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3rd Egyptian god, this time the mighty sun-god birdy himself, Ra.
Color prints and original line art will be available at Anthrocon!
8 1/2" x 11", ink on cardstock, colors in photoshop
Color prints and original line art will be available at Anthrocon!
8 1/2" x 11", ink on cardstock, colors in photoshop
Category Artwork (Digital) / Fantasy
Species Avian (Other)
Size 650 x 849px
File Size 619.5 kB
I like this one.
It's sometimes tough to make gold things look like they're shiny, instead of like they're glowing. I think if you switched from a yellow haze around the gold things, to a white fuzz around only the reflective spots, it might look a little more so. A slightly darker outline might do well, too, like the one on the thing he's holding in his right hand.
It's sometimes tough to make gold things look like they're shiny, instead of like they're glowing. I think if you switched from a yellow haze around the gold things, to a white fuzz around only the reflective spots, it might look a little more so. A slightly darker outline might do well, too, like the one on the thing he's holding in his right hand.
yeah, gold's tricky. Sometimes I can get it spot on, sometimes not so much. I think I did better in this one over the others though. The glow is something I was playing with in these 3 pieces, not sure if it's an effect I'll keep or experiment with, though I think it could be nice once I learn to use it right :)
They look exactly the same in illustrations, except with different hats. Someone else pointed to a wikipedia article that said in later mythos that they eventually merged into the same being, but I never heard that before. But yeah, Ra is depicted as a bird as well, at least in early mythology :)
here we go, quoted from 
flain quoting wikipedia:
"In later Egyptian dynastic times, Ra was subsumed into the god Horus, as Re-Horakhty (and many variant spellings)."
flain quoting wikipedia:"In later Egyptian dynastic times, Ra was subsumed into the god Horus, as Re-Horakhty (and many variant spellings)."
What I really like about this image is Ra's bracers. The lighting and shading looks fantastic and I like how you made the design to appear engraved. The only niggle I find with the bracers is that they appear to be a bit too smooth on the top and bottom outline. It could do with a few little bumps so the engraving doesn't seem to become so smooth at the edge of the viewer's sight.
Elsewhere the image is excellent - great colouring, lighting and shading. The pose is great as well. I also seem to have trouble drawing bodies sitting down.
Elsewhere the image is excellent - great colouring, lighting and shading. The pose is great as well. I also seem to have trouble drawing bodies sitting down.
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