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Captain of the Unicorn finish by *meradragon:iconmeradragon:

Categories Digital Art > Paintings & Airbrushing > Fantasy

©2009 *meradragon
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Finished color version of this: [link]

Anyway, it's an assignment for Children's book illustration where I had to design a character from a story. I chose a story called "Dick Whittington's Cat" which you've probably never heard of. It's from a series of actually rather good stories from a 1940s book my mom gave me. Merry Hearts and Bold. If you ever get ahold of it, it's really nice! It takes embellishes a little some old folk tales that aren't super well known.

Well, this is the nameless captain of the Unicorn ship for a scene I'll be doing later. I think it got a little red in the face, but I might pass that off as character.

edit: I have a lot of textures saved to my computer, but I did some research (as the text is rather prominent in this piece) and here's where I snagged that writing!
[link]
Really great! I need to make myself my own sheets, but I have no handwriting skills. I'll make Nat write me a page.

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~ShinigamiHarpy Oct 20, 2009, 7:24:40 PM
Okay normally I leave your works alone because I find them better than my own, but I draw humans enough to offer my honest opinion here.

Overall, a very good composition. The redness of the face wasn't really noticeable and if someone gives you a hard time, tell them the character is a little inebriated. XD Anyways, the one flaw that I find is the hair appears a little flat, like it was carved out of wood. That may have been your intention but it just seems to fall more like it was molded on a Ken doll rather than natural hair. I really love the background though! The written pages add to the historical feeling of the piece and being a history-nerd, LOVE IT. It's a nice touch. ^^

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*meradragon Oct 20, 2009, 7:51:15 PM
Thank you for the comment <3

Yeah, I was going for stylized hair, but I see what you mean, there :3 I should try some more realistic hair with the stylized face and see how it turns out.

I appreciate your advice!

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-James Nicoll

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~SilverGryphon8 Oct 20, 2009, 8:51:49 PM
I do kinda like the reddish nose, and I am very happy to see that you made the one with the spyglass a little smaller. The way he was positioned in the rough draft was a little... *cough* Let's just say that it looks better now that the spyglass is 'below' the bigger one's fingers =p Love the background and the parrot.

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"The real crime would be not finishing what we started."
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*meradragon Oct 20, 2009, 10:06:05 PM
exact same size! I just took ten seconds to remove the tangent on the spyglass. It was a 4AM error x3

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English doesn't borrow from other languages; English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over, and sifts through their pockets for loose grammar.
-James Nicoll

I am the butter on the toast of lies!
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~ShinigamiHarpy Oct 21, 2009, 6:41:21 AM
You're welcome. ^^

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~SilverGryphon8 Oct 21, 2009, 7:22:30 AM
Either way, it looks really good. Well done!

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~brushtail-thegreat Oct 21, 2009, 8:00:18 AM
the spyglass and his hand int he tow pictures of the captain at the bottom are rather and odd arrangement, it looks like the larger picture is holding the smaller pictures spyglass up to his knee, some some odd reason.

the details, color,anatomy all look fine, that arrangement is just a bit eye catching.

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*riknard Oct 21, 2009, 8:51:32 AM
I liked the sketch version, and I like this immensely. There is a reality to it with the lighting, as though lantern-lit rather than electrically (so it's true to period, I believe). I remember you said your instructor asked for more shadowing and such, and it came out great. Somehow, the 3/4 face image looked a little smirky to me on the the sketch, and this doesn't... maybe the difference in having colors added and the shadows to better define the expression.

I have heard of "Dick Whittington's Cat", but don't remember the story... I may have had it read to me when very young. Will have to search for Merry Hearts and Bold at the library or somewhere.

Thanks.
>Rich

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*meradragon Oct 21, 2009, 11:16:41 AM
I wanted overlap but I'm starting to think it would have worked better pulled to the right. My professor liked it, though, so I probably won't rework it xD But I am so keeping this in mind for future pieces, thanks!

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English doesn't borrow from other languages; English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over, and sifts through their pockets for loose grammar.
-James Nicoll

I am the butter on the toast of lies!
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