Kato's Art Stuff

Probably about time I posted some art stuff. It's all PG/PG-13, but fair warning there may be a few hunky shirtless dudes. Just sayin' up front.

Lil' about my art history... I was raised on superhero comics, and 90's cartoons (Like X-Men, Spider Man, Ruby-Spears Megaman etc). I started drawing when anime became super popular, and nowadays use mostly vector tools to create art in Photoshop. Up until recently I was pretty poor at figuring out poses, so a LOT of my older work can be very 'samey' but nevertheless, clean, bright, and colorful.

Drawing beefcakes in NOT my passion in life, it is simply something I do well, and often (due to my adoration of 1990's cartoons).


ME. Or a WIP of one anyway. This is my online persona Kato, and yes, I do also go by Kato IRL. However no I am not a beefcake, lol.


Part of a set of freebie adoptables I did last year. Violet is still my favorite. I always like adding animal logos to things. I designed the character, but she now belongs to someone else.


One of my OC's that I drew recently. Her name is Alesteria. She's French, and has an eidetic memory.


A recent commission I did for a client on DA. It turned out all right, but man does that tail bother me. It's just tacked on there out of nowhere.... I'd much prefer if he had other wolf parts elsewhere to match... or no tail at all.


A gijinka pokemon. Slowpoke. I love how it turned out. Best pose/outfit I'd done in quite a while. I regret such artistic awesomeness was wasted on a subject like pokemon.


Another of my OC's and the main character in his story. He's blessed/cursed with complete invulnerability, but he has absolutely no other talents or abilities. The 'yellow coat' version of him is from a much later point in his story's timeline after he's a bit older and beefier. Really I just wanted to draw his coat.... He's still pretty weak and useless.


A commission/request I did for a close friend. At the time of drawing I knew absolutely NOTHING about Yugioh Arc-V or the character "Yuri" from it, and was nonetheless asked to draw him with zero knowledge or context. The girl is my friend's OC Martell. She was not requested for this image but I did her anyway because I love her design.


And finally my latest WIP, Kizu Gekido. Also an OC. He's a samurai. Plus he has youkai friends.
PS: I liked youkai long before Youkai Watch was ever a thing, thx.