Aloha, everyone, howzit going?
I’m back and with new stories and new artwork! As you can see, above is my latest card, “Aikido of Kohala Ft. July & Roxanne “Roxi”.
I have recently moved on from chicken art to making characters for my artwork now. So, let me introduce to my two girls, July and Roxi!
July Jubilee Malara is a serious Aikidoist, and you noticed, she has blue, which is pretty high in the belt ranking in Aikido. At least, being higher than red belt, which Roxi has. July is also a detective-in-training, taking after her late mother, Priya. She’s a real sweetheart, and loyal to those she cares about, and has a serious, but friendly personality. But you gotta watch out if you make her mad, she’ll glare you down with her ice cold, blue eyes, making you frozen almost!
Then there’s Roxanne “Roxi” Manon Onyx, who’s a young heiress, along with her younger twin brothers, Dominick and Chester, whom she calls them “Domino” and “Chess/Checkers”. And who has the power to turn into any mythical creatures and such (examples; griffins, the kraken, the dire wolf), and you can probably imagine how powerful she can be with all those forms with their powers.
Roxi isn’t your typical person who’s a heiress, or a bookish type, Roxi has a undoubtedly out-going, almost crazy, and fiercely loyal personality, but is quite intelligent about various things. So, with Roxi’s wild character and July’s mild-temper, and competitive personality, they balance each other and are absolute best friends!
Soon, you guys will meet a bunch of my other characters in future cards!
And yes, for the past several months, I have been taking Aikido class! I have gone through so many different groups and activities ever since I moved up here in Hawi over a few years ago; 4-H, volleyball, book club and finally I fell in love with Aikido last year. And over the past several months I have been practicing, everyone felt like an extended family to me.
Aikido is more of a self-defense martial art, with more of a spiritual practice, than a physical one. If you want to know more, and if you interested, here’s their website! http://www.aikidoofkohala.org/
And I’ll see you folks later! Wild out! ~Rachel
July Jubilee Malara; Roxanne "Roxi" Manon Onyx (c) Rachel B.
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