I knew I had to produce a painting of Eleanor for my concept visualization and I decided to use my 3/4 view I had already drawn. We had recently covered composition in class and I was hoping to create a unique composition for my image, but at first it was tough. The idea I had was Eleanor surrounded by guards. I really wanted to get her character across - that she was brave, cocky in some respects and not afraid. I came up with the idea of her throwing a weapon away to show that she is so confident she can take her opponent down. I think this along with the character pose and facial expression shows this well.
It was suggested by a friend that I perhaps try Eleanor facing against one enemy instead of multiple enimies, because i was having some difficulty with composition. Eventually I came up with an L composition. It is very simple and has been done many times but It fitted well. I also canted the angle slightly to make the opponent seem like her was larger and looming over to pose a threat - Eleanor obviously wasn't fazed by this though. The piece took me a whole day, from around 9/10 to 11. I think I take much too long and it is down to my lack of knowledge in painting techniques and colour/value etc.
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