Ronin In Nature by @deaddays (John Rios)

This piece was drawn using the images burned into my head from every samurai comic and movie I've ever read or seen. I try to draw from experience, even if that experience is only reading or watching. :-) I'm really happy with this piece for two reasons: the first being that the figure came out just like I wanted him to. The second being that his entire surroundings were TOTALLY improvised. It all just fell into place. While I'm considering inking this piece, I'm so happy with the pencil work that I think it might be a crime to ink it! It's sad that inking never turns out as well as the pencils suggest. But it's necessary for what are you gonna do? While he does look like he's in Japan here, this guy just might show up in my next Alcander comic strip as part of a samurai gang I'm working on. Weeee! Enjoy! Artwork © Copyright 2002 John Rios