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Hawaiian Ai: The Journey

July 4, 2008

Hawaiian Ai: The Journey

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1. real ani says:

WOW! That is beautiful!
As Nemu says " Everyting ish so pretty... and peaceful!".
I want to go on a hike now too & that is very not like me!

posted on: July 4, 2008 12:39 AM

2. ninj4 says:

Happy July 4th, KKS + fellow nemu*nemu fans =D

(N)

posted on: July 4, 2008 12:44 AM

3. kaiki says:

O.O!!!! That is amazingly beautiful! Just wow...wow, wow, wow.

posted on: July 4, 2008 6:10 AM

4. raven39 says:

I find it incredible myself. You've topped yourself on this one. :) :)

posted on: July 4, 2008 7:19 AM

5. Cherry says:

Woohoo! Happy 4th of July!
Beautiful! WOW! This is awesome!
It reminds me of Hoomaluhia Botanical Gardens!

posted on: July 4, 2008 10:33 AM

6. Teresa says:

OMG! Kitsy, you are an INCREDIBLE artist! I'm just blown away! All I keep saying to myself is OMG!!! while I look at this strip! Okay, I give up, where is this? Does anyone know? I want to go hiking now! Thanks Kitsy for this wonderful strip!

posted on: July 4, 2008 11:34 AM

7. Jibrille says:

Wow, looking at this gives me a sense of deja-vu.

I think I saw it on the Travel Channel? They went on a hike in Hawaii through streams and rocks and bamboo and came to this magnificantly beautiful waterfall.

This one goes on my favs. list o' your artwork. :D

posted on: July 4, 2008 12:05 PM

8. Chizel says:

Wonderful!!! It's beautiful!!!

posted on: July 4, 2008 4:38 PM

9. kimonostereo KimonoStereo wrote:

Anyone wanna guess what area Kana is hiking in? :-)

posted on: July 4, 2008 6:00 PM

10. blubloodrazberry says:

that totally looks like a hike i did with my friends a few summers ago. it was beautiful. i wana guess.... oh where did we go.....i wanna say manoa area....

posted on: July 4, 2008 11:01 PM

11. kitsy's icon Kyubikitsy says:
July 5, 2008 12:04 AM

*ding!* The answer is "Manoa Falls"!

Each of the the panels were referenced from various photos KS took on a hike a number of years back~ :D

Some have asked how long this one took and how I did it~ Actually, this is one of my few strips that are done completely in Photoshop - from planning/layout to sketch and coloring. It took me about 6-8 hours to complete, as each panel is a painting in itself.

My favorite parts were the bamboo forests - although they were somewhat challenging to get the colors to harmonize. o_o!

posted on: July 5, 2008 12:04 AM

12. fillyjonk says:

Oh! I think I've been there. It's on Oahu, right? Up in the mountains past U of H?

Back in 1992, I was at the ESA meetings in Hawai'i and took a field trip up into the mountains and the rain forest. I mainly remember the trail being very slick (and me falling and sliding on my bottom down part of the trail, right in front of all these famous ecologists). And I was very jealous of our tour-leader, she had these cool boot things that she said Japanese-Hawaiian fishermen used to keep their balance on the deck - the big toe was separate from the rest of the rubberized boot and I thought they were the coolest things.

Your painting/drawing of the area is just beautiful. It makes me want to go back there.

posted on: July 5, 2008 5:12 AM

13. jennifu says:

i actually just went to manoa falls a couple of weeks ago so i recognized the trail instantly. :) amazing rendition of the hike! and i like how kana goes off the trail path and into the stream. :D we did that too and got pretty strange looks from the tourists. definitely the better way to go though - yay for kana!

posted on: July 5, 2008 3:07 PM

14. chris says:

wow kitsy, awesome job on the colouring. most excellent landscape-ish strip to date!

hmm... where was nemu hiding all this time though? in her bag? XD

posted on: July 8, 2008 7:31 AM

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Webcomic Transcription

Hawaiian Ai: The Journey

Panel 1: Kana and Nemu are walking through a bamboo forest.
Nemu: What doing Kana Mama?
Kana: We're going on a hike!
Nemu: Hike?
Kana: A long walk through nature.

Panel 2: Kana skips and hops rocks to get across the shallow flow of water in the river.
Nemu: Almost dere Kana Mama?
Kana: Not yet...

Panel 3: A view of the beautiful Ko'olau mountain range with lush green forest below.
Kana: Just enjoy the beauty of where we're at!
Nemu: OK!

Panel 4: A view of the bamboo forrest from Nemu's place in Kana's backpack.
Nemu: Everyting ish so pretty... and peaceful!

Panel 5: The beautiful water fall and the peaceful pond below it.
Nemu: WOW!
Kana: See - the journey can be just as awesome as the goal!

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