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SarawenArt — Mounted Knight
Published: 2006-09-28 17:08:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 3170; Favourites: 42; Downloads: 51
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Another older work - I'll be uploading older works until I can get my scanner working again! Drawn with graphite pencils on Bristol board. The title is self-explanatory.
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I love lotr and knights.This one looks good.
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thanks -- glad you like it.
Bristol board is a type of acid-free drawing paper. It's usually sold in pads at art stores. It's a good paper for graphite/charcoal work, and is fairly inexpensive.
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I love the details and the shading looks great too, well drawn.
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Splended! Talent, skill, beauty; you've got it here. I especialylike his expression. The features of his face are so perfectly real and so easy to read emotion and life into. Wow-a deffinent favorite.
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Thanks very much for commenting! Thank you for your kind words!
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I especially like the detail and positioning of the knight. He appears human enough that I can envision him as real.
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Very nice work, excellent detailing in this piece that brings the image to life. I especially like the feel of movement in the composition and the emotional effect obtained from the knight's face and posture. He looks Norman, is he?
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Thanks for commenting, I appreciate it!!
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Hey, we all have times like that, the important part is that you were able to make it work so well. Yes, it was his pose, his clothes and features that gave me the impression he was Norman. Perhaps he is a lesser knight of lower rank and didn't have the funds to follow social styles or customs or he was a rebel when it came to custom and did his own thing. I just know I loved your work as it is, very romantic and thought provoking.
And for the praise, it was my pleasure, you deserve it. All your work is excellent. Keep those pens and brushes flowing. You have a real talent.
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that's a great thought about the knight - I like that...thinking of a story and background on a drawing!
I really do appreciate your super-kind words - thank you so much! 
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Thank you and your welcome. Glad you liked the little story that came to mind when you were talking about him before. I'm a writer also, but I do my own illustrations for my work. Sometimes, my muse and I get the urge to do a picture for no real reason and while doing it, get inspired to write a story about it that forms from the feel of the painting. Sometimes it is the other way around.
Also another reason stories come to mind so quickly and easily for me like this is, I'm also an old AD&D Game Master, who used to GM nightly for many years, before WOW took all my players away. So I'm used to looking at a picture or something out of place or reading a snippet of a news article or story, and then coming up with intriguing stories and plots for my players to unravel. Or help them develop interesting characters to play. Those were the good old days, now I just use my inspiration for my own stories and books.
Any time you might need inspiration like this, give me a yell. It's all good when helping a fellow artist.
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I've looked a few times over the shoulders of some family and friends of mine, that were caught up in the compelling pull of WOW. It has its pluses and minuses. The major thing I see is the animation of your own personally designed version of your PC that is interactive with the world while having the benefits of almost feeling like realistic play. Plus the fact of having someone to play with at anytime of day. The down side is it cost money to start and monthly to play, unless you have cable or DSL UL's of updates and the program can take a very very long time. Also, even although you can talk to the MUNs of the players, there just isn't that close bonding of real life table top play and you never know who you are really playing with on the other side of that keyboard.
I agree with you about table top inspiring the imagination. Programs are just that a set group of thoughts and actions with limitations. The brains involved in a live table top games are constantly brewing up scenarios, pitfalls and scheming to beat or change the plot so much more creatively. And besides, computers don't give the GM "snackerfices" like cool junk foods to appease the GM's fickle gods of the game's bloodthirstiness. hehehe.
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I like the detail and the the point of view 
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Lovely drawing, I especially like hand holding the lance/spear and how that flag (can't think of the correct word right now) is trailing down the shaft of it.
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Very cool, kudos for the penmenship (pencilmanship?)
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Very nice!
Could be, perhaps, a bit smoother, more detailed - but it's wonderful as it is.
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Your art is so lovely.
There's so much detail to look at ^^
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thanks very much! I'm glad you enjoy it!
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I think I've commented on this one before (it was on Medieval Community wasn't it?) - still I'll repeat, it's awesome!
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your work is always so wonderful to look at, and the very fact that you choose to draw historical works makes it that much better!
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thanks for your comment, I really appreciate it.
I love medieval history, I'm so glad there's people out there who enjoy this kind of work!
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well I'm definitely a fan, so I love your work and keep an eye out for your newest pieces!
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