Hannibal art!

[motetus]

(the one with the elephants and the disagreements with Romans, not the one who likes to eat people)

The most excellent pronker alerted me to this and I figured it may also be of interest to one or two of you: Darkness Over Cannae, which looks like what will eventually be a heavily illustrated novel about Hannibal and the Battle of Cannae and oh my god, where do I send every penny I have in return for a copy? The art is incredible and has all the things I love - there are battles and elephants and Alpine crossings and angry Roman senators and damn, Hannibal looks pretty dashing. You can also find a few more sketches on her main art blog, including the most adorable earlier version of Hannibal. I do not care if the writing ends up being the worst ever (although I very much hope it won't be!), I just want all the gorgeous historical art, yes please.


In my own arting news, I have decided to ignore all the wookies, dinosaurs, fluffy domestic nudity, and wolves staring longingly at cupcakes in my WIP folder for a few minutes while I whip up a quick thing of The Shining Company's Luned and Gelert looking pensive and windswept for riventhorn's Sutcliff Comment Fest... except whoops, this isn't looking like a quick thing at all. Well done, self! Yet again you are demonstrating why it's a really good thing that you went into science instead of trying to pay for food and the mortgage with art. Expect something for the fest in... oh, maybe about 4 months if I work hard?

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[the-little-owl.livejournal.com]

I spent the whole evening on the Hannibal site(s), and found the step-by-step explanation most useful of how the artist coloured the Alpes scene. And the hoot is: the lady, who made this, lives in the neighbour county and teaches workshops in a city which is an hour by car from here. If I hadn't so many plans for this summer already, I'd love to take one of these classes, because so far I don't have a clue how to use watercolours properly - without the plumes and blotches, and I can't think ahead in layers very well. But I love illustrations made with ink and watercolours (or their digital equivalent) for their airiness.

[motetus.livejournal.com]

Oh man, you have to go! I actually came across her a while ago and really like her watercolour tutorials, but instructions online aren't anywhere near as helpful as having someone there in person to see what you're doing. And yeah, I have the same trouble with watercolours too - I love the effect they give and the gorgeous but subtle colours, but digital has taught me to work in a way that's completely wrong for watercolour! Planning ahead, working light to dark, working in a limited number of colour layers... what are these things???

[the-little-owl.livejournal.com]

For an exhibition in summer I want to draw a picture with Gauls and intended to colour it with either ink or watercolour. If I manage, I'll show the result on LJ, too. But for the time being, I only have a plan, no sketch yet at all.