Cu Chuilainn portrait (Patreon)

Hello! It's been a very long time since the last time I did Cu Chulainn from Smite. I felt very inpired yesterday so here it is.

This artwork is inspired by Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929), whose main color palettes are of yellows and warm colors. I had already seen some of Tuke's work in the past and always felt attracted by his management of light, color and his way of depicting male beauty, so I finally made a folder with many of his paintings in order to use as  references. The last picture is The Sun Bathers, painted in 1927.

I hope to develop my style further influenced by his work, but that doesn't mean I will entirely change the way I do my colors (specially for character artworks), although I do hope his influence to be noticeable one way or another. Even if I manage to learn something from him I'll call it a day.

Last but not least, some of the brush strokes in this artwork were inspired by Leyendecker at some extent.

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HD + Artsteps + PSD + Timelapse Video will be part of April term.

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On a different note, there's still 7h left to vote to help me choose which character I'm gonna draw next! We already have a leader but anything can change in the last minute. Please check it out if you haven't: https://www.patreon.com/posts/april-fanart-65182978

Whether you celebrate it or not, I hope everyone had a pleasant Easter/Holidays! x)