July 2014 Challenge: Invasion of the Void Barbarians

[Sapiento]

your drawing of human shape is already really good! Maybe it isn't technically perfect but there really is a very good general feeling about those 2 characters. My only critic will be that the knight and the void stalkers are so visible that the map itselfs seems secondary.

Thank you!
Due to the late entry I didn't experiment with different layouts, but the two characters are quite dominant, that's true.

Well done! The stances and page layout of the figures do seem a bit awkward and unbalanced (and, if you do nothing else, you might want to consider changing the value and coloration of the knight's pants seat...) but they are very well rendered. Reminds me of old illuminated manuscripts. The map is well defined too, with a good legend, but does appear a bit secondary in importance the way you've overlaid the figures. It might have been interesting to have the map itself as a roll of parchment between them, and have the figures depicted in some sort of dark landscape... or to darken and burn the page behind and around the edges of the figures so that the map appears only between them and is more focused on the center of the action. Maybe just adding a more intricate border around the edge of the existing piece would help to pull it all together. But it's truly not bad as you did it, especially given the short deadline, and it's really quite inspiring! What type of layer setup did you use?

Thank you!
As I said above, I was too short of time. Maybe I can try your idea with darkening the background.
The pencil scan is on multiply, shading and colours below, highlights above it.

Great work! I really like the scroll legend but the whole piece is very cool.

Thank you!

Small update, I changed the colour of the knight's pants.

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