Coming this April; an interactive documentary series coming to Patreon.
Patrick Lugo
The Lantern Festival
A Little Bit About 元宵節 Tomorrow the first full moon of the New Lunar Year arrives marking the time of China’s Lantern Festival. Falling near the 15th day of the first month of the new year, this is a holiday that is often observed as the culmination of the New Year celebrations. In the cosmology …
The Eyes of Daruma
The Daruma doll (達磨) is a round, Japanese doll modeled after Bodhidharma, the founder of the Zen Buddhism and known to us as Tamo. Typically it depicts the Indian monk Bodhidharma in red, but the one that was given to me is garbed in white. The Daruma has a design that is rich in symbolism and can be regarded as a talisman of good luck or a …
A Tale of Two Serpents
This is the story of White Snake and Green Snake – In the earliest myths the white snake was considered an evil demon. Over the centuries, that legend has evolved from a tale of horror to a romance about forbidden love. The early 9th century Tang-dynasty literary collection Boyi zhi (博異志; “Vast Records of the Strange”) contains …
Sketch Cover Timelapse
Timelapse video of the illustration of custom sketch covers for A Tiger’s Tale volumes 1 & 2.
Reviewed on Story Comic
The November 9th StoryComic Weekly Newsletter – reviews A TIGER’s TALE volume 2
Cover Art + Tea
One of the great joys of the improvised brush is the chance to play with the medium. In this case – painting with tea.