The Basics:

Current Occupation: College Student/Artist
Aliases/Alter Egos: Black Lotus, Kokuei Ookami / KO_Okami / Hara / KO ?



Previous Commisions:
Highschool Headmaster Portrait - Senior Class
Fish Kill poster -  Western Lake Erie Waterkeeper Association
Goin' Green Kids cards - Janet Mohamed, GoinGreenKids.org
Children's Book Illustration - D.D. Plettner

Questions about the creations:Questions about the creations:

What inspired Kurokenshin?
      It all started surrounding the story of a black sword, and it basically grew from there.  The black sword idea came from a made up character I had used for InuYasha fan-fics.  I guess I'm not surprised since InuYasha was, in fact, the first anime picture I've ever drawn >_>.  But as the story goes on it seems to have a similar feel to Bleach (which I first saw on Adultswim).  Now, as I'm deep into the script, it's really become it's own story.
      When I had first started working on the series it was in the summer of '05 and it was basically done all in ink on 8.5x11 paper.  By the time I restarted that 1st chapter in December I was using Photoshop and DELETER manga paper. The character designs were created on the spot that summer and have stuck faithfully ever since.

What about WACOT?
      I had been wanting to put up an online manga for sometime, but I didn't want to start another one of my long series in the works.  At the time I was working on a script in which the main characters, who was a girl, had more boyish appearances and was often mistaken for one.  After drawing up some designs I ended up with Kira in a soccer uniform (during the middle of my indoor soccer season).  Basically that day I started on the pages.  There's no page-by-page script for this series, which I'm thankful for..it's more funny this way :)  When I first put it up, people said it reminded them of She's the Man, which I was then finally encouraged to watch around Chapter 3.

What other stories/projects are you working on as side projects or future projects?
      There was actually quite a few.  I'm very scatterbrained when it comes to these things.  One small event can spark an entirely new plot, character, or twist.  Besides Kurokenshin, and WACOT, there were tons of scripted ideas I had for other series.  A while ago I was almost doing six different stories at once; I thought that telling all those stories sooner than later would be better, but I eventually came to my senses and narrowed it down.  At the moment I am only working on three series: Kurokenshin, WACOT and XYZ, and I have finished a small stand-alone book (The Silencer).                                                                                 

CONTACT ME:

   If you have any Questions about this site, or its "productions" e-mail me at: questions.KokueiOokami@ko-mangaseries.com
or
products@ko-mangaseries.com 

   If you would like to submit a fanart of any of my series e-mail me at:
fanart@ko-mangaseries.com
or specifically:
fanart.WACOT@ko-mangaseries.com
fanart.Kurokenshin@ko-mangaseries.com

    If you have a comment or would just like to say "hey" feel free to e-mail me at:
KokueiOokami@ko-mangaseries.com

 COMING SOON: Sketchbook and Other non-comic related art, & comissions.