I Believe in Angels

....yeah well, maybe not your typical angel. This was done for Artorders Anonymous Challenge for a yet unannounced game under development, so I can't tell you anything about it except its all hush-hush for the moment. You can check out all the other cool artwork entries here.

Good Luck to the other participants!

Poker Character Illustrations

These were a few illustrations I made for an online poker site (http://www.xuepuke.com/). The site is up and running so I supposed its ok to post these now. 

 

The site has a military theme hence the character designs.

Image copyright belongs to www.xuepuke.com.

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.

practice sketch...

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...

Holiday Oni Hunting

What better way to spend the holidays than wielding your dual katanas and duking it out with tentacled Oni from the pits of Jigoku!

Done a couple of days ago. Original size was 23 x 19 inches at 300dpi.

Merry Christmas!

Elseworld: Gatchaman God Phoenix

Here's a trip down memory lane. Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman! Although I wasn't lucky enough to watch the original anime of the series, I did follow the western  edited version titled Battle of the Planets/ G-force. It was heavily toned down show minus the mass death tolls of mecha battles, language profanity and an enemy leader with gender issues.

Anyway, here's an "elseworld" take on the youngest member Junpei and little background of how (and why) i envisioned him as he is:

Berg Katse has succeeded in killing the Gatchaman team by sabotaging and blowing up the God Phoenix (Gatchamans spaceship). Earths other defenses soon fell one by one.

A little over 14 years has past, majority of Earth's nations have been conquered. Only a few remaining resistance groups continue fighting the Galactors forces. Then a figure resembling one of the Gatchaman resurfaces dealing strategic attacks on Galactor's facilities and operations.

A darker Junpei returns after years of recuperation and preparation...one who is hellbent on revenge. He dons a new armor and a new name. One that serves as a reminder and as a symbol of his quest....

GOD PHOENIX