Te reo Māori: Macrons

Ko te rā tuawhā o te Wiki o te Reo Māori tēnei - it's the fourth day of Māori Language Week, and here's the second Ōtea language graphic helping with pronounciation. This one looks at a little line that makes a lot of difference...

DOWNLOAD GRAPHIC 2 (pdf file)

You can also download it from our Ordering and free resources page on this blog. 

Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Ko te rā tuatahi o te Wiki o te Reo Māori tēnei - it's the first day of Māori Language Week 2020! 

This week the world of Ōtea presents a short series of graphics helping you to pronounce the beautiful sounds of te reo.

Here's the first full graphic:

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You can also download it from our Ordering and free resources page on this blog. 

Ōtea presents: Character Design activity sheet

If you are into creating comics, here's a new Ōtea activity sheet that you can download, with some tips on designing your own comic characters.

DOWNLOAD A4 POSTER (pdf file, landscape orientation)

You can also download it from our Ordering and free resources page on this blog. 

More sketches

 Here's another set of thumbnails, working out layouts for a page:

And in the final page layout, you can see some of the ideas which have made it through...

 

Sketches

Thumbnails are a way to test out ideas quickly and easily, in a small format. Here are some thumbnails for a page in my forthcoming comic, Ōtea: Rock of Ages 2:

You can see I'm trying out different layout ideas and ways to combine panels on the page.

And here are the finished inks for that page:

Now I just need to add colour, text, and design elements!

Matariki

Ngā mihi o te tau hou Māori - Greetings for the Māori New Year!

To commemorate the rising of Matariki, I've created a Matariki Comic Poster that you can download. Let the inhabitants of Otea tell you more about these stars and their significance in te ao Māori (the Māori world).

DOWNLOAD A3 POSTER (pdf file)

You can also download it from our Ordering and free resources page on this blog. Look out for more free resources on this page, coming soon!

More from the world of Ōtea

Here are some more characters I've been working on for Ōtea, drawn from the world of Māori legend. This time we have Te Hōkioi, the giant eagle, and Ahi Tipua, or Fire Spirits.