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Koshindou — Doji Yamadori

Published: 2013-07-08 12:45:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 1026; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 8
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Description My original plan for the weekend was to sit down and force myself to do some drawing (when will I learn that never works?), since I haven't been feeling in the mood of late. As usual, that was a bad idea, but it did get me trying to find inspiration in a pile of old sketches and abandoned drawings, which led me across this Legend of the Five Rings sketch, which was done some time ago, at GenCon. It had never made it past the pencil stage, and though it definitely showed its age in a few places, I figured that I could at least muster the ability to ink it and finally get it finished. It's been a long time since I sketched Yamadori, but he's a design I've often drawn inspiration from for other character designs.
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Comments: 10

DavyBerkes [2013-09-26 16:26:44 +0000 UTC]

Great sense of motion, probably my favorite of your very cool L5R gallery!

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Koshindou In reply to DavyBerkes [2013-09-26 17:02:30 +0000 UTC]

Hey, thanks a lot - my tendency is to do mainly static poses, so I'm glad you like how something with a bit more motion turned out. It makes me want to try some more stuff like this.

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maratai [2013-07-20 00:09:54 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, that's him all right.  

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Koshindou In reply to maratai [2013-07-20 12:12:18 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you think he's recognizable.

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maratai In reply to Koshindou [2013-07-20 22:57:17 +0000 UTC]

It's the attitude--seriously, the holistic effect of posing/expression.  

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Koshindou In reply to maratai [2013-07-22 10:54:56 +0000 UTC]

That's what I like to hear.

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Daidoji-Gisei [2013-07-08 20:53:17 +0000 UTC]

BE STILL MY BEATING HEART!!!! <3

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Koshindou In reply to Daidoji-Gisei [2013-07-11 12:25:36 +0000 UTC]

...Am I to take it that it meets with your approval then?

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EchoHawk [2013-07-08 16:59:34 +0000 UTC]

The motion, the flow of detail, and just everything about this one is so crisp and well done! I'd argue that it was one of your better ones!

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Koshindou In reply to EchoHawk [2013-07-11 12:26:35 +0000 UTC]

Why thank you kindly - the posing was the biggest reason why I decided to finish this up.

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