Crowning of the King

Wow... after almost 2 weeks of work, my new picture (you've seen a cutout of it showing Reptile) is finally done! And for a long time, I am really satisfied again!

This scene took place in the temple of castle Riverstone. The temple has been build exclusivly for such events... like crownings, royal meetings etc. Even Reptile was knighted in these holy halls!

The characters from left to the right:
Caleb Traevoring (Lord of Atreus), Reptile Cynrik (King of Chron), Kyle Primor (new regent of Aktes), Rashid Alkahr (Archbishop of Tyros), a mysterious man in dark robes, a royal guard (soldier of Aktes)!

Media used:
Photoshop 7.0 and MEDION tablet

Working Time:
60 hours!

TRIVIA:

+ The background drawing of the temple is NO photo!! I have used my experience from my studies of architecture and a few sketches of Roman temple architecture.

+ My brother ~Curanus has designed the lord on the left side and the Aktesian guard on the right side.

+ All uniforms and armor have been inspired from original military uniforms.

+ I've used Kyle's head from an older picture.

+ The crowning scene and the guy in the light robes are inspired by a classical painting called "Napoleon I und Kroenung Kaiserin Josephine". You can see Napoleon holding the crown himself. The guy in light robes, who's crowning Kyle, is actually Napoleon himself... at least his version from the painting.

+ The guard's halberd is drawn after a real weapon (I own one).

+ The pose of the guard is inspired by a painting of a soldier done by Albrecht Dürer! This way, I want to hail one of the best artists, who has ever lived... Dürer is one of my favorite artists.


Some people already mentioned it... here's still many flaws on the characters AND the perspective of the background. But I didn't want to draw an usual "forest or wood" background and tried something real hard this time.
Yes, I still have much to learn! But there is no learning without practise or help!

All characters and art © *ReptileCynrik
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