The best of Kim's Convenience fan art

From painting and drawing to miniature models and even baking, the #Kimbits have created beautiful artwork inspired by Kim's Convenience over the last few years. As the show concludes with its fifth season, we thought there would be no better way to tribute it than through the beautiful artwork of it's dedicated fans.

@urthlings

Among some of Kim's Convenience's most popular fan art is Tracy Ealdama's miniature diorama of the convenience store. Ealdama is a miniature artist from Toronto who creates replicas of famous Toronto spots and the Kim's Convenience store was her first ever "scratch build," meaning she built it from raw materials and without any kind of pre-assembled kit. 

@Jpnandin

This Kim's fan art shows just how far-reaching the #Kimbits fan base is. JP Lopez is a graphic designer/artist from Texas and created an Appa digital art piece which he shared on his Instagram page. He says "sneak attack" is one of his favourite lines from the show.

@rezendesign

Showing how well they truly know the show, this Kim's fan designed a Kim's Convenience Air Jordan sneaker for known sneakerhead Andrew Phung. Fun fact, during the filming of season one, Phung kept having his shoes delivered to the set, so the show's writers wrote his character Kimchee's love for sneakers into the second season. 

@fatcaron_official

The Kimbits are located all over the world, including Australia. A macaron bakery based in Sydney created these incredible custom macarons of the Kim's cast. Andrea Bang who plays Janet on the show came across the photo of these delicious creations and commented "Say what? It's edible?!?! Ok if I'm ever in Sydney, will have to stop by!"

@rizdrawings

A Montreal-based artist who creates stickers out of her art created an Appa sticker with the phrase "What you talkin'?" across the bottom. The drawing features Paul Sun-Hyung Lee's famous Appa scowl, with his glasses sitting at the end of his nose. Erika also created a "sneak attack" sticker, which is one of the show's most famous phrases. 

@julissadrawings

After binge watching Kim's Convenience for two weeks a fan from Rhode Island, New York felt inspired to draw one of her favourite characters, Janet (Andrea Bang). She shared her art work on Instagram, writing in her caption the show "has made me laugh, cry and cringe. I love the cast and the storyline is amazing."

@risarodil

Risa Rodil is a popular designer, illustrator and letterist  from the Philippines and also happens to be a fan of Kim's Convenience. Rodil shared an illustration she created of the Kim's family to her Instagram page, with the caption, "Hilarious show!". Although her portfolio includes clients such as Disney and Marvel it seems that CBC shows have a special place in her heart, as she has also created a large collection of Schitt's Creek inspired art.

@dirty_applez

@kari_onefive

American based illustrator Kari Nichimura created a six part series where she illustrated members of the Kim's Convenience cast. Her illustrations include Umma (Jean Yoon), Appa (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee), Jung (Simu Liu), Janet (Andrea Bang), Kimchi (Andrew Phung) and Shannon (Nicole Power). Making reference to season four, episode nine Nichimura's illustration of Kimchee shows him mid dance moves and dressed like a Backstreet Boys member.

@sirenssongstitchery

This Kim's fan creates original hand sewn embroidery art and used her talents to create a collection of five hoops that she describes are to "highlight some great moments and hella memorable phrases of the series". One of the hoops features the now popular phrase "sneak attack" which Umma and Appa use when they surprise one another. 

@inspired.lee

A unique spin on the Kim's Convenience art, this Kimbit created an illustration of Umma and Appa in the style of American Gothic, a famous 1930 painting by Grant Wood. Where the original features a man and woman standing in front of a church with the man holding a pitchfork. Ching Lee's work shows Umma and Appa in front of the convenience store, holding a broom.

@playmobiladjunctprofessor

This Kim's fan chose to honor the show in quite an interesting way, by creating a Playmobil Kim's Convenience set. If you look closely you can see small details in the background including a Korean and Canadian flag, a picture of Jesus and Tupperware containers with food inside. 

@ohanacraft

Putting their crochet skills to work, this Kim's fan created six amigurumi crochet dolls for each of the Kim's main cast members. Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Andrew Phung had the opportunity to meet the artist at  the Calgary Comics & Entertainment Expo, where they each posed with their crochet replicas.

@andydraw0605

Toronto based artist Andy Lee's drawings are so realistic when he drew each of the Kim's cast members they were all taken aback by Lee's artwork. Each of the cast members commented on their portraits including Nicole Power who wrote, "Woah!! Amazing work. Thank you."

@artist.naseunghun

Kim's Convenience has garnered fans all over the globe, including Seoul, Korea which is where this Kimbit is from. The artist who goes by "artist.naseunghun" on Instagram has created a number of different illustrations inspired by the show, including some of the cast's different emotions and expressions, as well as capturing some of their favourite episode moments like Stacie's birthday party. 

@inicecil

Based in Bali, this artist's work captures Appa in cartoon form, in his most common spot behind the store counter. His smiling face and little speech bubble that reads "Ok see you" perfectly encapsulates the bitter sweet ending to the now beloved show that has touched the lives of so many fans. 

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