I started drawing these pictures during a low point in my life. I drew them for myself. Drawing childhood characters brought back some of the magic of being a child, before the adult world deflated all my hopes and ambitions. These wonderful shows and characters taught me how to dream again, enjoy life again, bringing the colour back into my world. I started posting the pictures on Instagram @ddasuhan_ (which in Korean means “a warm feeling”) and found that others felt the same and enjoyed looking at the drawings weekly to feel better with a touch of nostalgia from their childhood. A Ddasuhan contains the message that what we hope to dream is over there.

The size of the A5 or (some) postcard sized artworks is deliberate. The pictures look bigger to a child, and are sized to be like memories of one's childhood. Memories that are seemingly small now but felt much larger when we were children. So each artwork is packaged in a comic book sleeve with board to communicate this collection. Memories are often shared with significant others, so each artwork can also serve as a special gift for someone else.

I hope you enjoy my online gallery and thank you for watching my drawings on Instagram and YouTube.