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Here is my entry for 's 25th contest, Heroes, Villains, and Sidekicks. I've actually always wanted to do a Joan of Arc piece but I never got around to it until now. I had no clue who she was until I got to read about her in Social Studies class in eighth grade, and what I read about her wasn't even much but it was enough to get me interested.

If this was a Disney movie, I'm pretty sure a lot would be changed to fit fairy tale standards, and it would probably be along the lines of The Hunchback of Notre Dame or Pocahontas... or even Mulan. Here's a rough synopsis I thought of while creating this piece.

Synposis: Joan is a quiet, mousy peasant girl who lives in Dormery, France. She's a bit... pathetic and nobody really believes in her and no one thinks she's really capable of much. An angel, Theo, watching from above, sees this and feels sorry for the girl. Seeing as he can't really do much for her, he sends her visions for quite some time. Years, in fact. When she's grown up, she finally decides to take action with her visions as her guide. She tells her story to King Charles, claiming she can lead an army to victory. Humoring her, King Charles allows Joan to merely accompany an army on the siege to Orleans. Theo visits her the following night, revealing to her that he'd been the one sending her visions. The two strike up a friendship, and while heading to Orleans, Theo trains Joan to ride and fight. Finally, when Joan and the army reach Orleans, Joan herself leads the army and launches an attack on the English. The French leave as victors, praising Joan. However, Joan's objective is only half complete. Her visions tell her to lead Charles to Rheims in order to be crowned King. With Theo at her side, supporting her, Joan and her army safely transfer Charles to Rheim where he is crowned King. Unknown to Joan, an evil sorcerer had been closely keeping track of her. Hearing that her visions were being sent to her by an angel, the sorcerer sought to kill Joan and force the angel to give him the visions necessary to be crowned King of France. Using his dark powers, the sorcerer attacks the city of Compiegne to lure Joan. Sure enough, Joan and her army head to Compiegne where she gets captured by the sorcerer. He takes her to his castle where first, he tries coaxing her to give him her angel. When Joan refuses, the sorcerer lets Joan return to Rheim. When Joan arrives in Reihm, King Charles has overheard of her and the sorcerer. Believing that she's actually a witch, in league with the sorcerer the whole time, he orders her to be executed by being burned at the stake. Before she is burned, Theo appears, stopping the executioner. He explains what has happened and Joan is freed. The sorcerer, watching in the crowd, grows furious and tries to kill Joan himself. Theo, using all of his strength and powers, defeats the sorcerer, and is left weak. After saying one last goodbye to Joan, he fades away. Joan returns to Dormery, holding her memory of Theo, her good friend.

In my head, the synopsis sounded better. Reading it over, it just sounds stupid.
There's so many plot holes in it too. ._. I definitely ruined the history of Joan of Arc as well. I'm sorry D:

I hope I did her justice in my artwork though...
I had a lot of fun working with fire. I used a few tutorials and I think it worked out okay. I didn't get the effect I wanted but I don't think it's that bad. I definitely wanted to link fire with Joan because she actually was burned at the stake... but for obvious reasons, a Disney movie wouldn't kill off their main character..
I wanted Joan to look bruised or... gritty, so ash on her face, messy hair, and dirty armor.

This is the worst description ever. .___.
I'll stop now... it's 2:00 already.

Description
Here is my entry for 's 25th contest, Heroes, Villains, and Sidekicks. I've actually always wanted to do a Joan of Arc piece but I never got around to it until now. I had no clue who she was until I got to read about her in Social Studies class in eighth grade, and what I read about her wasn't even much but it was enough to get me interested.

If this was a Disney movie, I'm pretty sure a lot would be changed to fit fairy tale standards, and it would probably be along the lines of The Hunchback of Notre Dame or Pocahontas... or even Mulan. Here's a rough synopsis I thought of while creating this piece.

Synposis: Joan is a quiet, mousy peasant girl who lives in Dormery, France. She's a bit... pathetic and nobody really believes in her and no one thinks she's really capable of much. An angel, Theo, watching from above, sees this and feels sorry for the girl. Seeing as he can't really do much for her, he sends her visions for quite some time. Years, in fact. When she's grown up, she finally decides to take action with her visions as her guide. She tells her story to King Charles, claiming she can lead an army to victory. Humoring her, King Charles allows Joan to merely accompany an army on the siege to Orleans. Theo visits her the following night, revealing to her that he'd been the one sending her visions. The two strike up a friendship, and while heading to Orleans, Theo trains Joan to ride and fight. Finally, when Joan and the army reach Orleans, Joan herself leads the army and launches an attack on the English. The French leave as victors, praising Joan. However, Joan's objective is only half complete. Her visions tell her to lead Charles to Rheims in order to be crowned King. With Theo at her side, supporting her, Joan and her army safely transfer Charles to Rheim where he is crowned King. Unknown to Joan, an evil sorcerer had been closely keeping track of her. Hearing that her visions were being sent to her by an angel, the sorcerer sought to kill Joan and force the angel to give him the visions necessary to be crowned King of France. Using his dark powers, the sorcerer attacks the city of Compiegne to lure Joan. Sure enough, Joan and her army head to Compiegne where she gets captured by the sorcerer. He takes her to his castle where first, he tries coaxing her to give him her angel. When Joan refuses, the sorcerer lets Joan return to Rheim. When Joan arrives in Reihm, King Charles has overheard of her and the sorcerer. Believing that she's actually a witch, in league with the sorcerer the whole time, he orders her to be executed by being burned at the stake. Before she is burned, Theo appears, stopping the executioner. He explains what has happened and Joan is freed. The sorcerer, watching in the crowd, grows furious and tries to kill Joan himself. Theo, using all of his strength and powers, defeats the sorcerer, and is left weak. After saying one last goodbye to Joan, he fades away. Joan returns to Dormery, holding her memory of Theo, her good friend.

In my head, the synopsis sounded better. Reading it over, it just sounds stupid.
There's so many plot holes in it too. ._. I definitely ruined the history of Joan of Arc as well. I'm sorry D:

I hope I did her justice in my artwork though...
I had a lot of fun working with fire. I used a few tutorials and I think it worked out okay. I didn't get the effect I wanted but I don't think it's that bad. I definitely wanted to link fire with Joan because she actually was burned at the stake... but for obvious reasons, a Disney movie wouldn't kill off their main character..
I wanted Joan to look bruised or... gritty, so ash on her face, messy hair, and dirty armor.

This is the worst description ever. .___.
I'll stop now... it's 2:00 already.