Here’s a movie poster project for class. We were all served an Academy Award winning movie for best film, and I was unfortunate enough to get the Gladiator (poor, poor me). We could also pick two other movies, as long as they all had won best film. Obviously, I stuck to Gladiator, but as you can also see, I did a couple of color studies for Return of the King and Braveheart as well. I like Return of the King alot too. Perhaps I’ll go back to it one day.
I was trying to avoid the trap of having Maximus standing in the Colosseum, so I thought let’s turn to one of the more intimate moments of the film. I really enjoyed the campaign in Germania and Maximus’ general outfit is pretty awesome and I loved the snow and the blueness of it all. So, I decided to depict him about to rub the dirt in his hands right before the battle.
For the final, I always do the drawing in pencil, and then paint it digital, normally using photoshop.
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Some thumbnailin' must be done to figure out what the final image will be.
And some more thumbnails.
And even more! I have more, but I didn't want to overcrowd this project.
Here's the first of the three more detailed sketches. I also slapped on a colour study as well. I really liked this one, but as you know, Gladiator won.
The second of the comps. I enjoyed this one as well, but I feel the two others are stronger.
And here's the last comp and the one I went for. I really wanted that feeling of winter and therefore doing these colour studies was a tremendous help for the final image.
