I’m so excited to share my first editorial illustration with Hawaii Business Magazine in this month’s issue, for a series called Hawaiʻi of Tomorrow, presented by Hawaiian Electric --which “summons the optimistic spirit of practical imagination to think about what Hawai‘i would look like in 2050, with special consideration on the challenges of the coming decades.”
My illustration was created for Part 3: “Revitalizing Communities with Streams and Sunlight.”

My creative process evolved in many ways during this project, but thanks to an amazing team, AD Kelsey Ige and writer Matt Ige, we created a futuristic take on Indigenous systems that have existed for generations. The illustration depicts a literal and metaphorical yellow brick road to bring solar power, water power, and self sufficiency throughout local communities of the future☀️ Read the article online here.

(Predicting the future is tough stuff, but I do know that bowl cuts will never be in or go out of fashion.)