Whoooohoo, what a rush! Man, I really have overdone myslef on this one. What a marvelous thing to get and idea and then see it shaped on the screen in front of your eyes, and so much better than I had in mind.
over two hours with no reference material.
I thought I'd try to draw a lady too, since you guys started talking about it, to see how difficult it could be. For some reason I have been studying the Kyrgis people and culture lately, and lots in the sketch (which is a book-cover) has Kyrgis elements in it. Also I had to think of my friends who is half Nenets and has these typical cheekbones.
thanks for the comment man,
Yeah, I too would like to see a whole story in that style.
Thanks for the crit, I agree with you about hte title text, it's really soft, I was sloppy with the title and could have given it more attention. I wanted the title to be somewhere between raw bloody smeared paint and a more informative look, because it is an informative book about diffrent cultures. It's always a challenge to get that balance right.
I'm still learning about layout, so thanks for the adivse on that one.
I think it is more in balance with the W and A in the title and the other artwork where it is now, if I would put it over the archer, it messes with the diagonal lines of the A and N in the title. If I would redo the artwork then there obviously be more possibilities.
The way I did the layout is that I started witht he title thing, then pulled the lines through from the title, with those I figured out what to do with the rest.
First I spent 30 mins on a portait/face that I discarded. Then I made the lady to the left, then the subtext, then the archer lady.
The archer's left arm and shoulder and her hair make that part more square then what I would have wanted.
Cyclops, the art looks damn sweet, the woman on the right, looks a if she's in pain and the archer lady looks real mean! nice man, i love this rough style. =D
PS: that object in motion above the "WARPAINT" text, it's a little too smooth in relation to the rest of the image, but over all, this is great!
that object in motion above the title is a sample of the indigenous warpaint/symbols.
It's supposed to be a horse, it looks more like a goat. I think I stylized it too much.
You always have to look turn your head when you try to figure out indigenous tribal symbols and warpaint.
I put it there because the lines in the title were leading towards it, I think it'd look nicer if I'd kept it more modest.
The thing on the left woman's chest is a mounted archer, it still look alot like the cavepainting of my previous sketch.
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over two hours with no reference material.
I thought I'd try to draw a lady too, since you guys started talking about it, to see how difficult it could be. For some reason I have been studying the Kyrgis people and culture lately, and lots in the sketch (which is a book-cover) has Kyrgis elements in it. Also I had to think of my friends who is half Nenets and has these typical cheekbones.
I realy love this piece!
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