Kinara’s Children: Everyday Heroes
A work eternally in progress.
Many thanks to Maulana Karenga the creator of Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba.
A work eternally in progress.
Many thanks to Maulana Karenga the creator of Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba.
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…
Holy cow! We’re already 2 months into 2023. Time for the breaking news in Kinara’s world. Impertinent Proverbs I had this idea (famous last words) to do some proverbs for social media as a way to keep content flowing. It seemed easy enough; create a reusable background add various African proverbs, post. Easy peasy. But…
OK! This is a thing. The Kinara’s Children Kwanzaa Coloring Book is now available on Amazon. I’m really excited to make this available and I learned a lot about the process over these many months. I wanted it to be fun and enjoyable. I hope you all will get a kick out of it! Learn…
During our Kwanzaa celebration we speak the names of our ancestors and say Ashe (ah-SHAY). This last year has been a difficult time for all of us and we’ve lost quite a few in our community. this piece is my way to recognize them. 🙏 🙏 🙏 I started working on this piece earlier this…
Here’s your strip show, the first of many, as I hone my skills and create a workflow for next year’s full children’s/comic book.
A friend and fellow artist suggested I take the Artist Challenge. I understand that you can post existing work but to me the challenge is to speed up my turnaround time. After thinking about it I found a workflow that would allow me to create the art quickly and stay focused on my current project. I’m creating…