Work in Progress: Kinara’s Children, Everyday Heroes
This is a rough from a series of images and stories I’ve been working on. More info to come as I clean up the concept and artwork. Stay tuned
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Ujima Evolution
Not just new clothes, he’s been reworked from top to bottom, some things visible and some not. This is the working class hero I originally envisioned. I have seven heroes in the Kinara’s Children universe and Ujima is the one that gave me the most trouble. Now that I’m happy with his look I can…
The Fix is In…!!!
…because I fixed it! When I created the Kinara’s Children website last year it caused a problem that I couldn’t figure out how to fix. Posts going to subscribers through the RSS feed no longer showed the images. An email blast without the images is, quite frankly, LAME. Or maybe unprofessional. Or perhaps “mammy made.”…
Faces of Kuumba: A Study
Kuumba doesn’t get enough attention. I don’t know why? He’s a man after my own heart; musical, artistic, poetic. Creative in every way. Mostly he’s seen with the family, his wife Umoja and Nia, their daughter. That’s cool but he’s going to get more attention in the future. These images are a study of expressions….
2020 Goals: Clothing and Texturing
Clothing and Texturing Another goal for the year is to create African themed clothing for all seven Kinara’s Children characters. In order to make new clothing, I use a combination of modeling new meshes (3D shapes) or downloading clothing meshes from various sources. Once sized and fitted to the figures, the meshes can be…
Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures
Here’s a quick video montage from a recent visit with the fam to the Tutankhamun exhibit at COSI (Center of Science and Industry). COSI is a children’s museum of science and activities in Columbus, Ohio. A good place to take the kids to learn and have fun.
The Artists Challenge Pt. 2
So i had promised to post my finished images from the Artists Challenge I created for myself in the spring. Well it’s taken a while to get these up but here they are. To refresh your memory if you hadn’t seen my original post, I created seven images in seven days. Considering my output has…