HOME | DD

AleksiAh โ€” Thief in the night

Published: 2013-05-05 20:53:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 1921; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 14
Redirect to original
Description Looks like it's going to be a profitable night.
Related content

AleksiAh - Courier's Journey

AleksiAh - Viking's Legacy

AleksiAh - Bounty Hunter

AleksiAh - Desert Night

AleksiAh - Sorceress

AleksiAh - Forest Nymph

AleksiAh - Running Escape

AleksiAh - Thief on a roof

AleksiAh - Boris Kalashnikov the dwarf

Renegraphics - Jael

GrantWilson - Dwarven Miner - The Wizard

Xpuk - Xarn Goldfist Concept Art

DamonWestenhofer - Zarred - Pathfinder

Egonzoli - Ranger

Tsabo6 - The Lamp

Taman88 - Alchemist Closet

Zgfisher - Pirate

Baldraven - pirate Helbard
Comments: 11

Sarosna85 [2018-01-10 06:46:41 +0000 UTC]

Tรครค on hieno I like the composition and the lighting in particular. I love how you've paid attention to the light coming from the room and the rim lighting cast by the moon. I can't really figure out the medium used to color this? Is this acrylic washes or watercolor?

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 1

AleksiAh In reply to Sarosna85 [2018-01-10 19:20:29 +0000 UTC]

Kiitos! This is one of my personal favourites as well. It's mostly done with acrylics. It has multiple thin layers of paint. I started with washes and then used less water and more paint on the next layers. On the night sky I used a little bit of airbrush to soften it and add some glow. I finished with coloured pencils to bring out details and add texture.

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 1

Sarosna85 In reply to AleksiAh [2018-01-11 07:29:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the detailed answer. That's really interesting. I have a test set of Amsterdam acrylics in my closet but have never really tried them out properly since I have absolutely 0% experience with acrylics. I should try them out some time when I want more opaque results. I've been eyeballing some gouache but they always seem to have light fastness issues. Besides you can buy Amsterdam acrylics here in Finland so that's a big plus. It's a bit of a pain to order everything from abroad.

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 1

AleksiAh In reply to Sarosna85 [2018-01-11 22:55:39 +0000 UTC]

No problem. Do try them out if you have some laying around and see if you like them. It takes some practice but you can get pretty good results with them. I found that using them in thin layers works best for me. I haven't tried Amsterdam paints so I can't say anything about them. The thickness of the paints matters as well. I found Liquitex soft body paints to be the best for my technique because of their softness but those I had to order abroad.

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 1

Sarosna85 In reply to AleksiAh [2018-01-12 07:24:45 +0000 UTC]

Alright, thank you

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

ansh3lm [2014-01-27 07:39:29 +0000 UTC]

Definitely one of your best! Liking the character, the scene and contrast in the light! Great job!

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 1

AleksiAh In reply to ansh3lm [2014-01-29 16:32:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! This is still one of my favourites too.

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

Brasc [2013-06-05 06:27:18 +0000 UTC]

Reminds me of Bruce Campbell's Autolycus from the sold Hercules and Xena TV series.

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 1

AleksiAh In reply to Brasc [2013-06-08 10:39:27 +0000 UTC]

I admit Autolycus was an inspiration. Such a great character and actor. I like those shows very much.

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

henosis-achieved [2013-05-22 22:40:06 +0000 UTC]

He and Douglas Fairbanks ought to get together some time, shoot a movie or two.

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 1

AleksiAh In reply to henosis-achieved [2013-05-23 14:54:58 +0000 UTC]

Holy cow, you're right! The similarity is actually completely unintentional.

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0