CgTalk Daily Sketch 960 60 MN "Boudica The Warrior Queen"

[Vahn]

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/6750/boud11tr.jpg

ps | 1h

[howlinghorse]

awesome!! Ever since I saw that great futuristic Boudicca painting by I-forget-who I've wanted to do this. In fact even before then. Of course I wasn't thinking at the time about the fact that I can't actually paint portraits at all well. I at least tried.

The timer caught it at a pretty awkward moment... I might continue... 60 minutes in photoshop.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f10/ceinwah/bou.jpg

[SalamanderCoral]

ps, 1h 30m
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http://www.mathias-huber.com/images/dsg_960_boudica.jpg

well, i'm not very satisfied with the pose... but in any event, it took me much to long...


wow, holinghorse... that's a really pretty warrior queen... great portrait!!!

vahn, beautyful vibrant sketch, i love it!!! it's a kind of "pippi longstockings meets warrior queen"...:)


so long
Salamander

[howlinghorse]

SalamanderCoral: Thanks! I was definitely interested in portraying the younger, human side of her, showing that spirit that would lead her to become the furious warrior she did. I love her because ever since I found out she had long red hair and truly stood up for herself, I've wishfully imagined her to look like me and wanted to be like her. We come from the same part of the world too. =]

I loooove the dynamic-ness of your sketch and the details on her skirt and boots are awesome too. Very powerful!

[Ivy00]

kind of ashamed to post this, but hey I need the people practice, I tried to portray her as a battleworn determined woman

2 hrs PS 7 ( the 60 minute version is below, she needed some hair and stuff so I took a bit more time)


http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-11/1230395/boudicab.jpg




here it is after 60 minutes

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-11/1230395/boudicacopy.jpg

[BrittanyRichardson]

There are some really cool topics this week - I need to catch up

Photoshop CS2, Wacom, 50 min


http://i12.tinypic.com/346kqa9.jpg


SalamanderCoral: very cool! I like that stamp-ish style.

[zyrq]

I like this topic, and all the entries so far.
Howlinghorse, I think she is very pretty!

Here's mine, she's almost as pissed off as me....this is the mirror image.

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/2218/bodikea9yr.jpg

goddamn aiptek, 30-50 min? oC.

[redfrog]

wow...cool topic!

Interesting to read about something i'd never heard of before. very cool.
nice entries people! Vahn - I so love your style! so distinct!

Painter / Photoshop - 1 hr

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~craigbruyn/mypic65.jpg

[Robertt]

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r311/rtsketches/cgtalk-dsg960-web-byrjt2007.jpg

PS / tablet / 35 min.

RobertT

[gnarlycranium]

Er... well, trying to sketch in color is driving me insane, and this is probably more like 3 hours than 60min.. the canvas is quite a bit bigger and I've drawn like 3 poses but didn't like any of them. Mostly wild scribbling. Darn you, Roberto, for bringing up one of my favorite characters, so I get all distracted...

Photoshop, intuos3, that jazz.
http://www.moreplans.com/Leah/sketch01-23.jpg

[Mats Gustafsson]

Photoshop and Painter. 2-3 hours.

http://www.algonet.se/~matsgus/pictures/960.jpg

[SuperMuscle]

1hr
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http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/2198/warriorqueenbitch1ae.jpg
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[simpleblob]

LOL @ zyrq's post. I don't know why,but I love your picture.
It might not be your intention, but she's like a raging mad women that noone dared to fight!
She could surely win the war with that face alone. :twisted:

[lucavi]

Looking fabulous, guys.

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l69/deceptant10/boudica_devenecia.jpg
60mins, pencil/PS. I hate mine! Wish I did something like Kanoa's.

[BrittanyRichardson]

I hate mine! Wish I did something like Kanoa's.

you have no right to - it's lovely. I like what you did with her hair.

and I agree, SuperMuscle's sketch is really cool.

[SalamanderCoral]

SalamanderCoral: Thanks! I was definitely interested in portraying the younger, human side of her, showing that spirit that would lead her to become the furious warrior she did. I love her because ever since I found out she had long red hair and truly stood up for herself, I've wishfully imagined her to look like me and wanted to be like her. We come from the same part of the world too. =]

I loooove the dynamic-ness of your sketch and the details on her skirt and boots are awesome too. Very powerful!

thanks for the kind words, howlinghorse.
that's interesting... i have to confess, that i never heard of boudica before this topic...
so, is your sketch actually a sort of selfportrait?

best wishes
Salamander

[SuperMuscle]

Lucavi: thankyou for the compliment Johann.. But your sketch is very nice, and as brittany said you have no right to hate such a good work.:) The colors you use and the way you use them with the detail of your sketches always astound me.

[zyrq]

Ehhehee, thx for the comment simpleblob, laughed out loud. Her expression grew along with my frustration of not being able to paint her... I imagined her as an older, not so pretty woman filled with anger, hate and revenge. And warm welcome to the sketch forum!

some other C&C: (Everybody likes to get some, so pay it forward!)

@Vahn: I love your style, you are in my top-5 daily sketchers. great colors, altough she looks too young to have adult daughters...and she looks so happy,so maybe it's her happy teen years before all the tragedy. BOOBS...;)

@Ivy00: You truly are improving scarefully fast! can't wait for another half year from now on ,what might you be doing then! we shall see... her neck seems somewhat short? and I think your attitude at practise is great: I myself tend to give up and try other things if I can't do something.

@gnarlycranium: I love her. Great green eyes! and overall color scheme.

@Lucavi: :eek: another great entry. I think your secret weapon is the use of IRL pencil. Just great. What exactly are you unhappy about it?

[gnarlycranium]

@gnarlycranium: I love her. Great green eyes! and overall color scheme.

Thanks! Color is hard! I was trying to go for outdoors, with a dreary overcast sky and some smoke in the background, kinda dark grey-green, but getting skin tone with that sort of ambience is really funky. I've had so little practice with color, glad it came out like something! I like the horse in yours, the head is a spiffy shape, sorta creepy.

[danielh68]

Amazing entries, everyone :thumbsup:

60 mins

http://www.danielhelzer.com/sketches/sketch323.jpg

[Adolfux]

Hi guys, this in my first post in cgtalk.

48 min./With Painter.
(http://forums.cgsociety.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=108042&stc=1)http://www.perdigallos.com/sketchbodica-adolfux.jpg

[Ivy00]

I hate mine! Wish I did something like Kanoa's.

Geeeez lucavi, I always say to myself I wish I even had in inkling of lucavi's talent. Your sketch is beautiful

Zyrq - ha ha thanks, I do really have to push myself to attempt people and I don't think her neck is the only thing that is off lol. Your's is cool, I like your style and the dramatic feel to it.

Adolfux - welcome and hope to see more of your sketches in the future , I like the way you used color in this one

Everyone else, wow, awesome entries in this thread

[CGriffin]

Yeah, I have to agree...I'm constantly stunned and humbled by the speed at which folks can accomplish entire concepts here! I fiddle and fiddle and fiddle and STILL louse up the anatomy. HOWEVER....no pain? No gain! My ego is in a great deal of pain right now. :D


But I'm nothing if not stubborn.

~daniel....I hate you. S'all I can say. (But it's a good kinda hate, ya dig?)
~salamander, I gotta love your graphic style and expressive line.
~brittany, what can we say! It's YOU! And you're always top notch.
~gnarlycranium, I'd love to see you move this from sketch to painting. Great start!
~Mats, I'm not sure all the oozy textures work here. But it's a great pose!
~lucavi, your design and vibe are so melancholy. Faboo choice of colors. I love your stuff.

Seems I'm stubborn...AND wordy. And now, my Boudica in a tender moment. With her sword. Sucks, but there it is. Cheers!


http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/8966/irishqueen5hg.jpg

[SamsonsReaper]

cheer up lucavi, you have a very cool style

i worked more then 60, closer to 1h and 30 min , had to smothen the strokes to get a softer look.
http://www.leventep.com/SP/SP_P/boudica.jpg

[vivien82]

that's great levi! also daniel and lucavi...great work

[Shanytc]

40mins, wacom,PS.

don't mind the colors, i am color blind :P

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/4729/girlxk7.jpg

bw version

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/710/bwdk1.jpg

[jpedro]

Lucavi, hate is a strong word for such a cool piece.:thumbsup:

pencil and CS2, 50 minutes.

http://jpedro.250free.com/DSG/boudica1.jpg

cheers folks,

Jan

[danielh68]

jpedro, great one :thumbsup:

[jpedro]

thanks a lot daniel :scream:

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