Saturday, October 22, 2011

Some sketches in progress


Salve,
I would like to share with you some of my sketches:
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Plains Indian Warrior
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rearing horse
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heavy cavalry - Hun warrior
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Sarmatian
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Sarmatian  saddle
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Saka after Gorelik
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Kimmerian warrior - X-VIII centuries BC
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Sarmatian bridle
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a Saka scene
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Eastern rider after Polish XVIII/XIX century painter Aleksander Orlowski
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Koban Culture warrior after a Koban Culture metal belt image
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GIMP, MyPaint, pen and ink etc...

Hope you will enjoy these sketches
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3 comments:

  1. David DunhamOctober 23, 2011 at 5:26 PM

    I like the one with the (Scythian?) woman holding an offering, it's a little different in subject tha. Usual.

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  2. Dario T. W.October 23, 2011 at 9:07 PM

    Hello David, thank you for posting :) As you said it is a bit unusual and I do hope to get more into less usual stuff, but we shall see.. I do want to create a scene or scenes of horse offering sacrifice to the Scythian gods,this one is suppose to be less an offering and more about 'camaraderie' between the humans and animals? I have not decided how to finish it ..
    By the way do you know this French comix Les forets d'Opale http://www.bedetheque.com/serie-1365-BD-Forets-d-Opale.html It is a straight forward pure fantasy, nicely drawn and quite interesting.

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  3. PhilipNovember 17, 2011 at 9:28 AM

    Dariusz?
    Great sketches!! The Saka sketch is loaded with many subtle details which make the armor very convincing.
    I have a question about such a detail, namely the plain leather flaps which can be seen covering the upper thighs just above and partly beneath the metal thigh guard. Am I right to say that these 2 flaps form a whole with a belt (belt and flaps constructed as one piece) and that from this belt the lower metal thigh guards and greeves are further suspended by means of leather thongs?
    This is what I think. How did you see it?
    Hope you will make a drawing of such a Saka on horse once.

    The Koban warrior is very interesting too. I tried to look up the Koban metal belt image on which your sketch is based, but without succes. Is it perhaps possible to put the image or link on your site please.
    Would be very grateful.
    Thanks
    Greetings

    Philip

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