[APOLOGIES for the repost! I finally got my mentor to help me finish the sword, so I'm reposting it and submitting the print.]

For the third one on the series (see Zhen Ming [link] and Mei Hua [link]) I bring you Dao Shu, the art of the broad sword. This posture is actually part of the form, as I found out when I started learning it after doing the line art for this. Her outfit shows influences from the Ottoman Empire, Persia, Beduin tribes, Russia, China, Japan, ... Colour scheme taken directly from the Sarawak's native dress.

For those who wonder, her name means Fragrant Snow.

The background paper is the same I used before for the simple reason that I want this consistent look throughout the series. It's also why I didnt' give her a shadow on the ground, as the first 2 don't have one (that and I hate those).
I plan to do one more to complete the series, or 2, depending... See the 5 Chinese elements are associated with the 5 basic weapons, 3 of which I have now treated. The last two are the gun (pronounce "goon", staff, long pole) and the bare hand. So I have to decide if I want to do a 4-Chinese-weapons series or a 5-Chinese-elements series. You've probably guessed by now that the symbol in the background stands for one of the elements: Metal. [Update: 5-series it is, and It Shall Be Knowneth As Wu Xing]