The Doodling of the Pen: Art and Fanart!

A banshee, whose abilities herald fear and despair...

The brilliant chiefbei-fuckyou doodled one of the most aesthetically-gorgeous characters in the series: brilliant reds, glowing greens, soulful blacks. Siobhán is one of the supernatural creatures encountered in the series, with a tie to the Takeshi family. What part will she play when the Sword must be sheathed?

A bartender and inn-keep, who knows much more than she lets on...

And thus, the holy trinity of characters are introduced! 

Takamura is elegantly depicted here in full geisha get-up, though she’s no longer in the business. She was once the most famous geisha in all of Japan, and now she settles for being a mere barkeep who learns much by the way of lips loose with drink. 

She is also the mentor to Hatsumomo and, later, Kyo. 

A girl, who smiles brightly despite the pains of her past...

The leading lady of the series, Hatsumomo! She is brought to life by the amazing and gracious piffbee! A fantastic artist who just keeps on making magic.

With such vague descriptive phrases, piffbee interprets them in a way that breathes character and vibrant energy into the characters.

A boy, who is swept up on an adventure he’s not ready for...

We honestly don’t know what to say at this point.

This is your bonafide, exclusive, too-good-to-be-true first ever fanart (there’s not even ‘official’ art of him yet!) rendition of one of the main characters, Kyo!

The lovely and masterfully-skilled piffbee brought him to life in ways we couldn’t even imagine. This is fantastic on a whole ‘nother level.

Here we have a minor character whom (much to our surprise) is someone’s favourite! So much so that the fantastic firebendxr doodled this adorable picture of the Takeshis’ family pet! 

Isn’t Aiko adorable? 

The follow up to the fantastic first piece is this collection of Kuchisake-Onna renderings by dmdumouchel! 

We were pleased to to see that even a minor antagonist inspired someone to draw her. She looks so creepy and ghastly, just the way we imagined her!

Mark down April 10th, 2015 on your calendars because a historic event took place that day: the first ever piece of fan art for The Sheathing of the Sword series was drawn! 

This amazing piece is of everyone’s favourite library, Ling Guang! It was done by the fantastic iwishiwastophbeifong. Thank you for your fantastic interpretation of Ling Guang!

The logo for the series! Well, at least non-commercial uses. Still, it’s pretty nifty, don’t you think?

Special thanks to a friend for designing the sword and to dafont.com for the awesome text type! It’s “Seven Monkey Fury” for anyone wondering.