Keika Pen

^{~ Hobby artist by heart ~}

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ABOUT ME

I am a german digital artist that started this journey on april 2025. I refound my passion for drawing after years of break, which was quite a surprise for me. I just wanted to prove people, that you dont need AI to create beauty out of thin air.The goal of creating my own manga to tell a story, leaving a heritage in life is what keeps me pushing day by day, henceforth my name as Keika/ けいか (jp. 'progress').My tool to go with for digital art:

^{last updated: 30.11.2025}

PROGRESS

Improvement with each drawing

Since I started drawing traditionally, drawing on tablet has become a huge challenge for me. However, due to working as an pipe enineer, I can't provide much time for this hobby/side project, leading to making my sketches most of times during my breaks, henceforth most of my art are based on traditional sketches.During my 1st year of drawing (2025), reflecting on my own art resulted in having huge steps in improvements. Sadly I only focused on drawing female characters so far, but that might change in future.

SPEEDPAINT

Art transparency

With the increasing number of AI art going viral, I pay high focus on providing complete transparency when it comes to my art. As few of you might realize, my inspiration is based on the manga 'Love Hina' (ラブひな from Ken Akamatsu, 2000) but also from the anime Redline (from Katsuhito ISHII, 2009).

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MY CHARACTERS

As my characters are based on concepts everything involves around art, they tend to be full of variety in expression, behavoir and design, although mostly modern kept.

コネクション 和み

^{Tsunagari Nagomi}

Tsunagari is my first character I ever designed, the tought of having an artist going for battle was very fascinating. My love for the colour blue decided the colourplate for her design.Since I needed to have more practise on drawing poses, I didnt gave much tought about her 'outfit' and ended up with a tight battlesuit with tactical elements. I hope to create my manga around her someday, that would make me really happy.

Feel free to look up Tsunagari on my characterpage on Characterhub:
✐ᝰ Tsunagari Nagomi (Cyan)

なる 和み

^{Naru Nagomi}

Naru is my second character I ever designed, giving my first character the first step for my world-building. My love for the colour yellow (for her design) was a direct result of Tsunagaris design.Her 'outfit' needed to match Tsunagaris one in someway. However she needed to be unique in her own way, which lead me to create fictional 'brands' for my world-building and, a tought that came to my mind when paying attention to the game 'Arknight'. I love they way her designed turned out to be, very dynamic but also lovely.

Feel free to look up Naru on my characterpage on Characterhub:
✐ᝰ Naru Nagomi (Yellow)

未来 和み

^{Mirai Nagomi}

Mirai is my third character I ever designed, which concludes the main-characters for my world-building. My love for the colour pink-magenta (for her design) originated from my love to purple Lumen from 'Rayman 3 - The Great Havoc'. The design of purple circles gave me a hint to what Mirais brush should look like and do.Her 'outfit' is supposed to be an upgrade from Narus outfit, however it is adjusted and custom designed to her brush handling. I like assymetry, which suits Mirai very well to her effect-brush.

Feel free to look up Mirai on my characterpage on Characterhub:
✐ᝰ Mirai Nagomi (Magenta)

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MY ARTWORK

Doing fanart sometimes can be really nice, however I am more interested in characters that lies beyond the art community, Characters that might not even see the sunlight but are unique and interesting as in design and lore.I am very thankful to the users/people where I was able to draw their original characters based on their lore or core design. There are much more but those I have listened here are my personal favorites I have drawn so far.As for the future, I hope to draw more art of amazing beauties the world has to offer.

^{artworks of my OCs}

Illustrations

Wallpaper

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^{Art trades}

A huge thanks to all the character owners for letting me draw these wonderful characters. While drawing them, I learned soo much, but also enjoyed the time spending.

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Terms of servicesComplex Detail in overall design
^{+25% (Includes elaborate tattoos, highly engineered weapons or tools, instruments, tedious patterns such as scale or etched plate, etc. When in doubt, simply add it on the message and let me know what part of the character you want me to pay careful attention.}Rush Job
^{I am not able to provide more time as what is already given, so no rush jobs for offer. All orders will be done within a week at maximum. Certain circumstances, like vacation and work overtime can lead to an extention of another 1 week, you will be notified if this happens.}Exclusivity/NDA
^{◼ My artstyle is considered for everyone to enjoy, henceforth no intention of selling ownership.
◼ Ownership of my art will ONLY be applied to the charactersheets. No extra fee will be charged on this service.
◼ As for commercial usage involving charactersheets, don't for get to to mention 'Keika Pen' as the artist.
◼ If an illustration is posted or printed in anyway, for personal use or social media, 'Keika' needs to be credited.}Payment Process
^{◼ I take half the payment up front after sending sketch and the other half when the job is done. But feel free to pay full in advantage.
◼ Order via full payments in advance takes priority as an act of trust/appreciation of my work.
◼ Final product will only be delivered alongside a speedpaint, once I have received payment in full.
◼ All payments are through PayPal. All payments are final.
◼ NO refunds, exception ONLY if I doesnt reply to your placed order within 3 weeks.
◼ In terms of doubt, feel free to reach out to me beforehand.
◼ No large commissions availible, due to lack of time for projects and main work.}Commission Prozedure
^{Please send an email to [email protected] detailing your character’s basic features: species, class, age, skin/eye color, etc. or simply add your reference. In addition, please include a “Top 5 List” of features that are most important to you. I will be sure to include those things in the commission. Anything not on the “Top 5 List” will be considered open to creative interpretation.
◼ Feel free to incl. pose/composition suggestions if you have something in mind. Let's bring your vision to life.
◼ You may choose to include a backstory for your character. Backstories provides inspiration to get me a deeper understanding of the character’s personality, regarding appearance & overall composition.
◼ Once the work is done I will request the final payment, and then your piece will be delivered via email.
◼ Once I start working on your piece you can watch the whole process live on Art Fight or Characterhub Discord-Channel. Clients are encouraged to watch, hang out, and provide feedback.}“I’ve Changed My Mind”
^{You can modify your commission at any time before I start working on fineline part, however I tend to start right ahead with a sketch, so be warned, that I start with my commission directly in the evening (GMT+8).
I’m happy to make minor modifications within reason. Larger changes may require additional fees, or a new commission.}Legal Information
^{All rights to any art I create, including commissions, belong exclusively to me. You may neither sell nor exchange my art in any form, physical or digital, print or NFT, under any circumstances unless you have my express written permission. You may not use my art in any published material, even free material, on any online or physical marketplace.}Thanks again for your interest in my commissions! If you have any questions, please be sure to let me know.

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contact me

Since I'm drawing as hobby, taking commissions usually depends on how interesting your idea/character or concept is. Being financial independent of my side-hustle/hobby gives me more freedom what to focus on in my life.I am very grateful for every commission I recieve, tough keep in mind, I might decline due to lack of time from my side-projects.Don't feel disencouraged, I will definitly reply back. Seeing people happy about what I create is one of my post priorities nevertheless!You can directly contact me at:
[email protected]^{Note: response takes 1-2 days. During vacation time (july and december) however 1 week at maximum.}

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^{last updated: 30.11.2025}