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"Yip Thunderbroo" by Stuart Gormley

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Yip Thunderbroo by Stuart Gormley

The insane, and sometimes un-sober, but always deadly warrior Yip Thunderbroo! This was a character I created along the same lines as a lot of my other works which are based upon animals in human styled lives. The idea of Pandas and the samurai have long intrigued me, especailly researching the work. Toss in a little of my own flair such as a bit of my Irish blood, and there you have it...a samurai panda with a celtic flair! Note the colors of orange, white, and green are vivid such as in my countries flag. There is a special debt of homage paid to a big inspiration to me in this drawing, hidden amongst the image.

Date	Name	Comment
11 Sep 2006	Marcus W. Ager	Loading... He brings...Panda-monium...hehehe. Sorry, that's a referance to Warcraft 3. Cool piccie, go pandas! ^^
11 Sep 2006	Joshua R. Pinkas	Loading... No offense but this concept was done a few years back by Blizzard Entertainment in their Warcraft 3 with the Pandauren Brewmaster. A samurai panda with a passion for alcoholic beverages...not that your image isn't well done or anything, but I just find it interesting how similar the concepts are without any prior knowledge of their character, as it seems to be a rather uncommon combination of concepts. Is that colored pencil by the way? I really like the way the colors blend. Stuart Gormley replies: "No offense taken. I never said I didn't know about the Pandaren, I am addicted to WoW. Its along the same lines that the Taurens are not unique either, they are minotaurs. I had toyed with the samurai-panda years ago due to geographic location, with Pandas and Samurai close in proximity. Blizzard did however make the concept popular to most people, and Sam Didier the artist brought the Pandaren to life in his art."
10 Jun 2008	Isabelle Issa Hållner	Loading... It’s so funny: my guineapig is called Yip! And he has a "Kung-fu-kick" Great pic!
2 Jul 2009	Jeanette M Thomas	Loading... Your inspirational Homage would be the Celtic triple spiral on the breastplate? I believe you said it was on a stone ast Newgrange? Otherwise it would be strange to see a Celtic symbol on a Japanese type samurai. Love your Panda warriors.
16 Nov 2009	Laiceps Y’Dobon	Loading... What Joshua said: Great idea; a lot like Blizzard’s.