In Japanese folklore, it is said that a cat who live long enough can become Yōkai, supernatural beings with a gift for magic and a special kind of mischief. The Bakeneko learns to walk upright on two paws and take human form. The Nekomata, older and wiser still, grows a second tail and speaks with eerie knowing.
She might be one of them.
Or something rarer still, part girl, part feline trickster, born between worlds.
She moves like a memory you’re trying to hold onto, the kind that changes shape every time you think about it, or every time you see her.
The white cats arrived with her, before I even understood who she was. They appeared naturally in the earliest pencil sketch, gathering around her as if summoned by her very presence.
They're not pets. They’re drawn to her, pulled in by a quiet magnetism. Companions, maybe. Or students, hoping to understand how she shifts, how she softens and sharpens at will. Watching closely, trying to understand how she is a “Cat Like Me.”
To watch her is to feel that shape and form are never fixed. That maybe you, too, could change. She intentionally knocks things off shelves just to see how they fall, disturbing the stillness, snapping you out of the mindless trance her presence seems to evoke and reminding you that wonder sometimes arrives disguised as disruption.
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✦ About the Print
Digitally reproduced from a high resolution scan of MyfanwyNia’s original watercolour, this fine-art print captures every delicate brushstroke and hue of the hand-painted piece.
Each print is created using a xerographic process - an image-forming technique that uses a light-sensitive photoconductive surface whose electrical resistance changes when exposed to light. This precision laser method fuses dry pigment to the paper’s surface rather than allowing it to soak in, giving the artwork a distinctive richness and depth. The tones appear slightly raised, with a natural sheen that shifts beautifully in the light once the heat has set the pigment.
Because this process uses dry pigment, it allows for printing on luxurious coated pearlescent paper - a softly shimmering surface that enhances the dreamlike quality of the artwork.
Each print is carefully produced in the artist’s studio by MyfanwyNia herself, ensuring the highest attention to detail and finish.
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✦ Details
Print Technique: Xerograph on pearlescent paper (300gsm)
Limited Edition: 20 prints per size.
Signed & Numbered: Each print includes a Certificate of Authenticity.
Available Sizes:
Small: A5: 148.5 x 210 mm (mounted to A4: 210 x 297 mm)
Large: A4: 210 x 297 mm (mounted to A3: 297 x 420 mm)
Framing Options: Both sizes are available framed or unframed.
Frames are a simple white design with durable acrylic glazing for clarity and safety. Each print comes mounted within the frame and is ready to hang, fitted with strong D-rings and ribbon for secure display.
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In Japanese folklore, it is said that a cat who live long enough can become Yōkai, supernatural beings with a gift for magic and a special kind of mischief. The Bakeneko learns to walk upright on two paws and take human form. The Nekomata, older and wiser still, grows a second tail and speaks with eerie knowing.
She might be one of them.
Or something rarer still, part girl, part feline trickster, born between worlds.
She moves like a memory you’re trying to hold onto, the kind that changes shape every time you think about it, or every time you see her.
The white cats arrived with her, before I even understood who she was. They appeared naturally in the earliest pencil sketch, gathering around her as if summoned by her very presence.
They're not pets. They’re drawn to her, pulled in by a quiet magnetism. Companions, maybe. Or students, hoping to understand how she shifts, how she softens and sharpens at will. Watching closely, trying to understand how she is a “Cat Like Me.”
To watch her is to feel that shape and form are never fixed. That maybe you, too, could change. She intentionally knocks things off shelves just to see how they fall, disturbing the stillness, snapping you out of the mindless trance her presence seems to evoke and reminding you that wonder sometimes arrives disguised as disruption.
⋯ ✦ ✧ ✦ ⋯ ✦ ✧ ✦ ⋯ ✦ ✧ ✦ ⋯ ✦ ✧ ✦ ⋯ ✦ ✧ ✦ ⋯
✦ About the Print
Digitally reproduced from a high resolution scan of MyfanwyNia’s original watercolour, this fine-art print captures every delicate brushstroke and hue of the hand-painted piece.
Each print is created using a xerographic process - an image-forming technique that uses a light-sensitive photoconductive surface whose electrical resistance changes when exposed to light. This precision laser method fuses dry pigment to the paper’s surface rather than allowing it to soak in, giving the artwork a distinctive richness and depth. The tones appear slightly raised, with a natural sheen that shifts beautifully in the light once the heat has set the pigment.
Because this process uses dry pigment, it allows for printing on luxurious coated pearlescent paper - a softly shimmering surface that enhances the dreamlike quality of the artwork.
Each print is carefully produced in the artist’s studio by MyfanwyNia herself, ensuring the highest attention to detail and finish.
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✦ Details
Print Technique: Xerograph on pearlescent paper (300gsm)
Limited Edition: 20 prints per size.
Signed & Numbered: Each print includes a Certificate of Authenticity.
Available Sizes:
Small: A5: 148.5 x 210 mm (mounted to A4: 210 x 297 mm)
Large: A4: 210 x 297 mm (mounted to A3: 297 x 420 mm)
Framing Options: Both sizes are available framed or unframed.
Frames are a simple white design with durable acrylic glazing for clarity and safety. Each print comes mounted within the frame and is ready to hang, fitted with strong D-rings and ribbon for secure display.
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✦ Artist’s Note
“Cat Like Me was inspired by Japanese folklore. I’ve always loved Yōkai stories that treat cats as beings who stand with one foot in our world and one in the unseen. Tales of the Bakeneko and Nekomata have always fascinated me - cats who live long enough to awaken into magic, who walk upright, speak, shapeshift, or grow a second tail as their power deepens. There’s a beautiful logic in it somehow… cats already feel like creatures who notice things that we don’t.
Like many people, my first gateway into Japanese folklore was through anime and Studio Ghibli films, where nature spirits, shapeshifters and strange old legends appear effortlessly alongside everyday life. Those stories resonate with the way I feel about animals, nature, and even everyday objects - as if everything carries a personality, an energy, or a spirit of its own. These encounters evoke feelings or moments that connect you to another time or place.
This artwork began as a traditional pencil drawing on heavy watercolour paper. I love the deep textured surface and the presence it gives the finished drawings. I use a mechanical pencil to keep the marks consistent and sharp and an electric eraser for refining crisp, precise details. For the final illustration, I layered hue-shifted versions of the original scan digitally, letting the graphite linework remain visible while colouring beneath it. This keeps the energy of the drawing intact the grain of the paper, the details of the line-work, while giving me the freedom to bring in smooth skin tones and those bright, layered colours I love. I’ve been enjoying speckled texture brush packs lately, something that crosses over from my spray-paint mural work into the digital realm.
Her hair was one of my favourite parts to draw big, bouncy, its giving Bratz-doll drama, with little white cats peeking out mischievously. I wanted her to feel playful, strange and beautiful all at once, like a being who hasn’t yet decided whether to appear human or feline.
I’ve always believed cats have a sense beyond ours, as if they see between the seams of reality. Cat Like Me is my small nod to that idea. I hope she brings a little cat-magic into your world too.”
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