More art of Kohaku from Dr. Stone, this time as a Surfer Girl. I originally planned to do this a lunchtime sketch, but didn’t have time that day so I came home and did it a digital piece.
Surfer Girl Kohaku
Author: Peter Ahola
Understood
Recreating this famous scene from the Owl House, as I was short on inspiration at the time.
The Raptor Queen
New character I’ve come up with, the Raptor Queen. Originally this role was kinda an alternate universe version of Kalwa, but I’ve since grown kinda uncomfortable depicting her in such a way, and the concept is too good to waste, so I’m making it into an original character.
Her backstory is she starts of as teenage intern at an archeology site, she’s also incapable of talking, but can make various sounds. After the site finds a strange stone she is flung back in time and ultimately taken in by Raptors. She grows up in the jungle with the pack, communicates with them through screeches and over time starts to grow the pack into a kingdom from various members of the Raptor family.
I’m looking to do this as a stand alone graphic novel, that would be much like Genndy Tarvakosky’s Primal show, with stories being driven more by visuals than dialogue. For the most part only sound effects would be the written words of the book.
Time skip Luz and Amity
More Owl House art and more Luz and Amity. When it comes to romance pictures, I’m like never satisfied. I draw my heart out but then I see other people’s work and always get jealous, so I wind up drawing more and more. Lumity is of course one of the more common subjects I see, and I just have to throw my hat in the ring once again.
Shadow in the Night
I haven’t drawing Sonic characters in a while, but I just felt like drawing my boy Shadow again. When it comes to coloring, I don’t like to make Shadow all black. I draw a lot of my Sonic art from a certain period during the Archie Comics era when the characters were drawn with certain shades and tints. Namely issue 124 (Shadow’s first true appearance in the series) showed him with heavy shades and more of a dark blue tint. That was the first Sonic comic I bought as a teenager and it’s always stuck with me.
Kalwa and Amber Books
They are finally here! Kalwa and Amber vol 1 are now officially published in paper back. These books will be sold at Tuscon Comic Con this weekend at the Green Raptor Table. I’ll look to selling them on the etsy shop too, but they will make their debut at the con.
Both of these are manga sized books done on lovely high quality, gloss paper. None of that novel like cheap stuff seen on other manga. Kalwa vol 1 contains the first four chapters of the story along with a small art gallery, which includes a special guest art by KGFantasy and an exclusive art that I haven’t posted to the website yet. It also includes and introduction and some behind the scenes work including old sketches and backstory on the original concept when it was first created back in my High School years. The book will cost $30
Amber will contain the entire first story seen on this website, it will feature two illustrations in it’s art gallery and small essay on the character’s creation. The book will cost $20.
In addition BOTH books contain new dialogue and updates to the artwork NOT seen on the websites. As is tradition in manga, what you see on the website is the first version, kinda like manga in a magazine and the published book is the final work. We will also have a couple of fun goodies and freebies at the table this weekend. So if you are in the Tuscon area this weekend, swing on by, I’d love to meet you.
Johnathan Crane
Riding off the coat tales of the Rodrick Kingsley art from July, here’s Johnathan Crane, better known as the Scarecrow from Batman’s rogue’s gallery. He also happens to be may favorite super villain in all of comics, provided one doesn’t count Cobra Commander. When doing unmasked pictures like this, my goal is to show the madness underneath the mask. Characters like dear old Crane here really just wear masks to hide their identity, but the real face of evil is what lies underneath…
Kalwa Haunted Mansion Crossover
This was originally uploaded to the Kalwa website last month as the new Haunted Mansion movie was coming out. I’ve been a long time fan of the mansion and it’s mythos, so I kinda went nuts that month with art (did another one with the Owl House). Also these are Kalwa and Zack’s new outfits which will be debut very shortly after the Japan arch concludes.
TuscON COmic con
Its officially time to announce that I WILL be at Tuscon Comic con next week on September 1st through the 3. My booth is booth AA052.
Products I will be selling physical copies of Kalwa Vol 1 and Amber World’s Greatest Mer-Thief. These will be manga sized books in black and white. Kalwa vol 1 will include the first four chapters, plus special behind the scenes information on the development on Kalwa all the way from the original concept first created in High School. It will also contain an art gallery with select pieces including a brand new art piece I haven’t posted online yet and a guest art piece by artist KGFantasy.
Amber will contain the entire first book and an introduction of Amber’s creation, as well as a small gallery of art pieces. In addition BOTH books feature new dialogue and arts edits NOT SEEN on the online versions.
In addition I’ll be selling some old buttons and art from previous conventions as well as a mermaid poster book of my art. It’ll contain eight mermaid art pieces from the past few years (including recently) all of which can be clipped out for wall hanging, or kept in the art book.
So if you’re in the Tuscon AZ part of town this Labor day, stop by my booth. I’d love to meet you and have a nice chat.
The Art of Peter Ahola- COMICS AND ILLUSTRATION 