GM's Survival Guide

This was a book with hints, tips and strategies for "Game Masters" running the Legend of the Five Rings role-playing game. My discussions with the rest of the graphics team finally led to the idea of showing one of the Daimyo (leader) characters from the game handing a scroll to a ronin, to symbolize the passing of this "hallowed" knowledge from the writer (an experienced GM himself) to the would-be game master. Having learned much about the construction of samurai armor in recent years, I "went to town" on the ronin's costume.

Acrylics, 1999