She's probably not a very strong swimmer anymore, but I can't imagine she has problems floating. :)

Excellent work.

Don't know about strong swimmer, she seems to get a lot of exercise....But floating, yea.... ;>

Oh that's lovely.

Thanks! ^_^

A lot of work but really fun to do!

Been a while since I've seen her, but I recognized her.


She's still full of beauty.

Haukena is indeed super cute! ^_^

I'm utterly delighted at how this came out, and can't thank you enough for the amount of work that went into this.

Just... wow.

my thanks to you for Haukena, the idea, setting, all of that - so you take a bow here too! ^_^

i must say that i am truly amazed at the beauty of this peace

the line and fur detail are very smooth and flowing
everything from the water to the hair to the amazing balance figure fit well and come together to make a beauty picture

you truly know what it means to draw art in every since of the word

Thank you! ^_^

Oh. MY.

^_^

Ah, I remember drawing her once or twice! This is awesome :D

Your wonderful drawings of Haukena were my main reference for this! You drew her so cute - difficult or impossible to equal - so i took a slightly different approach...just sort of draw her in one of my styles and hope for the best...

Thank you so much for the inspiring drawings! ^_^

Haha, well, I think the transition to your style worked excellently! This is totally beautiful! ^^

'Commission' art is all the same sh*t... Sorry. :/

There is a lot of bad art out there, commissioned or otherwise....But i don't think commissioned automatically equals "nice surface but soulless"...Veramundis, Drake Fenwick, etc....i've just started taking commissions, but it's a way to challenge my abilities and mood to flex my range, so to speak....my first sketch for this pic was a bit more sombre - rnixon said, no, she's not a "serious" sort of character - Likewise lighter mood for some commissions in progress....

i know do quite a bit of fluff on my own, but the graphic stories/comix/whatever i'm working on behind the scenes are rather grim...so much of what surfaces here is me taking a break from the betrayals and deaths...

i was doing gift art and collaborations earlier, like Rebby and the Frostpaws pics, this seems to me to be a continuation of that - doing commissions for awhile - but only ideas that stike me as challenging or fun or cute etc....This Haukena project won me on how cute the character was and the scene of summoning elemental magic, as it were....classic fantasy, cute, a bit of silliness...

Holy hell, that's grand. Got a superb feel to it.

Wow! So very pretty!

My saying "Nicely done" doesn't even begin to describe how great this is.

Ever heard of Israel Kamakawiwo'ole?

Yes. ^_^

Iz was like a kahuna lapa'au in song.

i guess sometimes i try to be like that in art sometimes - i guess i could relate to Haukena as i consider what i do sort of shamanic at times...
...with a light touch.

It's hard to believe this was ten years ago! Still wowed by it.

Still one of my faves ! It was a traditional inking, 11 x 17 in - and all the strands of hair, fringe, bowls of fruit, flowers, etc were penciled in different colours on separate sheets of paper so that i could position them using my light board - otherwise i could never have kept track of what was what !

I have the original inked page filed very carefully away! Along with the other pages you sent. I'd frame and hang it, but I've got very limited wall-space and I already have a print of the color at 13x19 hanging up. :)

The gradient background is killer!