Modernized Myth #4 - "Ys"

Yeah, you haven't seen Modernized Myth #3 yet. I skipped right to four, because I'm not done with #3 yet. But trust me, it's got death in it. No worries.

This one is from the Breton myth about the beautiful Island of Ys. This is when the King throws his daughter, Dahut, into the ocean after the island is swallowed by the sea.

Here's the Work in Progress! There are still a few more things I want to do to it.

Ys is pronounced "ees." Like "Reese."

Process of Branwen the Blessed

I have some of the steps I took while doing this piece. Also, I have a way better version than the one I posted yesterday. It's at the bottom.

Step One: Linework. I used brown India Ink and a calligraphy pen.

 Step 2: Starting to block in color.

 Step 3: Lighting on the arms and hands and some wall. 

 Step 4: More Lighting and an outline of the city outside the window. Also some wallpaper.

 Step 5: The Bird is here now! Playing around with the lighting.

 Step 6: Pushed the bird back a little bit. Still trying to make the lighting work.

For these last two I made her look a little more like a woman instead of a really pretty man. I also made her arm and the bird's wing break the box a bit. Her eyes aren't as weird looking, and the city looks a bit better. I replaced the rolled up note (which looked like a giant joint no matter what I did) with an unrolled note.

In this one I adjusted the saturation and put more detail into her eyes, lips, and the note.

I think there's still more to be done, but I'm happy turning this one in. 

Character Design: Dorothy, Scarecrow, and another guy.

For my Character Design class we are making our own versions of some of the characters from The Wizard of Oz (which I don't think I've ever seen all the way through). Here are mine, and another character that we were assigned to design based on a short description.

I feel like the scarecrow's hand is in an awkward place though...

Captain Bill Wheedles is an ex-sailor with a wooden leg from the knee down. His head is almost bald and what little hair he has is grizzled. His eyes are pale blue with a gentle look to them, and his face is round, rugged, and bronzed. 

I drew him filling up a kiddy pool for his grandkids. While smoking.

Some more monster!

In my free time, I've been working on this monster. It's a bit more finished now.

Seven Images

I've done seven images in all. I plan on doing about 10. There are a few gaps here and there where there aren't any illustrations for parts of the story. If you want to read the full story go HERE.
It's a bit lengthy, but it's good.
Here is the story in illustrations thus far: (Read from left to right, across)




Note: POO. Some of them look icky if you are on a PC. They look much better on my computer...I'll try to fix this.

More William Wilson

I decided that there was too much blood in the last one to be acceptable at BYU. They're really strict with stuff like that. So, here's my BYU version, which I think I'm liking better.

I added splatter marks........So I guess there's more blood now. But it's more subtle. I mean, the guy just got violently stabbed to death by his double. I got carried away though. I made the mirror look cracked, and I added blood and a big streak leading to the ground from the crack. Like he slammed his head into the glass.

But I removed that. I just wanted to see how it would look.




Update: I also finished this one. It's still in its beginning stages, but I am liking how it is turning out.

This is before he kills his doppelganger, and after he humiliates this guy while gambling. His double comes into the room and whispers stuff to him.

Goodman Brown

Did some more stuff at work today. Three of them are older, an I just revised them, and two are newer. They are going in order of where they are in the story Young Goodman Brown. I haven't added the people yet.












Did some more stuff at work today. Three of them are older, an I just revised them, and two are newer. They are going in order of where they are in the story Young Goodman Brown. I haven't added the people yet.