Art - Iorek Byrnison
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Created for Character of the Week #63, in which we were asked to render the king of the armored bears, Iorek Byrnison, as written about in "The Golden Compass," by Philip Pullman.
I had a terrible time trying to decide on a design for the armor. I've read the book, and the first time we see the armor it's described as crudely riveted together, dented, and rusty. I didn't really want to paint just a bunch of pieces of metal jammed together, because that would look crappy, and probably look like laziness. However, I did stick with "rusty and dented."
Also, normal polar bears look cute and goofy. There is no getting around this. So I freely admit that to make my design for Iorek a bit more intimidating, I borrowed heavily from grizzly bears.
Created for Character of the Week #63, in which we were asked to render the king of the armored bears, Iorek Byrnison, as written about in "The Golden Compass," by Philip Pullman.
I had a terrible time trying to decide on a design for the armor. I've read the book, and the first time we see the armor it's described as crudely riveted together, dented, and rusty. I didn't really want to paint just a bunch of pieces of metal jammed together, because that would look crappy, and probably look like laziness. However, I did stick with "rusty and dented."
Also, normal polar bears look cute and goofy. There is no getting around this. So I freely admit that to make my design for Iorek a bit more intimidating, I borrowed heavily from grizzly bears.
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Date: 2007-03-19 02:50 pm (UTC)The background bothers me though. I like the detail in the area that he's standing on. The left portion of the background seems too vague to me. It doesn't strike me as natural because I can not tell if it's supposed to be a cave interior or the walls of an icy cliff.
Have you considered doing some fat animals? Rolls of furry skin? Your anthro creatures generaly have a similar physique but I'd like to see what you do with something that isn't in good shape. (^_^)