Finally getting around to starting the next piece in this series, Baba Yaga's Red Knight. Pages from my sketchbook a I was working it out:
Started with the thumbnail sketch for the overall composition. From there, worked on sketches for the main figures -- the mounted knight, as well as the hounds. After I had the varied sketches, I scanned and started fiddling around with the composition at larger scale. Moved, rotated, scaled the hounds. Minor bit of lighting roughed as well. The knight's pose was tweaked a little bit too. The angle was difficult for me, and so after it was scanned, I needed to scale his upper body and arm down a bit.
That looks amazing already. Cannot wait to see it - you do very beautiful work. Whenever you post a sketch or finished project it brightens my day (and I usually spend quite some time squinting at the screen trying to see it better=).
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love all the dynamic hounds!
ReplyDeleteWow, it is going to be gorgeous, the knights in the Vasa Lisa story always stood out to me.
ReplyDeleteAn yay there is a horse! I am going to pretend it was just for me, ;)
The other one was a horse
ReplyDeleteI think it was the neckline with the white knight horse that did it, horses dont have a neckline like that. Deers have though. And in combinition with the horns and the deers in the background... Well, nuff said about that; I meen horse or no horse that white knight is a masterpeice and your watercolour techniques just blows me away (like always). I hope it is someting that is possible to learn by time cause for the moment about 90 % of my (watercolor)work ends up in trash, heh.
ReplyDeleteThe other one reminded me of a deer horse or a unicorn horse, this one looks like war horse.
ReplyDeleteWhen you're working on an illustration like this, what kind of reference do you use?
ReplyDeleteI did some searching for photos of hounds, to get a feel for the movement. For animals, I try to look at dozens of photos to see how their bodies move and their anatomy, and then from there piece together my own poses. Sometimes I even search for videos on youtube to watch them actually in motion.
ReplyDeletesmart girl :)..."Sometimes I even search for videos on youtube to watch them actually in motion"...
ReplyDeleteI am in love with your sketchbook pages! Please feel free to post images of them anytime!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful sketches. I love the hounds!
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