Drawing is a hobby of mine, one I don't do much. I'm still working out the artstyle and this pin-up is a WIP. This is also not the whole image. Some of you might remember a comic project I was doing a for a friend tentatively called "Samurai Wars". There's still a lot of work to be done on it.

This is Ryo Matusmoto. A bad guy. I goofed on his weapons. This was the original concept for his weapon where'd he swing this blade around (a bit like Kratos, I suppose) but talking to people, the weapon wouldn't work well. (I was also thinking like that claw dude from Ninja Scroll.) Technically, there's supposed to be a handle on the other end so he can make it a short halberd or he can surprise the enemy and extend it when 'thrown' right.

The comic looks, for the most part, NOTHING like this. This is more... COLORFUL than the comic which is mainly grayscale.

Enjoi.

Ok, I finished it up. I'm horrible at doing colored backgrounds and tend to skimp out on them. But hey, this works for me. I have stuff all over my walls so when I actually DRAW Samurai Warriors, all the reference material is actually up.



My style for the actual story is more like this...

Or this, which is the 1st pin-up I did some time ago. I really like the style myself and very different than most of the stuff out there now.

This one rocks!

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Lots of good ideas for characters! All your characters are cool and thats rare.
You obviously have some talent for drawing keep it up and good job.

IIRC, there are 6-7 good guys and 4 bad guys. BUT the bad guys command legions of demons and undead... BUT... The good guy side... it's remotely... Power Ranger-ish? Each person has elemental powers and they can summon 'gods' for the most part. You really got know the Final Fantasy universe to understand that one. Like that one dude standing over the fallen ninja. That's Akira Sugiyama (1st character I created). He's been granted the powers of "Ifrit". Unlike the others, he can turn into a fire demon but can summon fire powers. The 1st issue sees a lot of him.

The 2nd picture of the guy in the long coat/robe... That's the leader of the posse. At that point, you have to be familiar with Seven Samurai. This guy is a master with the blade but doesn't play on it much. That is Kodai Isaaru and he was incredibly hard to design. My first designs I threw out. I'm cool with how he is now.



That was the 2nd character I designed. Mori Tanaka.