Drawing Sensei, Drawing a Sensei

So there's this blind monk who is the epitome of badass. Give him a stick and he can take out a dozen ninjas running at him. NINJAS. Give him a sword? Don't give him a sword. This blind dude is so badass they call him One Hundred Eyes.

Let's start by drawing him like I think I see him.

Why did I do that? There's some attempt at shading, some leaves cuz he ain't afraid to go outside. That's supposed to be a robe and the light bulb is meant to be his head. I'm disgracing this badassery of a man. But it's all about practice. Let's try this again.

These proportions look a little better. There's an attempt at a hand, the robe looks more robe-y, the head less like it's trying to light up the room. There's some shading issues I have to work out, as well as everything else. This doesn't look like a guy who could kick your ass, it looks like he needs a nap. One Hundred Eyes doesn't nap. Back to the drawing board. Hah. Shut up.

I learned how to draw Chibis yesterday, don't fix what already works until you learn something better, which I haven't. Give the man a stick, now he looks like he can knock you right out if you breathe too close to him. Or far from him. Whatever. Went back to the familiar bold outline.  Add some shading. Some background penmanship. Bam. Mr. One Hundred Eyes.

I'm pretty proud of being able to draw something that actually looks like something. Especially after having zero experience in the matter a week ago. Drawing is definitely pretty alright.