Almost Mine

by KOKA

This original artwork explores sapphic attraction, femininity, and the quiet distance that can exist within desire. I’m interested in the tension between wanting and being wanted, and in the feeling of being drawn to someone who may remain emotionally elsewhere.

The figures meet in a suspended gaze that reveals little, yet suggests everything. Their connection feels intimate and unmistakable, yet it remains open to interpretation: two women drawn to one another, or perhaps two different expressions of the same feminine identity, meeting face to face.

The atmosphere is cool, restrained, and quietly charged. There is something both intimate and detached about this suspended moment, as if two different inner worlds have briefly become visible to one another without ever fully meeting. The composition holds its intensity without movement or explicit gesture, leaving the gaze to carry what the bodies do not express.

Created through digital drawing and minimalist blue linework, the artwork uses contrast, contour, and fashion details to give the figures a distinct presence. The monochromatic palette and generous white space create a contemporary, graphic quality that feels equally at home in a modern interior or a more personal, expressive space, while its queer undertones and layered interpretation give it a more personal meaning beyond decoration.