This 2020 commission for SiggYeen was a derivative of the "HIC EST" series which you can read more about in the next gallery posts.

It was meant to carry on with the composition of those previous pieces, focusing on presenting a character in an aesthetically cohesive way and mimicking a certain historical style of art as a whole. This time, renaissance and later era printed artworks were the main inspiration. I am somewhat dissatisfied with the perceived emptiness of the background, as its unusually un-busy and even bland compared to the medieval ones; however, I do still like how I drew the details. The font used was chosen to roughly fit with a european late gothic-renaissance setting.

Prints like these would be made by creating a print block of the linework; a lot of the time and for a lot of the purposes (like simple pictures for pamphlets or cheaper books), pure black linework sufficed. Sometimes, those raw lines would be painted in afterwards (literally like a colouring book), and later on techniques were developed where separate blocks were cut for specific colours - these methods survived to modern printing and are still used today in certain applications.

The character's clothes are referenced from a 16th century tapestry (based on a set of drawings) dedicated to Holy Roman Emperor's Charles V conquest of Tunis, where one can see multiple european soldiers wearing arab-style fashion; you can see that specific portion of the tapestry here: https://picryl.com/media/real-alcaz.....alle-01-db42c7. He also holds a simple, short matchlock gun (also referenced from the artpiece), and a messer of some type on their belt.