Drawing a random MK Character Every Day until we finish the series roster - day 27!!!!!!
My all time fave mk character you guys have NO idea how excited i am to finally get him fnsjdbsjsbs!!!!! He and Khameleon are the two characters that prompted me to start this series actually!!! I initially wanted to make some merch for characters that otherwise dont have any, then i decided that afterwards to just do all the characters in case anyone else has characters they love that otherwise have no merch or fan content! So i plan to make Kintaro a pin/acrylic stand for myself, and if there’s any interest in other characters i’ll see about figuring out how to set up a little shop of these!!!
Anywho!!! Characterwise- Kintaro was introduced in mk2 as the followup sub boss to Goro- who following his defeat in the first mk game went into hiding.
I always mourn what Kintaro could be, because it seems that fans and developers alike have all decided to write off the tigrar shokan as nothing more than a ‘lesser’ goro.
His story is always one i think that has alot of potential, having grown up as a ‘lesser’ class of shokan due to his tigrar race. The tigrar always being seen as inferior to those of draconic blood, it makes sense as to why Kintaro grew up to he this brutal feral beast of a combatant. He had to otherwise he’d have been just written off as a weakling by his people, and i think that just opens up alot of potential for him.
Alas i doubt we’ll ever get any real love for Kintaro from NRS, they seem content letting Goro be the only Shokan that gets consistent screentime over the games.
Anyways, i’m super happy with this one, Kintaro turned out perfect! I even gave a little nod to his hideous mka look by adding his little braid, though i chose to make it subtler since his design is already pretty packed fjsjdjsjs!!!
See yall tomorrow for day 28!!! Thank you guys again for reading!!! 🖤🖤🖤
