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 Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 10:16 pm
+Flight of the Valkyries: Escape from a witch+
This has more meaning behind it than just in the title. In recent events in my life, this means alot.
I know the anatomy is definatly not perfect, but this is my second attempt at drawing males in my entire life time. xD The coloring is supposed to look chalk/charcoal like.
When I finish it all, im debating on doing a background, but im completely lost on what to do. Your help on this would be greatly appreciated. ^^
Thankyou everyone.
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 12:15 am
this might be considered nitpicking, but your mythology appears to be a little misplaced. the Valkyries were a sort of the Norse answer to the Amazons. in terms of nomenclature, these ladies might be better called Furies or even Harpies.
other than that, it's a lovely start. you might widen their hips somewhat, and google for images of human skeletons for reference for the ribcage area.
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 12:52 am
Plonky the Wondercat this might be considered nitpicking, but your mythology appears to be a little misplaced. the Valkyries were a sort of the Norse answer to the Amazons. in terms of nomenclature, these ladies might be better called Furies or even Harpies. other than that, it's a lovely start. you might widen their hips somewhat, and google for images of human skeletons for reference for the ribcage area. Oh i definatly know the story behind the valkyries, but from images i have seen before they were also women with wing-like arms, and thats where i got the idea from for this, I didnt quite want to make them angels, and calling them angels would be outright wrong in this case. smile Thankyou for the tip. :3
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:02 pm
you're still thinking of harpies.
these are valkyries:
http://www.digitalart.ab.ca/art/symbolism/images/ride-valkyries.jpg
http://mlpeters.com/Valkyries-large.jpg
http://www.bay13.net/pics/desktop/morepictures/Valkyries.jpg
those last two are kind of (really) kitschy, but you get a general idea.
for the sake of the actual emotion of your image as it is so far, the suggestion seems to be a sort of painful banishing or exorcising, if you will, of literal or metaphorical guilt or some like burden- memories, for instance.
the Valkyries were not particularly gloomy characters- to be collected by one after dying in battle was one of the very few things a Norse warrior had to look forward in life. Norse mythology is not generally very happy, and the Valkyries were a rare light spot.
anyway, furies or harpies might still be more apropos to the general direction of your drawing.
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 6:34 pm
Yeah they do look more like Harpies to me. 3nodding Make sure to show us the image when it's finished!
The ribcages look a tad flat. Same with the breasts. Maybe you could add nipples. xd Iunno. I like what you've done with the feathery CG on the wings of one of 'em.
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