The German Barbarian (Commission)
Final Result
Sketch
Step one: Background Colour
Step 2: Clouds
Step 3: Cloud definition & refinement + Landscape painting
Step 4: Defining the landscape + painting foreground rocks.
Step 5: Painting the foreground rock crop.
Step 6: complete rocks. Proceed to painting the stag.
Step 7: Adding detail and definition
Step 8: More detail and definition
Step 9: Complete Stag
Step 10: Paint barbarian with basic detail
Step 11: Defining subject - including muscle & skin tone, facial features, regalia, beard & sword
Step 12: Finish the subject & finalise the project (clean and polish the painting).
The German Barbarian
Medium: Oil-on-Digital
Time: 20+ Hours
Theme: Grimdark Fantasy
I painted this for a dear friend of mine; it’s his birthday present. He is proud of of German heritage, as well as his love of the whole “barbarian” persona & attributes thereof, thus I combined the two to create the ultimate portrait.
Inspired by Frank Frazetta’s Barbarian series.
I painted this illustration in 3 days - a new record. Considering it normally takes me about 1-3 months to paint something.
Check out the process.
