Usagi Yojimbo DojoBoard

The shorter weapon is vesuri (or a variation of one). I guess it's billhook in english. A handy tool we use at school (I'm studying to be a gardener) cutting branches. The longer weapon is viikate (or a variation of one, again), scythe. Naturally, a one-hand viikate is pretty stupid an idea, but I l...

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One source of inspiration for antropomorphic characters is the Canine Kalevala by Mauri Kunnas. Great dogs doing all kinds of mythical stuff! And of course The King Arthur -saga with cats.

Usten seems to come up whenever I'm attending a class. Boredom springs creativity.

As I read my first Usagi ever (Grasscutter) and listened to some Finnish folk-metal (Amorphis, Pohjannaula), I had a vision of a somewhat ronin-ish female cutting heads up north. She's just taking her first steps as I'm trying to get acquainted with GIMP. Coloring will appear once I get the hang of ...