Jackson Chameleons are pretty bad ass. How do you make it extra bad ass? Hawaiian and/or Samoan tribal tattoos. Step 1: Ink Outline. Tried something a little different. Used green for the outline instead of black. That way, during the colorize process it would make less of a dark outline around the edge of the […]
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Rainbow Anole
All my life I thought these lizards in Hawaii were Chameleons. As I was searching the interwebs for reference photos of a Hawaiian Chameleon, all I could find were the horned Jackson Chameleons. But, these green dudes as it turns out are anole and not chameleons at all–even though they change their color from brown […]
Lizard Warrior (Mo’o Koa)
So I started working on a digital painting of a “lipstick lizard” which is a common critter here on Oahu. It’s a very colorful, bright green lizard with blue eyes and feet and a vibrant red pattern on it’s back. After working on this for about a day, I decided I needed to do something […]
‘Aumakua Pueo
Cliff jumping. Very Hawaiian. Most people that don’t live here may not know that there are indigenous owls living in Hawaii (look at a map of the Pacific ocean and try to figure that one out). Pueo is the Hawaiian word for Owl and it is considered the ‘Aumakua of Divine Guidance. Of course if […]
Pele
Prepping some artwork to sell at the art show in Waikiki. In Hawaiian mythology Pele is the goddess of fire and volcanoes. Ti leaves are sacred to her, and to this day on the island of Hawaii, people tie bundles of ti leaves around the corners of their property to protect them from lava. The […]
Honu ‘Aumakua
Continuing on my quest to create some saleable art prints for the Art Show in Waikiki… “Honu” is the Hawaiian Word for Turtle and “‘Aumakua” means ancestral guardian spirit. So this ancient Hawaiian warrior has the Honu as his ‘Aumakua. I don’t know of any Hawaiian myths that talk about warriors being able to invoke […]
Taming the Surf Dragon
Work still in progress but probably mostly completed. Also, if anyone has a better title I’m willing to go with yours. Needs more white foam along the rear edge of the board where it’s cutting the wave. So I live in Hawaii and haven’t been working a proper job since my four month stint through […]
Thundarr Vs Thundercats… In Thunderdome!
Digital Painting. 8″ x 10″ 300 dpi. Rendered in Clip Studio Paint Pro using a Microsoft Surface Pro 4. Hopefully enough of you are comic nerds to know who these 80’s cartoon characters are. Thundarr the Barbarian was a great Saturday morning cartoon although it had kind of a scary premise for kids who weren’t […]
Kickman 14×35
Bloody Mary #35 Finally! Finished this story arc. I wonder how long this thing actually took to get completed. I seem to recall this whole chapter starting around Halloween. It’s not easy getting complete stories uploaded in a reasonable amount of time when I only publish one page a week. The easiest way to bypass […]
Kickman 14×10
Bloody Mary #10 Who is this mystery woman that saved Blush and Generic Kung-Fu Superhero Sidekick? Is she in time to save Kickman from the mystery vampire woman? Her identity is already revealed over on Kickman’s Home Page… so SPOILER if you go over there. The rest of you will have to wait a few […]