Yokat Story
This is the cursed world, the world in the cursed amuletat Yokat shrine. This world will suck up and immure the spirits of whoever fail to touch this amulet. The world is full of evil and black magic, haunting the spirits of new cats that have been sucked in. New spirits come across old spirits are still here. Newcomers question old-timers about survival in this world. They have to fight their fears. Some try to find the way back to their old ways, on the other hand, some give up and decide to live in this world….
Yokat originated from?
Yokai (Japanese: 妖怪 Yōkai) is a type of supernatural being. Japanese people believe that yokai can bring good luck or bad omen. People often come across yokai that resemble animals. Yokai can sometimes appear in human form and mingle with people or may appear in other forms that humans can’t see, so the word Yokat, which derives from the word “yokai + cat”. We present a picture of a yokai in the shape of a human and with the head of a cat. It’s a transformation into a half-human, half-animal form. People may see the yokai as a human, but some see it as an animal. Yokat originated from?
The history of yokat
Yokat is a demon created by human faith or fear, they become more powerful and stronger if humans show their faith and fear.
A cat is the main spirit of Yokat, and it doesn’t have a fixed form, it has the unique ability to transform its appearance into things that are scared by human being.
Yokat spirit inhabit at the Yokat Shrine, where this shrine offers both harm and benefit. If people revere and worship, they will receive blessings from Yokat Shrine. As people profane and defiantly defy the power of this shrine, they will be haunted by the Yokat spirit whose appearance changes to what one fears.
Yokat Creative Inspiration
Personally, me, an artist, like the lines of Japanese manga because it’s not very neat, it still has lines that show fluidity, which here is my favorite expression of the lines. I used to work on printmaking when I was a student. Studying at that time made me feel like and fascinated by Japanese printmaking that used woodblock technique to paint on prints, so the background of Yokat expresses the feeling like woodblock technique. For the main character of Yokat, I’m a cat lover, I used to have two cats. Undoubtedly, I decided to draw the cat as the main character of this project.
Woodbolck reference :
https://mymodernmet.com/ukiyo-e-japanese-woodblock-prints/
