Thursday, February 05, 2009

The Battle of Five Armies: Sketches

Layout sketch.  

I have had this image pretty clear in my head for some time now, so there isn't much need for a variety of thumbnails on the overall layout of the image. Usually I will do a dozen or so from different angles to get the feel of the scene and find which fits the best. This is a rare exception where the layout is already perfectly clear in my head. What is not clear yet and what will need a lot of development sketch work is the individual figures, and the general havoc and stupefying mayhem.  

5 comments:

  1. Very cool!.....I am eager to watch this move and undulate and you start to bring it all together. I can already start to hear the shrieks of horror, the beating of drums, the scrapping of iron against bone.

    ReplyDelete
  2. I would have Thorin on the lower right corner, with fili and kili shielding him from blows with their bodies. And have some of the goblins attacking them giving a startled glance over their shoulder at Beorn.

    Dramatic tension, Justin - it would be great!

    ReplyDelete
  3. It's when artists take on challenges like this that I get blown away.
    I can't wait to see how this one turns out.

    ReplyDelete
  4. You have incredibles ilustrations here!Nice to meet your work!:D

    ReplyDelete