"Sparring Partners"
Behind the scenes here at crimsonpug.com and plightsite.com there has been a sort of renewed interest in the character I created a few years ago named Yin. He was featured in last years (2001) Summer Blockbuster Gallery, and has frequent apperances throughout this newly re-designed site. After Jake had done a few things, reminded me of a few things, and posted a couple of pictures, I got it into my head that Yin needed a re-design. After all he is supposed to be this bad ass ninja guy, yet he looked like a reject from a futuristic Mortal Kombat videogame. After a few tries and lots of crumpled pages, I thought I had pretty much settled on a new look for him. While he doesn't look like a traditional ninja like the version I finally settled on, he had a better sense of strength and mystery I felt ws nessessary for his character.
Since Jake and I never really discussed Plight and Yin's disposition towards each other, I've always seen them as on the same side but always disagreeing on how to go after a problem. Sort of friendly adversaries if you will. I think that this picture shows that exact conflict perfectly.
I also used a different coloring technique than I usually do, I don't know if its different to the average viewer, but I can tell the difference. - Tony