Kimartings

Kim | 21+ | any pronoun Illustrator/Artist Instagram Art Blog and Archive

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Thank you for your patience as we work through our backlog to send out preorders and contributor copies to everyone outside of Japan and Taiwan. Leftover sales will come later.

In the meantime, here's some art by design mod @kimartings of one our Japanese contributors ritu-san cosplaying as Lin while helping staff our table at the fan-run budaixi-only event “Raimei ni Tsuzuke! 2026”!

We’re incredibly grateful to ritu-san for offering to help out right on the spot; our first time tabling wouldn’t have gone as smoothly during the latter half of the event without their help!

Sadly, we realized too late that we weren’t able to take a photo to commemorate the occasion, but Kim has managed to reimagine the moment through this illustration.

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"Across the Sea: A Thunderbolt Fantasy 10th Anniversary Fanzine" Preview #43

Today's previews are for 774 and @kimartings!

Our Ko-Fi and BOOTH stores will close on April 19 at 23:59 UTC-11, so you just have about 24 hours left to preorder our zine on both platforms (countdown timer here)!

Our two other options that will remain open after this deadline are mainly for Taiwan- and Japan-based fans (or those who will be in Japan for the "Raimei ni Tsuzuke!" event):

7-11賣貨便 (Taiwan only): Until April 30th UTC+9 23:59

For pick-up at "Raimei ni Tsuzuke!" 5/17 Tokyo event: Until April 30th UTC+9 23:59

For more information: https://tbfantazine.carrd.co/#preorder-en

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🌊Shang's Journey🌊

Here's the full clean version of my cover art for @tbfantazine! This was done with acrylic inks and some colored pencil for the rain and hair details. I briefly gave an explanation about the cover theme on our cover reveal post, but I wanted to share some more of my thoughts. Since our zine is double-sided I wanted to make an illustration that could work as an entire illustration as well as a standalone cover from either side. As the main character, I used Shang Bu Huan's first and last appearances in the series to be symbolic of the beginning and the end of Thunderbolt Fantasy's journey. Additionally, the side inspired by his first appearance is the Traditional Chinese/Japanese side's cover, while the side inspired by his last appearance is the Simplified Chinese/English side's cover. With all our contributors' works spanning the entirety of the series within, it really feels like a fitting tribute for the 10th anniversary and whole celebration of an international collaboration that reached fans around the world!

Reminder you can get your own physical copy of the zine via Ko-Fi or BOOTH until April 12th UTC-11 23:59; the 7-11 storefront (Taiwan only) and reservation form for pick-up at Raimei ni Tsuzuke! 2026 in Tokyo will open tomorrow!

@zinetracker @faneventstation @anizines @zine-scene

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Chúc mừng năm mới!! 🏮🧧🐎🧨✨ Happy Lunar New Year! I've been pretty busy working behind the scenes with the TBF anniversary fanzine, but I'm excited for it to all come together and go out into the world 💙 Hope you all have something to look forward to this year!

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"Across the Sea: A Thunderbolt Fantasy 10th Anniversary Fanzine" Cover Reveal!

Illustration, English calligraphy, design: Kim (Tumblr & Instagram: @kimartings)

Chinese & Japanese calligraphy: 天雲そら (Linktree)

Here is Kim’s artist statement about the cover theme:

Below is a mockup of what the final zine volume will look like:

Reminder to fill out our preorder interest check by 23:59 on 2/13 UTC-11 (2/14 depending on your time zone) at https://bit.ly/tbfantazine-preorder-interest-check!

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"You see? Everything’s all right."

I made these matching Clerith themed sketchbooks as holiday gifts for two dear friends of mine 🥰 I hand carved and printed the Buster Sword and lilies design for the front covers and painted the entire end page illustration with acrylic ink and a brush pen. I decided to do coptic stitch binding so the sketchbooks could lay flat and also used yellow cardstock around each signature since I thought it would look nice with the exposed spine 💛

I started this project back in 2023 after I finished playing the original Final Fantasy VII game, it just took me until this year to actually work on the illustration for the end pages and bind everything since I was worried about how I’d pull it off. But I’m happy and proud of how they came out!

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🌕💌

Super excited to get to share my @mdzsbigbang artworks 🥰❤️💙 I had the pleasure of working with my wonderful writer @epistemologys in this year’s edition and illustrated a few scenes from the secret of happiness! Please go give it a read!!

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🦇🎃👻Happy Halloween 👻🎃🦇

A few of my drawings I did following the SCBWI Artober 2025 prompt list this month, it was nice drawing small things every day without too much pressure.

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Mod Spotlight: Kim

For a full list of moderators and more information about the zine, check out https://tbfantazine.carrd.co/#mods-en.

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Another Chance?

Day 5: Timeloop for @bsdrarepairfest!

Odaran‼ I'm always thinking about how they briefly met as teens and then again before the end of Dark Era... This was the idea that made me want to join the rarepair event when I first heard about it late July! I actually haven't thought much about the rest of the timeloop/how long it goes for, etc, but I'm sure Ranpo can undoom Oda from the narrative 🥺 It's also been a while since I've drawn a comic so I'm really proud of it, and super happy I was able to finish it in time!

Full Image Description/Transcript Under Read More

[ID: 3 grayscale digital comic pages about Oda Sakunosuke and Edogawa Ranpo from "Bungou Stray Dogs" during the events of "Dazai Osamu and the Dark Era."

Page 1:

Ranpo: "Because if you go...you're gonna die."

Oda: "I know."

First panel shows Oda and Ranpo talking on a bridge in the rain. Ranpo's thoughts begin: "That man..." Second panel depicts Oda's back as he goes to confront Mimic, walking off into the darkness. Ranpo's thoughts: "I remember." Third panel is a close up of Ranpo's sad and pensive expression, he still has his glasses on. Ranpo's thoughts: "It was //him//..." Fourth panel shows a close up of a teen Oda, in the background is the scene from "The Untold Origins of the Detective Agency" when Ranpo and Fukuzawa see Oda surrender after killing his employer. Ranpo's thoughts end: "...from all those years ago."

Page 2:

4 staggered panels with Ranpo's thoughts overlapping the scenes.

"It's strange." First panel shows Ranpo looking out the window while eating a lollipop. Second panel has Yosano smiling with a nondescript speech bubble. "Yosano said the same thing yesterday." Third panel is a close up of a file folder stuffed with papers, the labels nondescript. "The president asked me to pick up more stuff from that place." Fourth panel depicts Ranpo holding an umbrella from behind on the same bridge he ran into Oda, he is looking over at the water. "It's raining //again//."

Page 3:

In a sequence of 3 panels, a shadowy scribbled figure passes by a scribbled Ranpo, the third panel depicts an extreme close up of Ranpo's eye widened in shock. The final scene shows the Ranpo grabbing Oda's arm tightly, leaning towards him with a concerned expression. Oda turns and looks at Ranpo in slight surprise. Their figures are outside but overlapping the fourth panel, which shows the vista from the bridge. This time the rain has stopped and the clouds are lighter.

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A Study Date

Day 4: College/Uni AU for @bsdrarepairfest!

I love Atsulucy so much! They're one of my favorite bsd ships in general, so I wanted to give them a break and let them stress about normal things like schoolwork and exams 🥺💖

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"I've got your back"

Day 2: BEAST AU for @bsdrarepairfest!

I remember thinking wouldn't it be great if they could meet back when I was watching season 2, and then the BEAST light novel came out 🥺 I know the BEAST light novel is angsty and all, but I'm really happy my two favorite characters were able to canonically meet and work together at the ADA! They would be great detective partners.

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🌾🌾 "Again and Again" 🌾🌾

A quick illustration celebrating the end of the Vinland Saga manga, what a journey :') I first became a fan after watching the anime in 2019, but it wasn't until last year after I finished season 2 that I dove into the manga and it quickly became one of my favorite animanga of all time. Reading it was truly a life-changing experience, just getting to see Thorfinn grow up and change so much, and its themes of revenge, pacifism, and forgiveness in a violent world really resonated with me. Thank you to Makoto Yukimura for an amazing manga!

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"Across the Sea - A Thunderbolt Fantasy 10th Anniversary Fanzine" Interest Check Coming Soon!

We’re planning a fanzine to celebrate 10 years of Thunderbolt Fantasy, to be launched in 2026. While this project is led by EN-speaking fans, submissions from around the world will be welcome. Watch this space for our interest check & more details!

サンダーボルトファンタジー東離劍遊紀の10周年を記念としてfanzine（同人アンソロジー）を企画しており、2026年に頒布予定です。 主催チームは主に英語圏のファンですが世界中のファンからの作品を募集する予定です！ アンケートや詳細は後ほどです。 よろしくお願い致します！

為記念東離劍遊紀系列十周年，我們計畫於2026推出紀念合誌。此企劃主要由英文圈粉絲主導，但我們接受來自世界各地的投搞，歡迎關注此帳號獲得更多資訊！

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Chúc mừng năm mới! 🏮🧧🐍🧨🎆 Happy Lunar New Year, wishing you guys a better year than the last!

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Finally posting my piece for the application for release from the dream collaborative zine run by the awesome @shadowofmoths, go check out everyone's amazing work here!!

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"Year of Dragon"

linocut

After drawing my Lunar New Year illustration, I wanted to create a linocut print and made this a couple months ago. There was a lot of work done with carving the scales and keeping areas clean during the process of printing, but I'm very happy with how it came out!