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More Lil’ Devils

More Lil’ Devils

I was commissioned to paint a couple more lil’ Devils for a fan of Sanrio… yes, that Sanrio! The first one was meant to be a play on the Kuromi character, who I wasn’t familiar with. According to the Hello Kitty Wiki:

Kuromi is My Melody’s rival is a tomboy who loves making mischief and causing trouble! Although she may look tough, she is actually very girly and is attracted to good-looking guys!

Sanrio Kuromi
Kuromi

Mischief?! She certainly sounds like she could be besties with Happi Devil! So interpreting her as a lil’ Devil was pretty easy, though I had a bit of a challenge figuring out what to do about the lil’ Devil horns. Without visible horns, the image didn’t really seem “devilish.” So I had Kuromi’s hat sorta strapped to the horns, rather than hidden underneath.

Happi Devil Sanrio Kuromi
“Do I have to wear this?”

Then for the second painting, I was charged with the grand mistress herself, Hello Kitty! Which was daunting in the sense of how iconic she is. Sure, she is interpreted a million different ways, so its sort of a no brainer that she would translate well. The challenge was to merge the two and not just imitate. With my first draft, done in Illustrator, I think I kind of nailed it [which is the only reason why I’m including an image of that…!].

Sanrio Hell Kitty
Hell Kitty Draft

They liked the draft, but ultimately wanted her to look a little meaner. So I tweaked the horns a bit and gave her a little grimace showing her teeth, which ended up being the final.

Hell Kitty Sanrio
Hell Kitty Final

Check out the lil’ Devils page to see the rest of the lil Devil family!