UY Book 21

Post by **Todd Shogun** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 15:05 -0700

I've posted the cover painting for UY Book 21 at the coming up section:

http://usagiyojimbo.com/comingup.html

Stan also submitted a great step-by-step process, featuring how he designed and painted the awesome cover for UY Book 21. It's over at http://usagiyojimbo.com/sakai/uy21feature.html

roel · Post by **roel** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 19:38 -0700

That is a beautiful painting Stan! I love the proportions of the figures and the composition. The first book cover with Usagi riding the horse has always been my favorite but this is running a close 2nd.

Thanks for showing us how you worked on this piece. It 's always interesting to see how other artists work.

chickrockguitar · Post by **chickrockguitar** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:03 -0700

WoW! I love that!
I can't wait for 21 to come out. Roll on July!

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:19 -0700

Some of the photos were taken on my drawing table, under artificial light. The "blue paper" photo were taken at dusk in the shade. The final ones were taken in sunlight, and probably look pretty close to the original art.

Ronin-K · Post by **Ronin-K** » Mon May 14, 2007 17:21 -0700

roel wrote: The first book cover with Usagi riding the horse has always been my favorite but this is running a close 2nd.

My favorite cover is that of Grasscutter 2.

Krogu · Post by **Krogu** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 15:21 -0700

Polish translators...they will need year to translate it in my country (

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Covers are great, i think its one of best covers for usagi books - but my favourite is still from sword of god2 - i dont know whats correct title in english