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Tumbling Owls and Expired Mice

Written on Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 at 9:53 pm → Filed under Design, Illustration

Working on a design for fabric…

Apis Calvaria

Written on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 1:41 pm → Filed under Illustration, Tattoo

Epic inks

Written on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 11:29 am → Filed under Illustration, Ink, Tattoo, Work in progress

Lots of inking this week… I finished up another tattoo, this one a simple art nouveau bee design in black and white: And I finally squeezed in some time to make more progress on my mechanical octopus. I’m going to add a bit more into the background, a few more pipes and more coral, but [...]

Tattoo Design

Written on Friday, November 20th, 2009 at 11:36 am → Filed under

Tattoos that I’ve designed for clients. All images are ©2009-2010 Kiriko Moth. Please do not use without permission. Please email me to inquire about licensing or using any of these images as flash.

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Mechanical Bluebird

Written on Friday, November 20th, 2009 at 11:18 am → Filed under Illustration, Sketches, Tattoo

I’ve been getting a lot of commissions for tattoo designs lately, and I really enjoy them. Tattoo design is not something I ever set out to do, but I think my style works for it, and I really love the ideas my clients come to me with! The latest design that I finished was for [...]

NIMH Project

Written on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 at 11:16 am → Filed under

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH has always been one of my favorite books, both as a child and as an adult. This is a long term personal project and a labor of love to do a series of illustrations based on the original book by Robert C. O’Brien. The media is pencil drawings [...]

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Rats of NIMH: Jeremy

Written on Friday, October 16th, 2009 at 11:00 pm → Filed under Illustration, NIMH

“If the cat comes, he’ll knock you off the fence with one jump and catch you with the next. Be still.” She was already at work with her sharp teeth, gnawing at the string. From Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien

Rats of Nimh: Mr. Ages

Written on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 at 11:40 am → Filed under Illustration, NIMH

Continuing my series of illustrations inspired by Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh! Along one entire wall…stood the raw materials he had collected: roots, seeds, dried leaves, pods, strips of bark and shriveled mushrooms. To this row he now added the contents of his sack…dark, veined green leaves that looked like mint. “Pipsissewa,” said [...]

Academy of Sciences

Written on Sunday, August 30th, 2009 at 3:59 pm → Filed under Sketches

I recently visited the aquarium and exhibits at the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park. They hold a weekly ‘happy hour’ event in the evening that is adults only, and you can buy drinks and cocktails to take around the museum with you. I took my sketchbook around instead. It was awkward to [...]

Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Written on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 at 10:23 am → Filed under Illustration, NIMH

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, and the movie based on it, The Secret of NIMH, are two of my favorite things from childhood. I’m extremely leery of the new CGI/live action movie they’re making based on the book. I personally can’t see it working on the same emotional level that the book and [...]