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"Samurai" by Lieuwe Boer

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Samurai by Lieuwe Boer

Drawn august 2002

I really liked the idea, but it took me some time to find the spirit to draw an authentic samurai. The amount of details on their armor/clothing is simply huge. When I had finally started it was actually not as bad as I thought. I finished it in 2, maybe 3 hours. Afterwards I realize that I rushed it too much in the end, and could have done a better job on the details. The outfit is a composition of different elements seen on traditional Japanese armor, all drawn from reference material.

Date	Name	Comment
19 Oct 2005	Levon	Loading... I thougt this picture was perfect.It has specific shadings especially the katana.The armor was well connected and was in perfect position.I really dont know how your art is but i thought it could have improved by yin and yang icons somewhere on his armor.
31 Jan 2006	Anonymous	Loading... All is perfect without the face its like an hobgoblin
2 Feb 2006	Anonymous	Loading... cool
19 Apr 2006	Hello	Loading... for the person 2 messages above me, as if they will ever read this... -it's the mask
28 Oct 2006	Ronin	Loading... I have seen real and weardied real armer and seen drawing but this is the best drawing I have ever see I thank you for showing Samurai In such great artful way(Bowing).
28 Apr 2007	Random	Loading... Hey, i think that Samurai's only have armor on the right side of their body, i'm not absoultley sure about that, but i'm pretty sure. great drawing by the way!
16 Mar 2008	Anon.	Loading... love it!
11 Mar 2009	Opalescence	Loading... There were earlier forms of Samurai armour that only had armguards on the sword-arm side of the body, but later forms of the armour incorporated lighter, more maneuverable armor over the entire torso, and included leg plates. Constructive Criticism: The armour is _Incredible_, I have seen very few artists with the dedication and patience to do a fully realistic samurai picture. The only real fault I see is the proportioning of the body; I can’t point anything out directly, it just seems ’off’ somehow. Otherwise, keep up the dedication!
14 Jan 2011	Matheus	Loading... why he is holding the katana with the left hand? -.-"
2 Mar 2011	Mathew teague	Loading... Very nice, I actually went through ticking off all the parts of the armour in my head, I only found two pieces missing, the Koshi himo, and his Saya. I agree with Matheus that it is unusual that he is holding his Katana in his left hand, But he could be holding it that way because he wishes to show he is not aggressive toward us. Very nice drawing, well done.
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