He is Uhai. He wears the fertile black of the earth. His eyes are the clear blue of the heavens. His voice is the soft rumble of thunder. His soft steps bring the rain. He is renewal.

Uhai is swahili for life.

The rain stuff I think is mostly brought about by the thunderstorms we've been having lately.

The renewal thing is from rain washing stuff away, coupled with the idea that in heraldry a black lion can mean the willingness to forgive.

The black and blue thing comes from shamanistic color symbology. Earth + sky = the world.


I like making characters, even if I never do anything with them. ;)

Maybe I'll draw him again with rain and clouds and stuff.

Uhai was colored with marker, color pencil and acrylics done on a little scrap of watercolor paper.

BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH!