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The Genesis Niftygateway drop by Ykha Amelz

Published by Bryan Brinkman

Ykha Amelz is an architect graduate who pursued a career as an illustrator since 2008. For years she never stops exploring her work by taking on various visual projects, such as for children brook, fashion, branding, music, painting exhibitions, etc.

Eventually, she started to draw her french bulldog, Babbot, into a cartoon character with imaginary cartoon friends. It has wakened her nostalgia for cartoons and comics which became a significant turning point for her illustrative style. While initially a coping mechanism for escaping frustrations at work, her Babbot drawings took on a life of their own and have led to exhibitions, a book, and collaborations with clients from around the world, such as VANS, COACH, Netflix, Spotify, and Samsung.

Ykha continues to turn her stories into colorful pieces, rendering her thoughts into a vibrant world filled with an expanding family of cartoon characters. Stepping into frame-by-frame animation with the hope that she can share that bright feeling of watching a Sunday morning cartoon to more people. “I always wanted my art to be able to make people smile, forget about their problems even for just a second and just be a happy kid.”, she said.