Kindred Spirit

Someone on DA requested that people draw his original character, a warrior named Kieno. He sounded interesting, and I had a picture of him in mind, so I decided to take a shot at him! I had fun drawing him, and did lots of new things. Like I've never had a character with facial hair before, or short spiky hair. Getting these to look even remotely right took a while. It was also my first time drawing armor and sword hilts and such.

I'm also experimenting with this semi-realistic style some more. I don't want all my characters to look the same or to get stuck not varying facial features. Still having trouble with full figures though. And don't even get me started on coloring.