Here is a Viking war belt and bracers for ArmStreet!
I spent a lot of time working on them, and now I want to tell a bit about my work milestones.
We started with something like "We want to make a viking war belt with etching and embossing", and my first sketch was like this:
It was discarded by our technical director because of technical issues, so I continued with the next one:
It was approved. Then we discussed all technical details and I started drawing. I had to draw two brass elements, one narrow and one wide, and to make an ornament for embossing.
I often begin working on a new style with some sort of inspiration board (here the one for Viking collection). Then I make some sketches to develop my own view of historical style. And after that we pick a specific theme for our project. This time we chose dragons.
So I made a lot of sketches to try and see how many dragons there would be, how would they intersect and so on, and then I discussed my decisions with our art-directors, until we ended up with really good design.
Here are some of these sketches:
When we finalized the design, I drew the final detailed version in Adobe Illustrator. Here is the belt:
And the bracer:
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This is the end result of my work, and all the other steps - etching, embossing etc - are made by our wonderful craftsmen. Here are some photos of the finished belt and bracers:
