Thursday, July 1, 2010

Arctic Characters

Two character illustrations from the Arctic Myths project I'm still working on. The colour work is all finished and now the ink drawings remain.
Here we have The Gravel Bank Ogress and the Big Bee Ogress. Big Bee is sporting a giant ulu which is an all purpose knife the Inuit use for skinning and scraping. We decided to make The Gravel Bank Ogress tall and spindly in order to give her a different look so that she stands out from the others. Also, I've illustrated her before and we wanted this one to be different. Quite often the same characters will turn up in different stories and from different regions and they should each look unique.
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17 comments:

  1. Guillaume.LJuly 2, 2010 at 1:29 AM

    Very interresting work on the shapes of each characters.

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  2. tinypearl5758July 2, 2010 at 3:33 AM

    Love them Larry, I'm looking forward to seeing the book finished. xxx

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  3. Larry MacDougallJuly 2, 2010 at 4:51 PM

    Thanks Crevette. We definitely considered the body shape and posture of these characters so that they were, hopefully, unique.

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  4. Larry MacDougallJuly 2, 2010 at 4:52 PM

    Thanks TP - will let you know when I have word on a publishing date :)

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  6. NedJuly 5, 2010 at 12:00 AM

    that are beautiful ... everyone! compliment!

    ned
    http://www.unmondomigliore.net/

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  7. Larry MacDougallJuly 5, 2010 at 3:41 PM

    Thanks Ned :)

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  8. Larry MacDougallJuly 5, 2010 at 3:42 PM

    Hey Craig - Thanks a lot - and thanks also for the spelling tip :)

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  9. Ben HatkeJuly 5, 2010 at 4:15 PM

    Oh man, I love the new Header!

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  10. FabianJuly 7, 2010 at 9:56 PM

    Woooooaaa!! Fantastic works!!! Love the style! :)

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  12. Larry MacDougallJuly 8, 2010 at 3:44 PM

    Thanks Ben - it's an old picture but it seems to fit :)

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  13. Larry MacDougallJuly 8, 2010 at 3:45 PM

    Hey Craig - I did see your first post but I certainly appreciate you making another one :)

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  14. Larry MacDougallJuly 8, 2010 at 3:46 PM

    Fabian - Thanks ! I'm glad you stopped by.

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  15. Bill CorbettJuly 9, 2010 at 4:57 AM

    Great to find your blog Larry. Will have to keep up with what you're doing too. Fantastic painting as always :)But then I always admired your works over at Epilogue.

    http://billcorbett.co.uk/

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  16. Larry MacDougallJuly 10, 2010 at 12:48 PM

    Hi Bill - I'm glad you found me. Thanks for dropping by.

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