So I have been watching a TON of Zatôichi movies recently - in case you don't know, they are a series of Japanese movies about a blind masseuse that is also a legendary swordsman -- and part way through the sixth movie of the series, this drawing was burning a hole in my head, so I had to sketch it out (missing most of the movie along the way). I'm kinda surprised how fast this one came together. I really had this drawing pretty strongly in my head.

Critiques, comments and stuff welcome!

BTW, I highly recommend the movies! They are repetitive as heck, but a ton of fun; the million ways they dream up for him to slice things with his iaido -- sword drawing skills -- is pretty staggering. 8^D