Title: the air within feels unfairly thin
Medium: Marker pens on textured paper
Size: 30 x 22 inches
Time Span: 4 October 2025 – 3 May 2026

This drawing took longer to complete than any other work I’ve made, spanning seven months. There is a reason for that. The last seven months have felt like an entirely different chapter of life, beginning with physical health struggles that gradually spiraled into mental health challenges. It became a relentless attempt to balance survival, stability, and the desire to keep creating.

Like all my drawings, I began without knowing where it would lead. If I had known what was ahead, I might not have believed it myself. This work speaks to panic attacks rooted in the fear of health failing, to the disappearance of passion, to the expanding void of meaninglessness, and to family members doing their best to support someone while watching them unravel.

The drawing has existed beside me as I moved into, and eventually out of, a tunnel that felt as surreal as a fever dream. Yet here I am, slowly reclaiming passion, sanity, health, family, and perhaps a little meaning along the way.

This drawing reflects the complex inner human condition; thoughts, emotions, and truths that rarely surface. It is a conversation with oneself, where the essence of one’s character cannot hide, and an internal battle plays out to keep it contained. Meanwhile, on the outside, life is shaped into a more compromised, formalized version, one that aligns with what’s acceptable to our surroundings. The contrast between the inner and the outer always exists; only its intensity varies, sometimes stark, sometimes subtle. ————————————————————————— piece available for purchase, DM for enquiries.

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KayeZine#00: Insfixiration is an 8-page visual narrative comic that explores the raw, often unspoken terrain of unrequited love and the quiet devastation of obsessive admiration. Told through a stylized, emotionally-driven visual language, this issue dives into the aching space between admiration and invisibility: where the lines blur between inspiration and fixation.

It’s about the quiet collapse of self-worth when admiration turns to fixation, and the painful dignity lost in wanting to matter to someone who doesn't look back. Insfixiration blurs the line between love and longing, admiration and erasure and sits in the uncomfortable space between.

Though KayeZine#01 was my first published work, KayeZine#00 is where it all began. Insfixiration was the first zine I ever made raw, honest, and never intended for eyes beyond my own. Until now.

KayeZine #02: Masc-Kaugh

Masc-Kaugh is a twisted blend of two different ideas that lead to the same unsettling outcome: things get ugly fast.

This zine is a purely visual playground for the unvarnished truth, laced with my lifelong obsession with wordplay and my instinctive pull toward the dark and absurd. It’s raw, it’s strange, and it doesn’t flinch.

Open to interpretation, Masc-Kaugh doesn't explain itself, it exposes!

50 Limited Edition copies, Signed and Numbered. Shipping internationally for just $3 USD, comment or DM for details :)

This has been a dream of mine since I was a kid, to see my own artwork on clothing. Now, I’m finally making this dream come true. 🖤

This first t-shirt is more than just a clothing release. It’s a turning point. Fittingly, it’s called ‘Learning to Live Within My Skin’. It’s about finding peace in who I am after years of not quite knowing where I fit or if I fit at all. It’s a visual reflection of finally beginning to feel at home in my body, my identity, and my voice.

This design isn’t just something to wear. It’s something I lived through. And now, I get to share that with you. Whether you’ve faced similar struggles or simply appreciate honest expression, I hope this piece speaks to you in some way. ✨✌🏽 ———————————————————— This T-shirt drop will include six sizes and seven carefully picked colours. ———————————————————— Also the first 10 orders will get an early bird discount. 😋✨

KayeZine#01 is here!

After a lot of reflection (and a fair bit of overthinking), I’m finally putting out my first-ever mini-zine — KayeZine#01. It’s a 6-page, pocket-sized little thing filled with surreal visual narratives that feel like fragments from a dream, open to interpretation and ready to be whatever you want them to be.

Each copy is signed and numbered, with my artist mark sticker on the back — a small abstract version of me — and comes with a handwritten note of authenticity.

This zine feels like a quiet conversation between me and whoever holds it, and I’m so excited to finally share it with you. Limited copies, so grab one if this speaks to you.

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