Rinna ♥︎ 猫りんな (rinna)

Now she is blinking ✨ I use 2 HyperPixel round displays for her eyes. Each needs a Pi Zero to operate separately. Then I sync them but with another Pi5 which will be her brain to control her other components as well. My pixel art flower animation looks nice as her eyes 🩵✨

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Quietly creating ✨ I have finished the technical architecture design, and now putting in some components. The character sheet and back story are ready too. Lots of no visual work behind the scene. It’s going to be a lot of work toward my solo exhibition in October in Japan 🎀

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I have been in traditional art in Japan since 2015, exhibiting in art fairs, winning awards, doing acrylic paintings, illustrations for agent, and brands in Osaka, etc. Since I turned digital and now doing interactive toy + hardware art + coding, people in trad art don’t understand me and don’t call me an artist anymore. They thought I quitted making art. To be honest, art, artist, creator, blah blah blah, whatever words I don’t really care. In fact I’m quite bored of being defined by others. I just want to keep creating what makes me feel fun and alive. At the end of the day, being an outcast of the art world gives me creative freedom and I’m enjoying it 😆

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Behind the scenes 🕶️ Putting the eyes to the right positions with the face’s curve is challenging. So I tinkered and improved with many versions of the structure. Finally I get it right 顔の曲線に合わせて目の位置を調整するのは難しかった。そこで、なんとか何度もストラクチャーを試行錯誤して改良を重ねて、やっと出来ましたw

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