I'm not entirely sure who this fellow is, but a while ago he was absolutely running rampant in my sketchbook. Outside of Trigun and a few Eastwood movies, the genre of the Western has never really grabbed at me, yet here I have a guy who seems to be cut from the cloth of "the man with no name" archetype, albeit with the addition of the odd eyes. Yeah.

I attribute this little flair to the fact that at the time I was watching Gorillaz videos, being that I had never really seen them or paid attention when they debuted in the 90's or early 2000's. Still as opposed to the eight-ball fracture of the eyes of the character 2-D, I was thinking a complete lack. We've certainly had plenty of the iconic "blind swordsman," so why not a blind gunslinger? Perhaps even one who not only didn't have sight but not even eyes? Maybe something supernatural? Like a trade with the devil a la the crossroads of destiny? I don't know.

I haven't fleshed out any kind of story, besides giving him a name I thought sounded interesting, and probably won't for some time. Still, the idea intrigues me some days and I was content to use Josiah here for practice both with Illustrator for lineart and Painter for color.