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Jem Yoshioka
Jem Yoshioka (born 1986) is a New Zealand illustrator and comic artist. She has won several comic awards and is best known for her webcomic ''Circuits and Veins'' which has attracted a large following on Webtoon. Biography Jem Yoshioka is of Japanese and Pākehā heritage. As a young child she was always interested in storytelling and drawing, and as a teenager, she started creating her own stories and worlds. She did not have access to many comics growing up, apart from Tintin (character), Tintin, but once she discovered comics on the Internet, she found a whole new way of telling stories. She grew up in Napier, New Zealand, Napier and studied Computer Graphic Design at Wanganui School of Design, Whanganui School of Design. She is a freelance illustrator and also works full-time in the communications industry. She lives in Wellington, New Zealand. She works in various media, including digital illustration, watercolour and ink work, and soft textiles. Work Yoshioka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pākehā
Pākehā (or Pakeha; ; ) is a Māori term for New Zealanders primarily of European descent. Pākehā is not a legal concept and has no definition under New Zealand law. The term can apply to fair-skinned persons, or to any non- Māori New Zealander. Papa'a has a similar meaning in Cook Islands Māori. Historically before the arrival of other ethnic groups the word Māori meant 'ordinary' or 'normal'. The arrival of Europeans led to the formation of a new term to distinguish the self-regarded 'ordinary' or 'normal' Māori from the new arrivals. The etymology of the word ''Pākehā'' remains unclear, but the term was in use by the late-18th century. In December 1814 the Māori children at Rangihoua in the Bay of Islands were "no less eager to see the ''packaha'' than the grown folks". In Māori, plural noun-phrases of the term include (the definite article) and (the indefinite article). When the word was first adopted into English, the usual plural was 'Pakehas'. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |