血剑盲侠 The Blind Swordsman of the Blood Sword

This is a character design I started sketching four or five years ago but only recently got around to completing. After all these years, my vision for it has changed quite a bit. This time, I focused on refining the bodily details and finally locked in both the weapon design and the backstory.
The biggest change was to the character's identity: originally, he was just an ordinary young wandering swordsman, which felt a bit flat. I eventually reworked him into a blind swordsman in the vein of Zatoichi, which gave the head area much more visual interest. I also finalized the weapon's form and enriched its details considerably. Once these elements came together, the whole concept finally felt complete. Now I have a solid foundation to further develop this character going forward.

四五年前的一个设定，当时只起了一个稿，前阵子才想起来把它填完。时隔几年，想法变了不少。这次重点打磨了下身体的细节，把武器和背景故事也彻底敲定了。
主要还是在身份上做了一次大改：起初只是个普普通通的年轻侠客，总觉得单薄了点，后来干脆改成了类似座头市那样的盲侠，这样头部的元素就不会那么单调。同时设定了武器的造型，把武器的细节也给进一步的丰富的起来。把这个设定确定下来之后，就感觉完整了。后续再进一步的开发这个设定就会更有依据一些了。