days at the loveliest Mellow Art Market ☁️ I actually have so many portraits I really like, I will have to include them in my Mellow recap post later 😆 ✍️ Upcoming events! 📍La Lune Market, North Strathfield @lalune.sydney 🕰️ 8:30am—12:30pm 🗓️ 20 December 2025 🎄 For Your Inner Child Creators Market 📍41 Perry St, Matraville @creatorscollective__ 🕰️ 10am—12pm | 1pm—4pm 🗓️ 21 December 2025 Come say hi if you’re looking for a special gift/experience, I’ll also be bringing my illustrated stickers and handmade magnets! <3 See u soon :D — Kimi 🌻✨ #liveportrait #caricaturedrawing #caricaturist #giftideas #sydneyartist #artmarket #mellowartmarket #artistvlog #thingstodoinmelbourne #thingstodoinsydney

see you very soon at @luckylemonartmarket this weekend in Sydney! 🍋🍀 ft. Live portrait drawing, food inspired handmade magnets & illustrated stickers, + Kōto keepsakes :) 📍 Lucky Lemon Art Market, Sydney Masonic Centre (next to World Square in Town Hall) 🗓️ 16 & 17 May 2026 🕰️ 10am—4pm 🪑 Table E1 This will be my last big art market in Sydney for a while before I take a step back to work on my art, prepare for upcoming cafe collabs and some very exciting interstate/international events 😆 stay tuned for the announcements!! 💫 Stay silly~ :) — Kimi 🌻✨ #liveportrait #caricaturedrawing #sydneymarkets #thingstodoinsydney #sydneyartist Live portrait sessions: • 10am—12pm • 1pm—2:30pm • 3pm—4pm 🎟️ queue tickets for live portraits are given out at the start of each hour during the sessions listed above You don’t need queue tickets to browse my other items! Hehehe more not pictured but my veggie magnets (and a few extra friends) 🍄‍🟫🧄🌶️🍙🥬🥔 on a whim I decided to make a grilled onigiri magnet because it’s one of my favourite styles to eat and I only made one but it’s so cute I could’ve made more! 🍳 🍙 🥖 🍵 🍞 🧈 🥜 🍎 (psst…there is also an apple Kōto 👀🍎 but he didn’t dry in time to make the photoshoot 😔) Table E1! Space is a little tight so please be mindful of others while queuing 🫶 see u soon!

imagine if I draw at the wedding too! 🥹 Story time 🕰️ I’m a live portrait artist and illustrator based in Sydney who had her first major pop up in Melbourne at Mellow Art Market back in 2024, which is where I drew this lovely couple for the first time. Can you imagine capturing such a special moment of their first date, and then again two years later when I returned to Melbourne for another Mellow event, that I’d get to celebrate their engagement!! I’m so grateful that they came to tell me in person! 🥹🥹 Congrats to the happy couple! 💍 #sydneyartist #liveportrait #caricaturedrawing #engagement #mellowartmarket

Live caricatures are back in Sydney this weekend 🥳 If you’re on the lookout for a unique gift and experience with your friends, family, or fluffy pal, I’ve got just the thing for you ✍️😉 📍 La Lune Market, North Strathfield ⏰ 9am—11am | 12pm—2pm* ** 🗓️ Saturday • 9 May 2026 Mother’s Day Special 💐 📍 Wut To Fu, Bankstown 🕰️ 1pm—4pm* 🗓️ Sunday • 10 May 2026 *a limited number of paper queue tickets will be released at the start of each hour to help manage the wait! 🎟️ **no tickets needed to browse my handmade bread + matcha magnets & stickers at the market 🥨 While you’re at @lalune.sydney make sure to try some of their signature basque cheesecake (my current fav is the black sesame) and seasonal baked goodies! 😋🍵 Up for a dessert on Sunday? @wuttofu.sydney specialises in soy-based desserts and recommends trying the tofumisu cake or their lemon curd and lychee rose tofu pudding 🍋🍮 I don’t usually do events on Mother’s Day because it’s reserved for my mother, but she decided to extend her holiday and visit her mum this year 🥹 but you asked, so I posted a little open call, and Wut Tofu answered 🫶 See you soon! Kimi 🌻✨ #liveportrait #caricaturedrawing #sydneyartist #thingstodoinsydney #cafesydney

Live portrait drawings with flower arrangements from a workshop with @floratorie.co 💐 Such a special afternoon for my first artist pop up in KL, in the lovely Floratorie and Pohutukawa cafe space. How gorgeous is the golden sunlight pouring in from the cafe window! I loved drawing everyone with the beautiful bouquets they put together ☺️🌷 If you’re a florist in Sydney / Melbourne / Brisbane and are interested in hosting something like this, send me a message! I would love to do this again here in Australia with you 🌱 Collab with event host @kelly_tky for a flower workshop accompanied by matcha from @reimatcha.my and bakes by @pohutukawa_coffee and @bakewith.yanyan will have to make a second part to fit in all my cafe sketches too and the rest of the day 🫶 #sydneyartist #liveportrait #caricaturedrawing #flowerarranging #creativeworkshop

Live portrait drawing @uts_makersmarket today plus handmade clay creations, cute stickers, prints and more!! 💐🍵✨ Bringing a few new stickers and prints, some popular items are very low stock, and I’ll also be running some clearance deals for some older designs :) 📍 UTS Building 1, Ultimo 🗓️ 20 April 2026 🕰️ 12pm—5pm* 🪑 Table 27 (near main uni entrance) ✍️ Live portrait schedule: • 12pm—2pm | 3pm—5pm Queue tickets are given at the start of each session :) Bring a friend or come yourself, see you soon! — Kimi 🌻✨ #utsmakersmarket #sydneyartist #liveportrait #handmademagnets #thingstodosydney

📚 Kinokuniya x quirkimi • Live portraits at @kinokuniya_chatswood 📚✍️😆 As a reader who grew up going to Kinokuniya, I couldn’t be happier to announce that there’s another store in Sydney, and that I’ll be drawing live portraits there for an event this week! Celebrate the opening of Kinokuniya in Chatswood with us this week and get a portrait drawn solo or with your friends & loved ones 🥳 📍 Kinokuniya Chatswood 🌷 Thursday 🗓️ 16 April 2026 🕰️ 5pm—6:30pm | 7pm—8:30pm ☀️ Sunday 🗓️ 19 April 2026 🕰️ 1pm—3pm | 4pm—6pm In this special edition of live portraits, I’ll be drawing with a dip pen and a gorgeous deep blue ink from Kinokuniya 💙 See you soon :) #kinokuniya #liveportrait #caricaturedrawing #sydneyartist #bookstore

hellooo melbourne! live portrait drawings are back, along with my food inspired stickers & handmade magnets + Kōto things 🍮🍒🍵 here’s a little preview of all the new goodies I’ve been cooking up for Mellow’s Pantry 😋 come see the full set up this weekend! 📍Stables, Meat Market Art Centre, North Melbourne 🗓️ 11 & 12 April 2026 🕰️ 10am—5pm* 🪑 Table A5 ✍️ *Live portrait sessions: • 10am—12pm • 1pm—3pm • 3:30pm—5pm 🎟️ queue tickets for live portraits are given out at the start of each hour during the sessions listed above :) You don’t need queue tickets to browse my other artworks 🥰 and YES! I’ll also be bringing the usual stickers and prints too - check out the reboot of some of my old designs, which now have a little doodle on the back with space for you to write a message ;) Stay silly and see you soon! — Kimi 🌻✨ #liveportrait #caricaturedrawing #cuteillustration #mellowartmarket #thingstodoinmelbourne

Cette semaine marquera les 1 an d’ouverture d’Off-Campus! Pour l’occasion on vous a préparé un jeu-concours... et un menu spécial et une artiste invitée venue d’Australie 💫 Salut! It will be the first time that I’m drawing live portraits in Paris. Come celebrate the 1st anniversary of @offcampus_fr with us this Saturday! ~ Kimi 🌻✨ 📍 Off-Campus coffee shop, 11th Arr. 🕰️ 10am—12pm | 1pm—3pm 🗓️ Samedi 14 mars / Saturday 14 March 📷: @jeanne_perrotte (cover) #liveportrait #paris #pariscafe #dessinpersonnalisé #thingstodoinparis

Adopt a clay kitty + Live portrait drawings @meowmentsartmart this weekend ✍️🐱 ft. new ‘our little meowments’ stamp stickers and more ✨ Starry/Heart Calicos are back too but all clay kitties are sculpted and painted by hand so there’s only one of each version!! =^•w•^= ✍️ Live portrait schedule: SAT • 10am—12pm | 1pm—3pm | 3:30pm—5pm SUN • 10am—12pm | 1pm—3pm Paper queue tickets are given at the start of each hour 📍Harold Park Community Hall, Tramsheds 🕰️ SAT • 10am—5pm | SUN • 9am—3pm 🗓️ 21 & 22 February 2026 Excited to see you at my first art market of the year~ CATch you there! 🐈 🤭 — Kimi 🌻✨ #sydneyartist #liveportrait #catart #handmademagnets #thingstodosydney

Almost scrapped this post because I thought it was too late but then if you think about it, the Year of the Horse 🧧🐴 starts next weeeeek, so here’s my little reflection on 2025 adventures and teaser for 2026 🤭 From visiting Brisbane for the first time ever, to collaborating with cafes around Sydney and even in Armidale, my first brand collabs + activations, going back to Melbourne for Mellow, drawing live portraits at weddings, birthdays, a baby shower, and more! 🥳 the past year has been full of cherished memories and it’s amazing to look back on all the places my art has led me to and all the wonderful people I’ve met! 🌱💫 A big big THANK YOU to my family & friends for all their support and to all of you who are following my art journey, whether you’ve been here from the start or discovered my work along the way 🫶🥹 This year, you can look forward to more exciting events around Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and even my first international!!! pop-ups too 🌏👀 💭 Where else would you like to see me draw? Let me know down below! :) #sydneyartist #liveportraits #artistmarket #caricatureartist #cuteillustration (psst, I’m doing a cat themed art market next weekend @meowmentsartmart 🐈)