CaptainHanyuu


Art, Design
& Whatever I feel like


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CaptainHanyuu


About

Hi! I'm Jenn!
A Hamburg-based Art Director and Graphic Designer in advertising, childrens book illustrator & hobbyist artist.
I’ve been drawing since I can hold a pencil and thus already painted my future perspective. With my leftover infantile spirit even nowadays I’m always up for some shenanigans.
Part of my interests are fascinating design, especially packaging design, branding and editorial, illustration, but also motorbikes, videogames, embroidery and crafts, GIFs, naps, sweets, cute and quirky animals, Star Trek, the X-Files, Aliens and space, “fun facts” and “useless knowledge” and science shows.Did I catch your interest? Want to see more (design-)works and cases? Shoot me a message via the Mail symbol in the menu.I got bite but won’t bite you, I promise!

CaptainHanyuu


Characters

My biggest personal project by far are my original characters based on the technical side of color theory and color management.The insights from my day job in graphic design inspired me to develop two characters in 2018: CMYK-chan & RGB-chan were created based on the corresponding colours of the two colour modes CMYK and RGB. The endings are part of a very popular concept of anthropomorphism in the 2000s, the so-called Gijinkas. (If you aren't familiar, that's alright.) Over the course of 2019 and 2020 I added Grayscale, Pantone-san, HKS-sama and RAL-chan.I like to be inspired by the real-life factors of the respective modes and systems and incorporate them into my characters. For example, CMYK-chan is very technically unskilled and prefers to use analogue equipment such as instant cameras, while RGB-chan is often followed by tiny creatures, so-called pixels and has pretty bad handwriting.

If you click on one of the names below you can learn more!



CMYK-chan

CMYK-chan (she/her) is a slightly stoic, yet approachable girl who loves anything analogue. She is a popular graffiti artist but tries to remain anonymous. She also enjoys taking photos with old polaroid cameras. She is not very tech-savvy and most electronics will malfunction around her.She always wears a black face mask. While claiming it is in oder to protect herself from spray can fumes, it is actually to hide her secret: Her braces. Only her girlfriend RGB-chan is allowed to see CMYK-chan without a mask on.Her and Pantone-san used to date. While trying to remain on friendly terms she prefers not to talk about that time in her life all that much.


RGB-chan

RGB-chan (she/her) is a cheerful and extroverted girl with a love for anything digital. She is a fashion and lifestyle blogger with a special interest for the best food and dessert spots in town. She is regularly seen on her smartphone taking photos and selfies and has a knack for video games as well.Being a chonically digital person however made her handwriting and eyesight an absolute mess.When on her own, she travels around on her trusty skateboard and with her large messy sports bag. She encountered CMYK-chan working on a graffiti one night and the two have been dating ever since.


Pantone-san

Pantone-san (they/them) is the CEO of a large color empire. Eccentric and easy to irritate they have a difficult time connecting with others. Solely CMYK-chan seems to have earned their grace, so far as seeing her as a muse of sorts. They also used to date and Pantone-san is definitely over the breakup (They are not.)Pantone-sans biggest weakpoint is the nonchalant attitute of HKS-sama and thus has sworn them their enemy in a very dramatic fasion.In their sparse free time Pantone-san loves to do motorbike track racing on their own custom bike.


Grayscale

Grayscale (he/him) is a nonverbal raccoon and CMYK-chans flatmate. Some would argue he's a pet but he will get very irritated if you refer to him as such.He likes all things black, white and gray, including food. Thus his diet is not very varied, mostly consisting of rice with kelp, sepia pasta and Oreos. His favorite object is his e-reader, however it's not certain if he can actually read.Grayscale has a difficult time getting along with anyone else but CMYK-chan, as most don't really "understand" him (It might have to do with the colors you wear) and he will act cold at best. However, he looks up to Pantone-san for some unknown reason.


HKS-sama & RAL-chan

HKS-sama and RAL-chan are from Germany and also known as the "crafty cousins".HKS-sama (they/them) runs a large stationery empire, focused on papery goods, including stickers, notebooks and washi-tape. They are mature, well spoken and generally very difficult to throw for a loop. Pantone-san has sworen them their enemy.RAL-chan (she/her) is her cousins assistant and a miniature figure and train nerd. She loves to paint small figurines and write in her online blog in her free time. On top of that, RAL-chan also enjoys taking care of plants. She is more reclused and shy than her cousin.