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King Baldwin IV doodles. Based on wanting to do a design using more veils rather than the KOH mask (which I love, but curious to explore other styles)
I think the veils are more historically accurate than the iron mask (which is much more impractical especially in that hot climate).
King Baldwin IV doodles. Based on wanting to do a design using more veils rather than the KOH mask (which I love, but curious to explore other styles)
I originally just drew the girls but decided to keep going and add the boys.
-Parodying the 'He's watching you' anti German poster. -Major Siegfried Isenstein in nothing but his boots and helmet.
The World in Deeper Inspection UPDATE Read: (Chapter 1: Pages 33 to 34)
About the comic
Wuh oh!!! Oh no! Oh damb Grimmers!!
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Also another big revamp. Unlike the previous spread, this is a revamp towards efficiency. I cut out Grimsley’s dialogue since it’s redundant + kinda spoiling the dramatic sense of danger. 6 panels became 4. I clarified Grimsley’s spring-heeled jackiness* – we all can clearly see now he’s jumping over the wolves and landing behind them (I had trouble conveying this action in 2013, can you believe??).
*Spring-Heeled Jack is one of major influences behind Grimsley as a character!
Over the years I learned that my strength is using very few panels to maximum effect (visually or narratively). This has the side-effect of making my graphic novels too simple to read through since my pages are the opposite of a dense and compressed style, but hey, it works.
323 BCE.
Portrait of the King of the World with Macedonian Sun and the ram-headed Zeus Amun.
Portrait of an Unknown Man with Curly Hair, damaged
Wanted to play with Fayum-style mummy portraits for Alexander and Hephaestion.
You know, your handwriting looks really uniform, I thought it was typed! I bet you could fined a font program to scribe your letters to, and then you can get your "handwritten" style without killing your hands!
I already do have a couple of fonts in my handwriting, but typing it out doesn't have the organic flow and whimsy which I like about manually writing it.
It doesn't kill my hands per se, but the idea of doing 300+ pages of handwriting and then having to go through copyedits is a chore. And I would know - I had to rewrite all 660 pages of The Carpet Merchant. 😓
Mephisto (1895) by Edouard von Grützner (German, 1846-1925). Also known as Mephistopheles. A cunning demon. First appeared in the Faust legend - and then in various literature, film, comics and music.
I started this piece back in September 2017 and for some reason it sat on my PC in a near-finished state for over a year until I recently managed to pull myself together and finish it. The idea for this painting came to me when I was taking a bath and listening to Hedningarna, a folk band that I’ve known a long time. They used to have two female Finnish vocalists whose singing has this sort of ancient and witchy quality and I tried to capture a glimpse of the world that opens in my mind whenever I listen to their songs.
16 year old King Baldwin IV about Saladin probably. You can't convince me that this teenager didn't atleast have some mood swings and sass around that time.
The Serpent Queen
Adela, my partner's @grozat's OC 💚
I have like a thousand versions but imma post these for now
I referenced the tiles from the Andalusian ones in my house bc they look similar to the ones in the movie!
Hurray, I finished it!
For better quality please click on the image
Charles-Philippe Larivière's Baldwin IV
I absolutely ADORE the painting depicting the battle of Montgisard that I HAD TO DRAW BALDWIN THERE
This painting WOO beautiful! I love LOVE the dramatics on this one.
THE COLORS, THE POSES AND THE SENSE OF URGENCY AND CHAOS FELT THAT REALLY CAPTURES THE BATTLE AHHHH Arches are readying their bows, Smoke coming from nearby villages that've been sacked and Saladin's army struggling to calm their horses as they're being overrun by crusaders! Such an iconic painting!
Baldwin is paler than the rest, making him standout along with the litter he's on that really adds to how unique it is compared to other paintings of kings
You can kinda imagine what he's saying. like praying to God, Saints, and Angels as he looks at the heavens for guidance thinking that he could possibly die or lose the battle!
Overall 10/10. I wish his helmet was in KoH though
This is my clarice version inspired by the novel :D
The details of her hair and eyes color based on this post here And the pose inspired alot by this suntup art
Bae Joon Sung (Korean, b. 1967)
The Costume of Painter - Still Life With red flowers, 2018
Lenticular and oil on canvas
WIP; Otto and his twin sister Brunhild in Pomeranian folk dress w/ golden apples. Block colours done.