About

Aluminum is a Korean American artist currently based on the East Coast. They create original character designs, avatars, as well as digital illustrations of the various original characters they examine themself through. Aluminum primarily works with Clip Studio Paint, Live2D, Adobe Creative Suite (including but not limited to: InDesign, Photoshop, Animate, Premiere, and After Effects) and their trusty Huion Kamvas Pro 13. They are fascinated by character-driven narratives and aspire to create stories with characters audiences can connect with. Some of their favorite stories come from media such as "Train to Busan", "Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood", "Arknights", "Honkai: Star Rail", "The Amazing Digital Circus", and others. Aluminum studied Creative Technologies at Virginia Tech and graduated in May 2024.

Character Design

Foil (Original Character/Vtuber)

Gevatter/Soren Laurenti (Original, Arknights Fan Character)

Ali/Tigris (Original Character, Monologue Dust)

En/Compass (Original Character, Monologue Dust)

Other Original Characters (Monologue Dust, Underworld Retail, Sun Tamer)

Live2D

Foil (Short clip)

Ali Showcase

Buu Showcase

Noyu Showcase

Ali Start Screen

More Vtubers I've rigged models for:
Juno Calimanco

Video/Animation

Deep Coma OC Animatic, Tried to Sing

Meet Fish-stick!!

To Fight a Dragon (Collab)

When Vtubers move on...

How Does an Artist Find Their Style?

I Made an Art Book (And You Can, Too)

Muffin Time (Collab)

ALCHRYS Logo

Yona Yona Dance

Original Stories

Monologue Dust
A dying constellation wanders through the realm of humans, collecting the shards of an ancient star lost to time.
Underworld Retail
Caprice is a "judge" of the dead, processing the lives of the newly deceased and directing them where to go next. Informally, he's a cashier of the underworld, stuck in the border between the world of the living and the deceased. Caprice doesn't know why he's here, how long it's been, or what he did to receive this position anymore.
Sun Tamer
A former criminal by the name of Dia decides to change their ways after being saved from execution by a mysterious figure. Utilizing skills from their past life, they decide to start up their own wandering theatre troupe. Some characters also appear within Monologue Dust.