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This is the first picture I have made utilizing the new Faber-Castell brush pens I got a while back. I am posting now since I prefer to post artwork in order of when I do them and I had a few backed up due to an inability to post art for a while. I actually finished this wonderful first a little over a month ago. The brush pens I got had six different brush pens, one standard black, three shades of cool grey and two shades of warm grey that looks a bit like sepia in color to me. The cost was a decent $19.99 for a company with the quality and brand name to easily charge more. The surrounding green around the figure and throne was done in Photoshop to make the main image pop out more.
The image was meant, at first, to be a fan art of Raven the Trickster from the Disney cartoon Gargoyles from the episode Heritage. I then decided, after doing the head, to do a Tengu lord since there doesn't seem to be that many Tengu artwork and I wanted to see what a raven with a long and loose ponytail made of ebon feathers would look like (since, at the time, I drew a few other pictures since posted with feathers shaped in a manner to look like hair styles).
It went well with the line art, then I mucked up a few lines. This, in turn, got me utilizing my mistakes into part of the image by feathering in the feathers on his body, with a white space left for a sheen look, wth my Faber-Castell XS pen. The body was so contrasted with the clothing and chair that I decided to use the brush pens for the first time.
Testing the brush pens out on another piece of paper, I got the feel for them and realized that my fears that the Faber-Castell pens having tips as flimzy as the one brush pen I had before (which I used for doing the fake caligraphy of the fake Adlerian language in previous drawings). The nibs are, in fact, sturdy yet bendable like a firm painting brush. The flimsy one had a nib so flimzy that I could not apply a decent stroke with out it looking chaotic. The Faber-Castel ones can be broad or thing and applied like a cross between watercolor and marker.
Using the warm greys, I did the beak of the Tengu, as well as the cushoined seat and main body and decorative elements upon the colloared jacket. I also used it on the decorative elements upon the throne, the straps on the left thigh and the scabbard of the sword. Using the cool greys, I used on the stripes of the jacket, the ankle area of the cloth boots with a slight sheen to make it seem to be made of silk and the feet of the clothed boots in a circular fashion to make it seem ridged and clothed. I also used the cool greys on the back and bottom of the throne, the handle of the sword and my attempt at a fundoshi made of a shiny fabric. To make the fundoshi look shiny, I gave it alternating strokes with a white space left, similar to the body, but made with a more blended as well as contrasted look to make it seem to be made of a material with a high sheen.
To make the ponytail, made of feather instead of hair, to seem less rigid than the other feathered styles I have thus done so far, I drew it in a fashion to make it seem loose and flowing. To do this, I drew it in a looped fashion resting partly on top and partly behind his left neck, shoulder and back area like a light cotton scarf or a flimsy style tinsel garland used at Christmas for decoration on trees.
To make the Tengu Lord look powerful yet casual, being in his own home and from a personality of a stern yet laid back (similar to Mitsurugi's personality from Soul Calibur), I drew his pose sitting in a semi relaxed position, casually holding his weapon before him with a facial expresion of sterness and a sharp gaze. Due to living in the middle of the woods, which is by nature the general place where Tengus are often found besides mountains, he is dressed lightly, yet in clothing warriors can be found wearing. In this case, his cloth boots are of the Shinobi style, his fondoshi is simple and traditional, and his coat is a style of a sleevless male Haori. The simple hair piece keeping his feathers in a ponytail, near the back of his head, is scarcely visible. The use of bandages on his left thigh is to make him seem less formal, to differentiate the ap[endages and so that his left thigh wouldn't potentially blend into his torso and / or the fore section of his left leg.
The light source in the image is meant to be at near eye level and off to the left hand side slightly in front of him, as though coming from the door to the room. The throne room, I imagined it, is simple in style, made of wood and about the size of the common American family room (aka great room). The simplicity, materials used and the size for the Tengu Lord's throne room is meant to convey the simplistic living he has for living in a manor in the middle of the woods. It is not at though to say he is not important nor poor, it is the lifestyle of a warrior like leader by whom, along with his troops, protect the innocent passing through the woods and punishing the wicked. It is due to the location, duty and personality that has led to his look and style of home and dress.
The image was meant, at first, to be a fan art of Raven the Trickster from the Disney cartoon Gargoyles from the episode Heritage. I then decided, after doing the head, to do a Tengu lord since there doesn't seem to be that many Tengu artwork and I wanted to see what a raven with a long and loose ponytail made of ebon feathers would look like (since, at the time, I drew a few other pictures since posted with feathers shaped in a manner to look like hair styles).
It went well with the line art, then I mucked up a few lines. This, in turn, got me utilizing my mistakes into part of the image by feathering in the feathers on his body, with a white space left for a sheen look, wth my Faber-Castell XS pen. The body was so contrasted with the clothing and chair that I decided to use the brush pens for the first time.
Testing the brush pens out on another piece of paper, I got the feel for them and realized that my fears that the Faber-Castell pens having tips as flimzy as the one brush pen I had before (which I used for doing the fake caligraphy of the fake Adlerian language in previous drawings). The nibs are, in fact, sturdy yet bendable like a firm painting brush. The flimsy one had a nib so flimzy that I could not apply a decent stroke with out it looking chaotic. The Faber-Castel ones can be broad or thing and applied like a cross between watercolor and marker.
Using the warm greys, I did the beak of the Tengu, as well as the cushoined seat and main body and decorative elements upon the colloared jacket. I also used it on the decorative elements upon the throne, the straps on the left thigh and the scabbard of the sword. Using the cool greys, I used on the stripes of the jacket, the ankle area of the cloth boots with a slight sheen to make it seem to be made of silk and the feet of the clothed boots in a circular fashion to make it seem ridged and clothed. I also used the cool greys on the back and bottom of the throne, the handle of the sword and my attempt at a fundoshi made of a shiny fabric. To make the fundoshi look shiny, I gave it alternating strokes with a white space left, similar to the body, but made with a more blended as well as contrasted look to make it seem to be made of a material with a high sheen.
To make the ponytail, made of feather instead of hair, to seem less rigid than the other feathered styles I have thus done so far, I drew it in a fashion to make it seem loose and flowing. To do this, I drew it in a looped fashion resting partly on top and partly behind his left neck, shoulder and back area like a light cotton scarf or a flimsy style tinsel garland used at Christmas for decoration on trees.
To make the Tengu Lord look powerful yet casual, being in his own home and from a personality of a stern yet laid back (similar to Mitsurugi's personality from Soul Calibur), I drew his pose sitting in a semi relaxed position, casually holding his weapon before him with a facial expresion of sterness and a sharp gaze. Due to living in the middle of the woods, which is by nature the general place where Tengus are often found besides mountains, he is dressed lightly, yet in clothing warriors can be found wearing. In this case, his cloth boots are of the Shinobi style, his fondoshi is simple and traditional, and his coat is a style of a sleevless male Haori. The simple hair piece keeping his feathers in a ponytail, near the back of his head, is scarcely visible. The use of bandages on his left thigh is to make him seem less formal, to differentiate the ap[endages and so that his left thigh wouldn't potentially blend into his torso and / or the fore section of his left leg.
The light source in the image is meant to be at near eye level and off to the left hand side slightly in front of him, as though coming from the door to the room. The throne room, I imagined it, is simple in style, made of wood and about the size of the common American family room (aka great room). The simplicity, materials used and the size for the Tengu Lord's throne room is meant to convey the simplistic living he has for living in a manor in the middle of the woods. It is not at though to say he is not important nor poor, it is the lifestyle of a warrior like leader by whom, along with his troops, protect the innocent passing through the woods and punishing the wicked. It is due to the location, duty and personality that has led to his look and style of home and dress.
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Muscle
Species Crow
Size 1280 x 983px
File Size 289.4 kB
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