A portrait of the Master of Crane Style Kung Fu for the unfinished Mandate of HeavenRPG.
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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.
