#159 Tristan & Iseult: Tristan Study

Tristan (Study)
Sepia & White Pencil on Toned Paper

I wasn't as excited about the way this one turned out. However, the drawing comes very close to the original idea that I had. I'm going for a very stern, Richard Armitage look. The helmet design is spawned from an actual Celtic helmet design that I discovered on the internet. I added a lot of flourishes. The Boar design comes from Rosemary Sutcliff's story, which portrays the shield that Tristan carries as displaying a wild boar design (which I hope to include in the finished illustration). I carried this a bit further to being part of the crest that runs along the top of the helmet.

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So, signing off for now. I'll be back in 2 weeks with a full IMC 2012 recap!

-Will

#158 Tristan & Iseult: The Morholt

The Morholt (Study)

Sepia & White Pencil on Toned Paper

"Tree-tall, and thunder-fierce with the strength in him of four men"

Getting down to the wire on preparations for IMC. I'll be illustrating the battle between Tristan and The Morholt. Still have a long way to go, but made some good progress today. I'll post more as I get the rough sketches finished.

#057 Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Well, it's been about a month since my last blog post, and it's been a pretty bland month art-wise. Not much coming my way as far as creative ideas. But I'm going to have to fix that fast - the Illustration Master Class 2012 is coming up soon, and I am going to be racing to create plenty of exploratory sketches ahead of time. We have several assignments to choose from, but I haven't chosen mine yet. It will probably be a toss up between

TARZAN

or

TRISTAN & ISEULT

Stay tuned for updates soon, I will be updating the blog more with progress leading up to IMC. In the meantime, I leave you with a Tarantula Warrior (above).

You can also let me know in the comments which of the above assignment choices you would like to see me paint. It may help me decide what I want to do.

Until next time...