Commission I made for someone on DA
He wanted an elf with a bow in a forest. I hope it come out acceptable. Humans are my weak point.
Art © Landing Zone
He wanted an elf with a bow in a forest. I hope it come out acceptable. Humans are my weak point.
Art © Landing Zone
Category Artwork (Digital) / Fantasy
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 618 x 777px
File Size 158.4 kB
Just took another look at the picture and realised what was seeming off to me initially. While her left hand (the one holding the bow) is holding the bow, her right arm (the one nocking the arrow) is upside down from where it should be, and is gripping the string wrong. The arrow shouldn't be held hardly at all. instead the index and middle fingers should be hooked across the string, and pullingt on the string directly, and using the side to side grip of the fingers to balance the arrow on the string, not hold it against it. This gives the arrow increased accuracy when released and allows a much easier time drawing back, because you are pulling the string instead instead of pushing it with a very narrow stick. Just some tips from a former bowhunter.
I won't argue that. However, if it had been to low, you could have just said she was using a Daikyu. A longbow made in japan for the samurai who would fire it from horseback. The nock point of the bow was much lower down, so that the huge bow wouldn't trip up the horse as they made a drive by shooting.
Umm I may bite for this. The Hungarian encasters of mine master the horse back riding and firing to backwards with bows. I don't have a bow for my self to practice but I know how t ride a horse. Only my teacher word famous Kassai never let me to try firing bows. I didn't payed for that.
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