A portrait of the Master of Crane Style Kung Fu for the unfinished Mandate of HeavenRPG.
Drunk Boxing Master
This is the Drunk Boxing Master for Mandate of Heaven. It’s also one of my favorite MoH illustrations. If I had time I’d love to do a comic featuring this guy.
Wing Chun Master
Part of game play for Mandate of Heaven involved choosing a style of Kung Fu to use. Derek wrote out basic descriptions of each fighting style and I came up with a Master to illustrate it. This is the Master for Wing Chun.
Kung Fu Dictionary 8
I’d planned to split the kung fu dictionary between two characters – a male master and a female master. This was my first attempt at the female character. I went with a tougher, scrappier looking character than Derek wanted. I tend to find really pretty women unbelievable as fighting masters. To become a fighting master you’ve got to … fight. And fighting doesn’t generally improve your looks. But, as Derek rightly pointed out, Mandate of Heaven was a game. Games are fantasy anyway and the setting of the game was also a fantasy one. Within the context of the game pretty fighting masters are perfectly believable.
Kung Fu Dictionary 7
Practice sketches for the kung fu dictionary for the unfinished RPG Mandate of Heaven.
Kung Fu Dictionary 6
On the left – a palm strike?
On the right – a pair of leopard punches?
I’m not sure of either of these at the moment and the reference I used is still in boxes.
Kung Fu Dictionary 5
On the left, a round house punch.
On the right, an uppercut.
Kung Fu Dictionary 4
I’m pretty sure that the illustration on the right is an earlier version of the horse position that I posted a few days ago. Certainly I like this version better than that.
The figure on the right is probably a simple punch.
Kung Fu Dictionary 3
More kung fu dictionary. A backhand punch and an elbow jab. I didn’t like that jab and redrew it later.
Kung Fu Dictionary 2
Another couple of examples of the kung fu visual dictionary from the unfinished Mandate of Heaven RPG. I believe that’s a palm strike on the left and (probably) a couple of leopard punches on the right. I did these back in 2004 and my memory on exactly what I illustrated is a little fuzzy.
