environment vis dev for project "Obaven" featuring a magical abandoned train tunnel in the middle of the forest during evening time.

about me

Kay Lee is an AuDHD artist and digital creator based in Worcester, MA.

This website is a creative portfolio for the things she loves most—her original characters and cozy illustrations.Blending sweetness and spice through themes of magic, mundanity, and intimacy, she hopes to spark the same feelings of softness, comfort, and playfulness in you as they do in her.More Information:special interests: ocs, coffee, witchy stuff, naruto, dead by daylight, balletlikes: iced lattes, scary movies / games, long video essays, daydreaming, wandering downtown, oversized hoodiesdislikes: driving, crowded placedbig 3: cancer - capricorn - virgombti: INFPtools: what i use to draw, film, etc. and my brushes

"Romance is a desire to acknowledge and enhance the grandeur of small moments." - Hitomi Mochizuki

ART

buy prints | commissions [closed] | my brushes

visual development

environment visual development of stone stairs in the middle of the forest for project "Obaven". Evening time lighting.

personal

illustration of female original character looking annoyed.

studies

Digital art plein air study of a large, secluded house by a lake during dusk. Large fluffy clouds on the background.

Visual Development Portfolio

OBAVEN

Tsu discovers that she's a witch far later than most. Now she must play catch-up with her training guided by Khan, a seasoned male witch who's just as reluctant to teach as she is to be taught.

Tsu Outfit Exploration
Mundane Side
Fall

Magical Side
casual, work out, sleep

Magical Side
The Tunnel

Magical Side
Stone Stairway

Magical Side
Lake

Dust Bunnies

Toddler Tsu Turnaround

( ongoing personal project! check back later for more updates! c: )

Personal drawings and doodles

oc stuff
playlists and mood boards

Plein airs, figure studies, stylized studies

(2024-2025)

gesture inspired character designs

(2021-2022)

Writing

(under construction)

stories

poems

Sad Tsu

Digital art plein air study of a large, secluded house by a lake during dusk. Large fluffy clouds on the background.

TBA

TBA

Sad Tsu - Chapter 1

(coming soon!)

Receive a letter from a cozy witch town ✨✉️

The Town Beyond the Tunnel

Under the veil of magic hour, a hidden portal opens within a forgotten train tunnel, leading to Kimbrowood—a haven for witches tucked just beyond our mundane world.It's here that local obaven, Tsu and Khan, have made their home. While Tsu trades the stage for a café counter at Hexpresso, brewing coffee, courage, and the occasional disaster, Khan is often elsewhere in town—maintaining wards, negotiating with spirits, tending their homestead, and taking his duties as one of Kimbrowood's protectors perhaps a little too seriously.When Tsu discovers a dusty typewriter hidden in the café's back room, she begins documenting it all—and sends those letters your way.

HEXPRESSO

Letter Club

What's inside?

✦ A letter from the fictional town of Kimbrowood—carrying POV pieces of the cozy, magical, occasionally chaotic lives of local obaven, Tsu and Khan, alongside their loved ones.✦ A print / postcard✦ A sticker✦ A spell, recipe, or themed ephemera✦ A drawing / journal prompt✦ A loyalty card in your first month✨✨✨Letters are sent out via snail mail! No tracking is included!

The Tunnel

    "The portal's got rules. Opens during magic hour, stays open for a limited time, and only allows a certain number of visitors through. Probably for the best—Kimbrowood's a home, not a tourist attraction.And that's after we updated the tunnel wards. Time window used to be much tighter." — Khan

    The Tunnel opens on the 20th of each month. It closes on the final day of the month or when all slots are filled. Letters will be sent out around the 9th of the following month.If there is sign-up availability after the tunnel closes, your letter will be sent as the next month's letter.Ex.: The portal closes on July 31th but you were able to sign up August 1st. Therefore, you will receive your letter around the first week of September!

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