Mordred Character

Mordred Character

This is the last character concept for the Crimson Daggers Mentoring. 
I did not keep up with the classes before Christmas and finished this one just last week.  
 It was good to follow along and I did learn about all the things to think about when putting a concept together.  I had not done any character work before and it is something I would like to keep up.  

These were all the characters in the set.  Looking at them I would think the last 2 Morgana and Mordred look more like they share the same universe.  I may go back and rework the other two. 

Works on the other characters are here Arthur, Merlin,  Morgana. 

All Four Characters King Arthur Legend

Wolf Pup Speedpaint

Wolf Pup Study

Speedpaint for DA group.  Took 2 hours for this.  Came back after completing it and just softned a few edges.  This was tough to get pose - think it was the angle.  Stock from Eirian-stock on Deviant Art.

Knights Characters 1

Chieftain

Knight

As I was finishing the characters for the Crimson Daggers mentoring I thought I would play around with some other characters.  These were just trying some different approaches to getting  some starting points down.

Sketches 15

Another sketch of a screen capture from Avatar. Some character stuff to follow. 

After Arkhipov The Washer Women

After Arkhipov The Washer Women

 I started this masters study last November and am finally calling it done.  It was done in oil  on 90 x 45 cm MDF gesso primed. 

 I gridded the panel and the image in photoshop then drew the figures on the panel in pencil. Everything else was done in oils.  I see some folks doing the initial blocking or values in acrylics and I think I will try that next time.  

 I blocked things in pretty quickly then put in some details. Most of the rest of the work was done in a few glazes.  The glazing was not something I had tried before to any great extent but it helped pull it together.  I have not seen the original of this and there are a few copies of this painting on the Internet.  They vary a lot in saturation and hue. In the end I worked from the highest res image I could find.  I have no idea how ArKhipov worked but I really liked the light and colour treatment.   I also liked the subject matter (not many images like this out there).  I think I may have been empathising with the main figure.  I am stuck in a not so great job at the moment and when I am there I feel like this lady looks.  

This is the eighth masters study I have done.  I have a few other Arkhipov studies in Photoshop from last year here and here.

Baby Hippo speedpaint study

Baby Hippo speedpaint study

Another speedpaint study for the group on DA. A 2 hour effort for this cute little hippo.
The reference used from Drezdany-stocks.

Sketches 14

Some more sketches. Definitely getting some practice doing portraits with lots of lighting I would never dream up.