L5R GM's Guide

The second edition of AEG's Legend of the 5 Rings role-playing game featured this cover on it's "Game Master's Guide." At their request I did the illustration as a vignette, since it was decided that the background texture would be added digitally by the graphics department. This character is supposed to be a master of all the elements, thus I felt his expression should exude a calm confidence with just a hint of a grin that seems to say, "You don't want to mess with me, child. If you think an old man like myself is an easy target, I will swiftly enlighten you."

Acrylics, 2000