ZATOICHI- Samurai Saturday

[CWmax]

So... I had my own Samurai Saturday film festival this weekend!

Started off with-
ZATOICHI:THE FUGITIVE and
FIGHT, ZATOICHI, FIGHT.

Followed-up with an afternoon of
LONE WOLF AND CUB: SWORD OF VENGENCE

and into the late night with the classic of all....
SEVEN SAMURAI!

And in between I drew this pic of Zatoichi in my sketchbook!



Wheeee!

CW

[Karim]

cool, is he supposed to be asian though? If so can't really tell.

[InkDrop]

Sounds like a nice saturday CW. What lead do you use?

[astrocity20]

S'ok, it doesn't scream Shintaro Katsu, Takeshi Kitano at me though or look very asian. Just looks like some guy without pupils with a sword coming out of nowhere. It's good, it's just not Zatoichi, to me anyhow.

[Pencilero]

The neck is a bit too thick for the actor of the original series. I also think it would be more in line with the character's traits to have him looking down. I dunno why, but whenever I think Zatoichi my mental image is always his traditional face down as he's listening to his surroundings.

I think you nailed the general look of Zatoichi, but it could use some refinement.

Nose is also a bit large, and jaw too small.

[CWmax]

You're right, my sketch looks more hard than the softer looking features of Katsu's Zatoichi-

This is just another sketch in an effort improve my ability to draw stuff that looks like stuff- I still have a way to go.

... What lead do you use?

I just bought a few new soft lead pencils - I was grabbing whatever at the time - I think this is mostly an H pencil tho.


Thanks for commenting guys!

CW