The Silver Bracelet

by shionyr

in Completed Works

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Nov 29th 2008
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animal bracelet curio fantasy human lee portrait read silver
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Did this for concept art. We had to get an object and either make up or depict a story about it. In my case, my grandpa's silver bracelet was what I used. I imagined him fighting demons in the South Pacific/Indo-China area and using his silver bracelet to do so, since monsters are weak to silver.

He really was a member of the Navy in WWII, and he actually did get sent on a secret project, but it turned out to be the design and construction of the first nuclear sub.

That aside, this was my first time painting a real person from reference photos. I had three pictures to work with, all taken nearly a decade apart. Needless to say, it was tough, and I spent so much time on the face I had to sort of mail it in, and I can't say the face is all that good. It was a good learning experience, though, and fun to do. I like the monsters.

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The Love is Warrior Says:

I agree that the monsters look awesome! My favorites are those three guys on the right with their glowing eyes. I like how complete this feels as a composition.