I have been on zombie mode for the past couple days because of "KINGDOM" and I'm not regretting it.
I'm currently watching the 5th season of Kingdom and it's just really interesting and exciting I binge-watched the previous four seasons last year, but I tried to stop myself from reading the manga. However, my patience reached its peak after watching the latest episode of the anime this season and I found myself indulging in the action packed manga version of Kingdom.
The manga has almost 800 chapters now, and I'm in the 650ish chapter. I started reading around chapter 400+, so for the past two nights, I'm sacrificing my sleep. lol But really, I slept for only about 4 hours the past two nights because I try to read the manga after work. I'm back to this crazy zombie days, but it's worth it. haha
For those who don't know, KINGDOM is an anime depicting China's warring state period. For hundreds of years, many kingdoms in China fight each other for supremacy leading to the birth of seven powerful states.
In one of the kingdoms, Qin, our main character Shin (Xin) lived. He's a war-orphaned slave who intensely trained with his best friend Hyou (Piao). They then got separated when the latter was recruited in the royal palace. This incident led Shin to meet Qin's future King Sei (Zheng).
Sei aims for the unification of China to finally put an end to the unending cycle of warfare. Their meeting paved the way for Shin to start his long quest of becoming a Great General.
I really love Shin, so I decided to make a fan art. Supposedly, it was just a quick sketch, but I wanted to make a proper one... still quick though because it's just a pencil sketch. I need to continue reading soon. But my schedule is so full today... despite my sleep-deprived brain.
Let me show you some progress shots below. :)
It's so messy, but I was able to finish it in less than 30 minutes during my break for work earlier. Once I'm done with the manga and I'm less busy with work, I'd surely draw a full body and colored fan art of Shin!
I'll make that happen! For now, I have to get back to reality and work again! Ciao! (^^,)/