Mosslike | Gemma Hazen

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  • ALOHA! Artist Introduction

    ALOHA! Artist Introduction

    Aloha!

    🌺 I’m Gemma ~ a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Hawaiʻi. ✊🏼 Kanaka ʻŌiwi

    🖤 My work explores dark naturalism, Hawaiian lore, and local flora & fauna through traditional and digital mediums. I also enjoy doing portraits of people, pets and plants.

    What you’ll see here:

    • Painting – acrylic & watercolors – one day I’ll be brave enough for oils
    • Drawing & Illustration
    • Ink Work, Fountain Pens & Calligraphy
    • ProCreate process videos
    • Bespoke Hand-embroidery projects
    • … and lots more!

    (p.s. I’m trying my best to add good ALT descriptors for accessibility reasons – still learning best practices while I’m new here in the Fediverse!)

    (p.p.s. I am slowly learning the following languages – let’s talk! : ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, Française)

    (p.p.p.s. I’m building a little thing here on my site because I’d like to eventually run away from Instagram and never look back🖤)

    Find my online journal & ARTIST shop @ mosslike.com

    Ink & watercolor sketches of Hawaiian flora, featuring a bold orange Wiliwili flower, a muted green Wiliwili variant, and two purple Honohono orchids against a white paper background.
    Wiliwili and Honohono
    An Ink artwork of a deer facing outwards on an outcropping of earth in a shallow but reflective pool with the full moon in the distance.
    Ink and watercolor drawing of Pua Kala, also known as the Hawaiian Poppy. Itʻs a delicate white flower with a deep yellow center and very hardy thorns. Background is a pale green.
    Two black and white ink drawings of sickle-shaped Koa leaves and their little white pompom flowers.

  • Ink drawing of Hapu’u Fern for Inktober Laulima style

    Ink drawing of Hapu’u Fern for Inktober Laulima style

    I drew Hapu’u Ferns for Inktober day 8. Using Laulima Hawaii’s prompt list.

    I only drew the leaves here in this piece, so you can’t really tell what a large fern Hapu’u is. These fern trees can grow up to 30 ft tall! From my memory, they are also very hairy plants. The fronds are covered in what looks like orangutan fur. My Popo had many ferns in her garden. She used the fibrous Hapu’u trunks to plant orchids.

    We had a Hapu’u planted near our lanai when we moved into our home. It eventually reached the roof and we got rid of it. Then, little fire ants became a problem here on Oahu and lots of people lost their Hapu’u, including at my parents house. Now I regret losing mine – they are harder to replace and you just don’t see them anymore. Ants drive me crazy though, so maybe it’s better this way.

    I am using this photo from LoveBigIsland.com. They have a great informational post on Hapu’u – Click this caption to check it out.
  • Deer in the Moonlights – Ink Wash drawing with digital highlights

    Deer in the Moonlights – Ink Wash drawing with digital highlights

    Using the official Inktober prompt list: This art is for day 5 – DEER.

    When I first started to brainstorm for “Deer”, the first images that came to mind were the fire scene in Bambi. Those scenes were animated so beautifully. I also looked at a lot of Amy Sol’s art.

    Wanting to keep a spooky, inky feel, I began this Deer piece in the same way I did the Inky Swamp. I started with very a light toned wash and slowly built in the dark areas. I really like the way the texture of the water turned out.

    I scanned my very inky drawing into ProCreate and added the purple flower and a lot of the moonlights.

    For Inktober day 4, I re-used my Inky Swamp from 2024.

    An eerie ink drawing of a swamp dream