With my Ares illustration, I knew I wanted to play up the scale of his formidable presence on the battlefield as a looming, giant spirit slaying his enemies. As you can see from my initial sketches, It took a bit of exploration to find a pose I was contend with. Once I learned of his associated serpents It felt right to have them draped on the god, striking out as if an extension of him. The sky is a good example of using complementary colors to create some color contrast and color depth. I could have made the sky crimsons and oranges like fire, but using all the same hues tends to flatten an image out, so bringing in the greens, helps the cherry reds of the figure pop out with more vibrancy.
With my Ares illustration, I knew I wanted to play up the scale of his formidable presence on the battlefield as a looming, giant spirit slaying his enemies. As you can see from my initial sketches, It took a bit of exploration to find a pose I was contend with. Once I learned of his associated serpents It felt right to have them draped on the god, striking out as if an extension of him. The sky is a good example of using complementary colors to create some color contrast and color depth. I could have made the sky crimsons and oranges like fire, but using all the same hues tends to flatten an image out, so bringing in the greens, helps the cherry reds of the figure pop out with more vibrancy.
