Kira Ru-djen

Capturing Life in Soft Pastel

Original Works Available and Commissions Welcome

Thanks to the folks at Switch Wicked, the artwork shown here is now available to preorder on a tshirt!

BRAND NEW SKELEBUDDY TSHIRT AVAILABLE HERE

Commission spots available for early 2026 completion,
find more information here.

Looking for shoppable artwork? Follow the buttons!

Skeleton artwork
Landscapes
Figurative Artwork
Still Lifes and Cats

Shipping window is currently 2ish weeks, sorry for the inconvenience.

 

“Onion Head” 2025, soft pastel 11x17 Available

“Konza Prairie” 2025 -soft pastel, roughly 5.5x8.25 - Available

 

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I post behind the scenes and processes of my artwork on Instagram stories,
and often you can reach me faster through a DM. Recent posts below!

 
Here's how the skelebuddy came together for the switch wicked shirt! If you look through these photos of the stages, you can see more about how the lines I use aren't very... precise. That's one of the things I love about drawing these yahoos - I ca
Onion Head - 11x17 - available! #softpastel #stilllifeart #kitchendecoration
Sketch from a Still from the Daydream video from @deshawnjenkins.official from a few weeks ago from their new album coming out from the depths of the Journey they've been on from all time. That was an exercise to see how many times I could use the
Is this a self portrait in progress? No one knows, certainly not me. But this fun stage of the process gave me these rad colors falling off the paper onto the newsprint and I liked it. While working on this piece a few days ago I discovered belatedl
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