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Kyla Aiko @ Foxlight
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Artist working on my debut graphic novel, FOXLIGHT • she/they • Rep: Jen Azantian
Lettering: Dandadan, Gokurakugai, RuriDragon, + more • i love trigun

✎ #comic #oc #foxlight
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thank you for letting me make your dreams into memes @amaki.bsky.social
drawing of a cartoon icon of mei standing next to a taco as big as her. there is a mei-sized hole in the side of the taco, and there are crumbs on mei's mouth
October 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Happy birthday Toni! Vash and I hope you had a great one! 🎉
photo of a vash the stampede figure
June 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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I have a lot I like but here are a few to start!
Shattered Spear by Otava Heikkilä
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Mix Plate by Wem Forster
www.yamfamcomics.com/mixplate
Come Home Safe by Boya Sun
www.boyasun.com/store/p66/CO...
Hares on the Mountain by Lee Dean & Salvador
leedean.itch.io/hotm
photo of two comics. left is Shattered Spear by Otava Heikkilä. the cover features a stone spear with a broken tip in earth tones. right is Mix Plate by Wem Forster. the cover is purple, pink, and blue and features the two main characters, Eli and Jordan, both holding a mix plate of food in front of the sunset on a beach photo of two comics. Left is Come home safe by boya sun. the cover is in purple, pink, and blue and features an astronaut teathered to a large spacecraft. Right is hares on the mountain by lee dean and salvador. its cover is cream colored with a black line drawing of a hare with its eye open on the grass
May 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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shout out to sakanaction for getting me through the month
photo of a dolphin staring blankly ahead and smiling slightly
April 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Kawaii Kon 2025 done! Thanks so much for stopping by at my first anime con as a vendor. It was great meeting so many of you ^^

Also, shoutout to the person who saw me run out from behind my booth to take this then immediately retreat
A selfie picture of kyla aiko doing a peace sign and looking up awkwardly at the camera. There are keychains, and stickers on the anime convention table in the background. There's also a free egg sticker sign.
March 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Kawaii Kon artist alley D122! Here all weekend! I am momo today!
Picture of the kyla aiko doing a peace sign/nunber two sign dressed as momo from dandadan (big green earrings, pink knit sweater, blue pleated skirt) Picture of kyla aiko's booth at d122 in the kawaii kon aritst alley. It has a cream colored table cloth with wood looking blocks. The big banner on top has a scalloped awning and says kyla aiko with a penguin
March 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Smile from Ping Pong 🏓 (one of my favorite stories please read/watch it when you can!) #art
Drawing eith muted colors of the character Smile from ping pong by Taiyo Matsumoto. The character is in the middle of the frame and has short black hair and wears a white shirt and glasses. There are two monarch butterflies in the foreground. Background is yellow, teal, and pink. There's a bright yellow circle behind Smile's head.
March 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Revisited colors for my ping pong wip and feeling good about it
Crop of a work in progress illustration of smile from ping pong. Smile is a boy with short black hair and square framed glasses. There's a white circle behind him and he's on a blue and pink background. Colors are muted and pastel. Watermark says aikosmith.com
March 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Left (dark tablecloth with oranges) is my first table at a small zinefest about five years ago.

The two on the right are from last year when I started tabling with comics (middle is an art marlet, and last photo is from comics-focused Small Press Expo)
Photo of my first artist table setup at a small zinefest. A scrap of brown fabric covers the 3-ft table. There's a short cookie tin filled with sketch zines in the center, and there are stickers on the left. A commission menu is on the right. There's also a sign that lists venmo information with an orange on top of it and a pink bucket with fake flowers in it as decoration. Photo of a 3-ft art table setup at an outdoor evening art market. There are black shelves on a beige tablecloth. There's a sign that says "kyla aiko" and another sign with a blue penguin making a peace sign with his flippers. There are shelves with stickers and prints and there are sardine themed products on the tabletop next to books and minicomics. There's also a banner in the front of the table that says "kyla aiko" A photo of a 2-ft art table setup. There's a beige tablecloth on the table and a wood shelf that holds books and minicomics. Prints are on the left, and stickers are on a wire grid above them. There's a "kyla aiko" sign and a blue penguin sign above that. Sardine products are at the front of the table, and there's a hanging banner that says "kyla aiko" draped across the front of the table near the table legs.
February 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Please read bokurano. It's amazing
Screenshot of bokurano:ours chapters on viz media's mobile app reader. Top banner is a cropped version of the volume 1 cover featuring close-ups of three characters and a large black robot
February 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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RuriDragon✌️
I also wanted to announce that I'll be at Kawaii Kon March 14 to 16. Please say hi if you stop by!
Drawing of ruri from ruridragon manga. She has blue hair and wears a pink kimono with a white fur collar. Her eyes are blue and pink and she's posing with a peace sign and smiling. She's part dragon and has light colored horns poking through her hair. Watermark says kyla aiko.
February 1, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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I'm fine, thank you and you?
A cartoony drawing of a crying sacabambaspis fish against a bright blue background with the words "OK desu" above it. The fish has a small face with big eyes and a triangle mouth and is shaped like a balloon. It stares off into the distance with a blank look in its eyes as tears stream down its face. Watermark says aikosmith.com
January 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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It's 2025 so here's a wrap-up of (most of) the comics I lettered in 2024 🥳
an infographic of manga covers arranged in a grid titled "kyla aiko's lettering wrap-up 2024" manga titles from top left to right then down to the next row: love's in sight volume 5, 6, 7, and 8, Dandadan volume 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, RuriDragon Volume 1, Gokurakugai volume 1 and 2, Smoking behind the supermarket with you Volume 1, 2, and 4, Kaiju No. 8 B-Side Volume 1, Animal Crossing: New Horizons Deserted Island Diary Volume 8, Just Like Mona Lisa Volume 6 and 7. bottom right text reads "plus komi simul and some secrets"
January 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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my online shop may be closed for the holidays, but you can still get sad sardines through Last Minute Gifts For Gaza!

Please check out it and other gifts here 𓆟
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Flyer for Last Minute Gifts Holiday Market reading "We are open" "December 9-14, 2024" "Help a family evacuate Gaza this week!" and the url, lastminutegiftsforgaza.notionlinker.com picture of kyla aiko's sad sardine sticker bundle a sticker tin with fish stickers peeking out of it, sticker folder (4 glow-in-the-dark waterproof holographic stickers), and a 5-inch waterproof sparkly sticker on a metal pan with red plastic tongs
December 11, 2024 at 3:41 AM
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hands off (2020)
#art #oc
Black, white, and red drawing of tentacle-like hands grabbing at a woman's face. Her mouth is slightly open and blood trickles from it. She looks tired. Watermark says aikosmith.com
December 11, 2024 at 1:07 AM
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wip 🏓
Work in progress drawing of smile from taiyo matsumoto's ping ping. Smile has short black hair and wears glasses and a white collared shirt with teal sleeves and collar. His body is facing away from the viewer but he's looking back over his shoulder. Monarch butterflies are in the foreground and there's a whote circle newr his head in the background. Watermakr at bottom right corner says "aikosmith.com"
December 8, 2024 at 1:08 AM
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warm-ups of nao. please be nice to them ^^

#oc #foxlight
Two drawings of the same character, Nao, side-by-side. Nao is a young child with long brown hair and a red ribbon tying it up in a ponytail. They are wearing a blue yukata with a collar. They look confused/hesitant in drawing on the left and they are laughing in the drawing on the right. There are dark brown bars on the top and bottom of the image, and there's a watermark that says "@aikosmith.com" on the bottom.
November 22, 2024 at 2:37 AM
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Drawing of two boys on a bicycle with a basket full of pink flower petals. The petals scatter in the wind. One boy is pedaling, and the other is sitting on the back of the bike and holding the other's waist. They are both wearing pink button up short sleeved shirts and long black pants. The flower petals connect to the post's dscription, so it looks like the petals are flowing up and out of the drawing. There's a signature on the bottom left that reads "kyla aiko aikosmith.com"
November 20, 2024 at 10:23 AM
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Hi, I'm Kyla, and I make comics (draw, write, design, letter) ✎

My debut middle grade graphic novel, FOXLIGHT, is in the works, and in the meantime, you can check out my lettering in books like Dandadan, RuriDragon, and Gokurakugai

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✎ My Portfolio
✎ My Shop
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A blue two page comic. First panel is someone washing dishes. Sound effects read "splish splash." Second panel is a wider shot. The same person looks out a window i front of them to see it is underwater. Fish big and small swim in front of them. The person thinks "i feel like this wasn't here before." watermark at the bottom right corner says "aikosmith.com" A picture of a product called sad sardines, a metal tin full of kraft paper crying fish stickers and a miniature metal barbeque grill with two fish stickers on it on a wood table a flat lay photo of three comics on a wood table, What Could Have Been (blue cover), Nihao (red, white, and black cover), and False Start (purple and orange cover). Nihao is shown twice in the photo.
November 20, 2024 at 1:12 AM
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Lettering is fun 2, electric boogaloo!
An image showing five speech balloons that say "Hello, Friend!" In different text styles/fonts and speech balloon styles The top left has a playful style, the top middle is neutral, and the top right shows shouting. The bottom left could be a communications/electronics style showing something like a radio or phone conversation, and the bottom right is a little sinister. The speech balloon shape drips down. Fonts Used Top Row, L to R Soapy Hands by Sara Linsley Blue Spring by Kyla Aiko Biff Bam Boom by Comicraft/John Roshell Bottom Row, L to R Imaginary Friend by Blambot/Nate Piekos Strukelj by Fando Fonts/Fernando Fuentes
November 19, 2024 at 8:29 PM
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Once i finish this work, i will rewatch yuri on ice as a treat 🫡❄️
Photo of the Yuri!!! On Ice anime physical blu ray dvd combo disc with a poodle keychain on top of it. The poodle is in a black ice skate and has his eyes closed and tongue sticking out
November 19, 2024 at 6:16 AM
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I'm glad it's helpful! I also linked some resources that have helped me on my website aikosmith.com#resources
A screenshot that shows five links to lettering tips. They are Sara Linsley's Manga Lettering Wiki, Sara Linsley's Manga Lettering Scripts for Adobe InDesign, Nate Pieko's Lettering Tips, Nate Pieko's Comic Book Grammar and Tradition, Phil Christie's Basics of Manga Punctuation, and Phil Christie's Manga Balloon basics
November 19, 2024 at 5:13 AM
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Lettering is fun!
Picture showing six different styles of speech balloons and text. Speech balloon text says "what?" in the top and bottom row except for the bottom right balloon. Text reads "WHAT?!" in the bottom right. Top Row, L to R: Spinner Rack Pro by Blambot (somewhat dtandard dialogue) Boba Date by Sara Linsley ( Spicy Noodles by SL Bottom Row, L to R: Rosehip by SL Chewed Pen by BB Bestagon by SL
November 18, 2024 at 10:50 PM
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Throwback to my first ever sound effects in dandadan volume 2!
"HWSH" sound effect from dandadan volume 2. momo holds onto okarku as he kicks out his leg "Squeeze" sound effect as momo squeezes turbo granny's neck. turbo granny says, "let me go!" momo says, "cool! physical contact is easier!" "whup whup whup whup whup" sound effect as okarku spins his legs like helicopter blades
November 15, 2024 at 9:46 PM
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New shop catalog!
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Thank you for looking! ^^
Kyla aiko's Fall/winter catalog 2024 for sticker sheets. Image shows four sticker sheets that say "new" next to them. Top two are clear sugar glitter stickers. Bottom two are matte holographic. Bottom text says kyla aiko and shop.aikosmith.com Kyla aiko's Fall/winter catalog 2024 for individual stickers. Eleven stickers are pictured. Four on top and one in the middle have a badge that says "new" next to them. The one in the middle is of vash the stampede shaped like a stamp and has an arrow pointing to it that says it's glow-in-the-darm and holographic. Bottom text says kyla aiko and shop.aikosmith.com Kyla aiko's Fall/winter catalog 2024 for books and minis (aka minicomics). There are five books/minis pictured, the out side, utot komiks: school edition, what could have been, false start, and nihao. Bottom text says kyla aiko and shop.aikosmith.com Kyla aiko's Fall/winter catalog 2024 for sad sardines. There are two products pictured. Top one has a badge that says new. It is a paper folder filled with four glow-in-the-dark blue holographic stickers shaped like sad sardines. Bottom one is a metal tin filled with paper stickers. The picture shows a mini barbeque grill with stickers on top of it. Bottom text says kyla aiko and shop.aikosmith.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:22 PM