HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!!
This year finally got around to making a Halloween piece EARLY! LMAO As per tradition, drew one of my ghost OCs for the occasion! In this instance, drew Ryu who was a victim of the samurai wars! Really wanted to practice motion for this piece and wanted to do that sort of idea in anime where a sword wielder attacks something and you see it slice apart in the background. You wouldn't believe how hard it was to find ref of that even though it's an anime staple so had to heavily reference some Zoro art!
Actually for this year's pumpkin at home, ended up carving basically the same one in the pic! XD Always wanted to learn how to make it look proper when a ghost bends the light and I've toyed with displacement maps in the past but never got them to function properly. Finally figured out how they're meant to work and man, I LOVE the effect it gives to the pic! Gives it a certain three dimensionality!
It's been YEARS since I last drew Ryu so I was pretty excited to take a stab at him again! Always knew he'd be a duel sword wielder and in this case, he's wileding the twin blades Suraisukatta and Buredoejji respectively! Definitely also want to thank @shrimposaurus and @thedamnthinguy for critiquing the musculature!
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Anyways, hope everyone has an awesome Halloween!