Iaijutsu

I always had a fascination with the Japanese art of sword drawing- "Iaido" truly an art form that hones the mind, body and spirit.

War Dance

I think this would be the last scorpion clan themed painting I make. Thinking of making a few ones for the Spider and the Dragon clans as well as my interpretation on the various Kami's for each of the clans of Rokugan.

But before that... here's a Scorpion Clan Courtier/ Shugenja.

The Edge of Rokugan

This was the background for one of the paintings I made. I realized the background could stand on its on... so here it is. I used to hate painting environment scenes, but now I'm beginning to enjoy them... although I know I still have a lot to learn and practice to make myself better at this.

practice sketch...

Crimson Sentry

Drawing environments has never been my strong suit but this one came out pretty ok. Thank god for google and its all knowing search engine for the various pic references. (^_^) 

The painting shows a typical "Torii" that supposedly marks the entrance of a temple or shrine. This one long forgotten and the shrine/ temple gone. 

Feigned Submission Strike

This was done a while back and was actually the original pose of the samurai battling the oni. I wasn't too happy with it so I decided to change the hand pose. And since he was already an almost fully rendered piece- he gets a slot of his own.

Again, a scorpion clan themed piece...

Unsheathe....

Another scorpion clan themed piece...