Post #390682 by Tiki Shark Art on Mon, Jun 30, 2008 1:40 PM

goneannas~ Very cool! From that wall it's hanging on, looks like the prints up in a tiki bar. Ah, THAT really makes my day!
Tikiracer~ Thanks! I re-drew the girl about ten times...
Kahu~ Glad u dig the owl. We got owls here on the Big Island. A Hawaiian lady I know told me the Owl was her family's aumakua. She said sometimes Owls show up and protect her and her family - but they are usually spirits in owl form.

Okay, so here's my weird Hawaiian owl story: Once, over on the wet side of the island, me and a couple friends were driving home late after a party we went to in the jungle near the small town of Puna. As we bounced down this dark country road. (the "red road" for those of you who know the BI) we were laughing and making jokes about Madame Pele. Suddenly, this GIANT freaking owl swoops down the middle of the rain slicked road - caught in the head lights - coming right at us. It got so close to the wind shield, I remember seeing it's out stretched claws above the hood. Really, it seemed it's wing span was about the width of the road. Yes, the red road in that area is sort of a one lane road, but, no owl is that big. No normal owl.

So.... we all screamed. My friend nearly drove off the road trying to avoid hitting the thing. He slows the truck way down, and we look out the windows, but it's gone. We looked at each other and agreed, "Okay, no more Pele jokes."

Tiki Racer ~ Okay, so, like... no cig? Yeah, we have a no smoking law here too. Which, by the way, makes no sense as we are living on a SMOKING Volcano! We breath VOG all day, but, we're not allowed to smoke? What the? Anyways, the cigarette is there as a Noir element. But, I'll think about if it really needs to be there.....
GROG~ Or I could call it SIR SPITS, but that would be giving it away.
KAHU~ Maybe I need to redraw it in a better position?
TEAKEY~ Who loves ya' baby!

I had a feeling this "cigarette thing" would come up. So I drew a back up.