Hello everyone, I hope you are keeping well out there. This is my latest finished illustration, inspired by my trips to Japan and Japanese culture.
It started from a tiny thumbnail pencil sketch on paper. I wanted to test myself to paint a full scene from imagination in perspective, with two characters and some storytelling, going way out of my comfort zone. The castle design I mostly made up, but it is still influenced by traditional samurai castles. At first I wanted two Samurai’s happily walking along, expressing themselves in good humour as the sun was setting on their day. But a happy accident happened as I was drawing the poses, and decided to put a new spin on the story element. I’ll leave the story for you to decide.
What do you think? How would you describe it in one word? ✍🏻
The close up.
The original pencil thumbnail sketch.
Thank you for viewing, reading and upvoting!