Category: Kinara’s Children Today
Kinara’s Children Mini Posters
These just came in… and they’re looking sweeeeet! 8″ x 10″, full color, high quality, printed mini posters of all 7 Kinara’s Children characters. Yeah, they may look familiar but this is the first time they’ve been available at this size. Plus we now have the two characters, Ujima and Ujamaa, that I’ve been updating this year. Seven characters, seven Mini Posters. Please note: frames and mattes Read More …
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 move forward with the next projects for the group. The Read More …
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 been about 2 images a month if really was quite Read More …
Kinara’s Children: Nia and Kuji at the Bus Stop
Kujichagulia means Self Determination. Kuji is determined to fight the power whenever power needs to be fought. Always ready to pass the torch to the next generation. More rough pages from the upcoming book The World According to Nia. The first image will work as a two page spread with copy on the right. The second image is a close up.
The Children are Growing: What’s New for 2017
I’ve been making plans for the upcoming year. Top of my agenda is to finish my first Kinara’s Children picture book, tentatively titled The World According to Nia. The above images are rough drafts from the book in production as I work out the layout, design and workflow going forward. It’s been just over 2 years since I came up with the concept of using Read More …
Kinara’s Children Activity Pack
Kinara’s Children Activity Pack. Brand new for the current season and beyond. The Activity Pack combines the previous two card packs into a single set, replacing the previous Character Card and Activity Card sets. This is a pack of nine cards, one for each of the seven characters plus bio and “Score Card”. Each card includes a character’s bio, a description of the principle they’re associated Read More …
Trick! or Treat?
Kuji’s ready to Party! Black Panther Party: 50 years 1966–2016 Background posters by Emory Douglas This image is a play off the iconic photo of Huey Newton from back in their heyday. I’ve had this idea in my head for quite some time and had slowly collected props and such to use in it. Somehow it took until the end of the month for me to Read More …