Illustrated bakeneko cat in a colorful kimono playing a shamisen

By @CaylaCatz · Apr 17, 2026

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QT: Mythical Creatures Haiku (any mythical or supernatural creature) **Haiku Beastiary A-E** https://budgetpixel.com/blog/haiku-beastiary-a-e Cactus Haiku is my haiku instagram account. I did a project 2 years ago of an A-Z haiku for a mythical creatures bestiary. AI art has improved a lot in 2 years so I am redoing the images. My blog for the A-E entries shows the 2023 AI image and the current AI image for the bestiary. Let me know what you think. Prompt: This is what I did in my prompt for text on an image. In some models the quote marks identify what should be shown as text in the image. I suggest doing each line with the front and back quotes. For some models, doing a block quote only putting a quote mark at the top and bottom of the block doesn't work as well. Sometimes, especially with haiku, it will do it all as one line even though you did a carriage return between each line. For me anyways, putting quote marks around each line worked better. Like this: "Float the following text above the background in contrasting colors from the background: On the upper left side show: "bakeneko, ghost cat" "don't be cruel, don't be mean" "she will take revenge" "by Cactus Haiku" On the lower right side show: "B is for Bakeneko" "(Japan)" "supernatural cat yokai" "mysterious shapeshifter, revenge demon"

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A whimsical illustration of a bakeneko, a supernatural Japanese cat yokai, dressed in a vibrant kimono and playing a shamisen. The night backdrop features distant mountains and a calm, eerie mood, highlighting themes of shapeshifting, revenge, and Japanese folklore.

Comments (57)

@Biscuit · Apr 17, 2026
I'm not spending them atm so spreading the love. I'm just, err, going to go down the store and get some milk and cigarettes, be right back 😅🩶🩶 (Translates into I might be back soon, health pending!)
@CaylaCatz · Apr 18, 2026
Thank you! どうもありがとうございます . It's very kind of you to say she was a bijin 美人 . 親切です . Sorry my grammar is nonexistent and my vocabulary is almost as bad. watashii no nihongo ga waruii desu. (I used that sentence a lot when I lived in Japan and I still remember it, lol. The other one was "zen zen wakaranai" which ironically used to make people think I did understand. I had a good accent so it confused people.
@ashikaga_takauji · Apr 18, 2026
I studied Japanese but my kanji are extremely rusty. ;) I can do groceries and have simple conversations. Not philosophical deep discussions hahaha. And even worse, I watched so much Samurai Taiga Dorama that my Japanese at times is very archaic! LOL!
@CaylaCatz · Apr 17, 2026
I'm surprised to see you here! And thank you but you didn't have to. Don't you need credits to create?
@CaylaCatz · Apr 17, 2026
ok. I was just so happy to see you.
@ashikaga_takauji · Apr 18, 2026
あの猫はとっても美しいでございます‼
@Chicken-Man · Apr 17, 2026
I though it write as bakaneko at first 😂
@DirkHarkin · Apr 18, 2026
I love yokai! 🥰 It's beautiful!
@CaylaCatz · Apr 18, 2026
laughing. yeah, my friend and I were just now talking about bake and baka. when i was in japan, i went to a concert. and I thought the singer said bakacho which is an instant camera so easy even stupid people can use them. baka is stupid. cho I think is thing? but i found out from my friend the singer said bake and was complaining someone took her picture for a magazine and made her look like a ghost. Big difference, lol.
@CaylaCatz · Apr 17, 2026
QT: Mythical Creatures Haiku (any mythical or supernatural creature). Join if you want. @antares @aqualemonade @archangeltara @base451121 @Belinda @Biscuit @CaylaCatz @charlypalermo @Cheinia @ChildNerd @chris70 @DavidP @dirty_biker @dovonko @elkanthe @elysian @EternaSky @fantasydesignink @germancowboy @gman @gummiefish @humtum8182 @IndoAIArtist @justrob @King @kirito @mim86 @nametaker @NickWolf @NielsCarlsen @notyourcleo @PabloArtStation @panos @paulie @pocahontas @Sealine @SkarletFever @sonny001 @southamericanmyth @sr92@standartis @strixowl-47 @suga2309 @TesaranJ @TheBard @thedreamcatcher @To4kawa @Troxley @TTRPG_Player @underman @Unleashed @winter_witch . Let me know if you don't want to be tagged. but also let Eternasky know on his QT Blog https://budgetpixel.com/blog/enjoy-creating-and-join-the-qt-masterlist and dirty_biker too on one of his QTs as they both keep QT ongoing lists used by everyone.