[hethebar]

Well folks. If you haven't been introduced to Tad William's online fantasy epic you need to check out www.shadowmarch.com. Here's my interpretation of two of the characters from the story. They're brothers and royalty to boot. Mr. Williams set the story in sort of a Rennaisance period. Of course I took a few liberties and mixed some other time periods in there. Anyway, I wanted to flesh out the characters some so that I could do a painting later. Ya!



/hethe

[edel]

pretty slick, you have a really nice lose rendered style there. do you have anymore stuff like these?

[Gandalf-]

Isn't Isric illustrating the latest installment?

Your characters are quite good, as usual. I'm having some problems with the guy on the right's leg. Specifically, his left foot. I think it may have been crushed in a large trash-compactor. That is just my diagnosis though, I'm not a doctor.

[Loukus]

the arms look funny....

[Gandalf-]

blarg. I'm dumb. Very, very dumb.

[ November 21, 2001: Message edited by: Corn Pops ]

[Isric]

Who's Hamilton, corn pops? Hethe, nice work. I haven't seen these, very nice. I've yet to join your game, but these inspire me to play. MORE!

[Highfive]

Haha, sorry but that's damn funny! Hethebar, if that is a photo of you, you're a legend with a great sense of humour! It's probably just a really dark sweat patch

The characters look good and certainly fit into their time period. I'd be wary with the proportions on the one to the right. I think his head is too small for his body, and the frill on his neck is too askew to the left side.

[hethebar]

Lol. I sat there for a minute looking at Corn Pops' reply and didn't know what to say.

Highfive, you're so right. I didn't even notice the uneven frill. Sometimes I forget everything except design and do stupid things like that. From the perspective that the frill is just a shape it works great, but then you look at it and you go, "that guys is wearing a really badly made frill!". Point taken.
Uh, the proportions were all intentional yet are a little more exagerated in my sketches. I have a tendency to draw really dramatic characters, long arms, big feet, long legs, you know, and I create a sense of writhing tension in even a standing figure. It does look odd at first sometimes but it's really more fun to draw things that way and it gets me lots of compliments on my figure work. However, like I said these are sketches and my sketches are often more exagerated. So point taken from all of you. Thanks.
Isric, or Matt, YA DO THE GAME! It's fun man and we challenge eachother in it. Your work pushes me, you know that. I hope I can help others too. Right on. I'm going to bed cuz tomarrow's a big day and I go to Phoenix for Thanksgiving. Ya! Ok bye.

/hethe

[ November 21, 2001: Message edited by: hethebar ]

[Gandalf-]

lol, I'm a moron, I pasted my reponse in the wrong browser window. I apologize for my apparent down syndrome.