More Ninja Madness

Working on the idea of a Mod Ninja..to face Rock and Roll Samurai..yeah..it will make sense later.

-k

Samurai Billy 02

Sketches of Billy and a ninja...with a jacket...and a sword...and funky hair...

The sweet little girl that releases RAN, the ghostly samurai from Samurai Petting Zoo

"Which lunch box is yours?"

"…The one that says Bad Mutha^&* on it!"

Ran from Samurai Petting Zoo… The spectral spirit bound to a katana blade

He is freed by Mariah, a young girl who discovers him during a school field trip to the museum.

Samurai Billy Also

These aren't concept sketches at all, but as a writer that doodles I often feel it helps me to get in the mood to quickly sketch something down - normally this will serve to give me a sense of flavour that I hope to infuse in the work...

Here's my sketch:



Jamie

Samurai Billy

What happens when you cross Grease with Samurai?


You get Samurai Billy.

Robots

Leather Jackets

Swords

Rock and Roll

First pass at some concepts for the project.

Bushido: The Soul of Japan

Over the past couple of years, I have grown to love podcasts and audiobooks. It's nice to have a form of entertainment which keeps my mind occupied, but leaves my eyes and hands free for drawing.

For those of you interested in learning more about Bushido, the Way of the Samurai, I came across an audio reading of Bushido: The Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe.

It's on Librivox, one of my new favorite audio resources. A FREE collection of audiobooks from literature in the public domain. Did I mention it's free?

Anyway, here's a link. Check it out:
http://librivox.org/bushido-the-soul-of-japan-by-inazo-nitobe/

Bushido: The Soul of Japan written by Inazo Nitobe was one of the first books on samurai ethics that was originally written in English for a Western audience, and has been subsequently translated into many other languages (also Japanese). Nitobe found in Bushido, the Way of the Warrior, the sources of the virtues most admired by his people: rectitude, courage, benevolence, politeness, sincerity, honor, loyalty and self-control, and he uses his deep knowledge of Western culture to draw comparisons with Medieval Chivalry, Philosophy, and Christianity.

Peace
-G