Grim Swordsman

**A.Grudgfield** · August 18th, 2006, 04:13 PM

I'm back........ sort of. Anyways been A LONG time since I posted anyhting on these forums and i thought I would share my latest sketch which I'm currently still working on. So far I am very pleased with how its turning out, probably one of my best ever done. (keeping in mind I am 17 and pretty much self taught) Sorry 'bout the digital camera pic, I'm currently screwed out of a scanner.

anyways here it is crits and comments are most certainly welcome

CURRENT PICTURE

**A.Grudgfield** · August 20th, 2006, 05:01 PM

hmmm would have thought I would have gotten a reply by now, ah well doesn't really matter I guess.

**WinglessXAngel** · August 20th, 2006, 05:04 PM

the way he is holding the sword seems very unnatural, and his fingers are very small

**A.Grudgfield** · August 20th, 2006, 10:20 PM

yeah I did make the hands a littel small on this one, maybe I can fix that up in photoshop if I spend enought time on it. As for the sword, I was aiming for that kind of resting against the hand thing like on the Braveheart dvd cover.

**ChenZan** · August 20th, 2006, 11:07 PM

take a picture of your hand holding a sword, or just look at the way hes holding it on the braveheart cover. Reference is key. The hand holding the rose seems to be small too.

**A.Grudgfield** · August 21st, 2006, 01:54 AM

Alright thanks for the advice so far, the only real problem right now seems to be the hands so I'll fix that up than im good to go. Not to mention shading at this part could probably help me out a bit too.

**xvampire** · August 21st, 2006, 04:37 AM

start with the confident and dynamic proportion,
and yeah athe hand that holding the sword can be better,
get some reference, or photograph of hand holding something

the deltoid, (muscle on the top of bicep) is too long, may be my mistake, but iim not so comfortable with the extra muscle on the top of right bicep (the hand that holding the sword)

good luck btw, keep improving

**voraz** · August 21st, 2006, 06:05 AM

you've got to practice your lines, be more confident and don't pass the pencil so many times over each line, like in the arms or shoulders.
Also try using longer strokes for the shadows.
Keep i up.
cheers

**A.Grudgfield** · August 21st, 2006, 04:07 PM

Sweet, thanks for the adivce so far, but I was just wondering, what do you guys like about the design or what dont you like.(i.e hilt of sword, blade design etc.) Basically I am trying to create something realistic but also has that fantasy element to it. I was thinking of keeping that sort of thorn design and tying that in with the armor and perhaps addin a little more to the upper body.

Anways lemme know what you think

**A.Grudgfield** · August 29th, 2006, 06:36 PM

Still workin on the swordsman pic, but for now I jsut decided to post a little of me messing around in photoshop. Influences for this are Star Wars, Doom/Quake, Warhammer40k and a bit of Halo.

PICTURE REMOVED

**A.Grudgfield** · November 9th, 2006, 11:47 AM

FINALLY AN UPDATE! Took me long enough eh? hahahahaha anyways finally got an update now that I have access to a scanner. SO for this one I started redoing one of the arms and fixed up the hand on the other while also finishing up some of the armor. Feed back always appreciated

**ginganinga** · November 9th, 2006, 12:14 PM

thats pretty damn good now man, love the detail on the leg armor and cloth

**A.Grudgfield** · November 10th, 2006, 12:29 AM

Haha, thanks man, I'm kinda hating how the scan came out though, way too bright so I might darken it and throw it back up

**A.Grudgfield** · May 11th, 2007, 06:35 PM

WOW it has been a while! anyways got another update on the swordsman, See first post for current picture.

**Flipnastywebby** · May 11th, 2007, 09:02 PM

man this has a lot of potential.....get reference! have a friend of yours with decent muscle mass hold a flower in the same pose....that way you'll get the right proportions for the hands and the arms to the body....i really hope you continue this and make it amazing...like i said, great potential!

**Shatterdome** · May 12th, 2007, 01:11 AM

Definately looks better, although that took awhile to get updated

I'd say it needs some stronger lighting, and more shadows on the armour to give it some depth, it's pretty flat right now, especially the armbands...

Also, HIS right arm is a little messed...I think the hand is a tad small, and the upper arm is a little too long...it could be forgiven because he's a monster dude...but it's longer then his other upper arm and makes it seem odd...

I'd agree with the reference suggestion, or at least for the hand holding the rose....it's *kinda* right, but needs to be tightened up more still...

Finish this up and move on

just kidding...

**A.Grudgfield** · May 12th, 2007, 12:25 PM

Thanks for the feeback so far! Haha yeeaaahhh kind did take a long time to update, had a mental block for the longest time and also only got my own scanner jsut recently

soooo I won't have to use someone elses which means more updates!

I really wanna shade this piece too, still trying to pick a good spot for the light source

Anyways thanks for the feedback and I hope to get some more!