Cunning Jack Springer
Final Painting
Step 01: Sketch
Step 02: Block in the BG
Step 03: Begin blocking in the details of the forest
Step 04: Add more forest detail
Step 05: Setting the colour and mood of the forest via the foliage.
Step 06: More forest details, as well as painting the Jack's head to ensure the lineart doesn't vanish within the background.
Step 07: Completed BG detail.This is when I begin painting Jack.
Step 08: At this point I begin painting the foreground vegetation - including bushes and flowers. I've also finished Jack's head, cloak, but now moving on to Jack's arms.
Step 09: The finished painting.
Finished this painting last night. It’s probably one of my better ones. This is Cunning Jack Springer, the trickster “footpad” of the forest. He is one of the many characters I have in mind as part of my build for a new set of folklore. I drew inspiration from English Animism to create him.
You can view the process here.
Notice I originally drew him with human fingers, but then I was informed by my friend who reviewed the painting for me, stating I had broken a cardinal rule when painting animism: never alter the animal’s characteristics (give it human features) - anthropomorphic or otherwise. So I’m glad he told me that because the fingers do look creepy. 😅
Have a good day.
