the great mage and his aspiring human prentice
Finally I decided to take part in a SteemMonster art contest.
The entries can be drawings, paintings, mixed media art, even music etc. My entry is a drawing (who would've expected this? :D).
The background
The Great Mice Mage, formerly the Arch-Mage of the Arcanic Institute, is pretty old by now. He have thought so many times about accepting a apprenticeship request, thus taking care of an inexperienced and clueless person.
This means on the one hand he is going to have to explain all the simple and basic stuff. On the other hand however there will be a person, who is willing to be ordered around. Pretty fine for the great mage.
Since the eyesight is getting weak and the small body is getting tired from the slightest travels, a clueless helper would come in handy.
If the old mouse could have known beforehand that the youth nowadays have so little talent and therefore it would be very hard to pick the least hopeless one... (－‸ლ)
The Great Mage and his aspiring human prentice
Here we see the mage and his apprentice fighting side to side against a unspecified danger ;)
The drawing process
The picture is drawn digitally in GIMP.
The process is as usual as follows:
- step: at first a rough sketch, the idea itself
- step: clearer lines
- step: added black background (= border for the following colors)
- step: added flat colors and flares
- step: more red in the background, it's a little more ill-omened now
You can see the process in the following step-by-step GIF:
Hahahah the human is the apprentice ! So cute ! Love the animated process, @yardne :) Good luck with the contest !
hehe, because why not, you know :D
thank you, @veryspider :)
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Howdy there yardne! ha! This is so creative to have the poor, pitiful human be the apprentice to the master mouse! lol. Very good and the drawing captures this situation perfectly. I think this is a wonderfu piece of artwork and it looks like a Disney cover for a film. great job!
Hello @janton!
Thanks :)
Well, it is well known, that animals are better mages. No wonder, the pitiful human has a lot of magic stuff to learn. Such a lucky, lucky human :D
Woa... a cover? Oh, stop it, you *blushing
haha! I'm serious yardne you are very gifted!
I am just trying to draw stuff and participate in contests :D
Nonetheless it is a pleasure to hear your kind words, really! It is motivatiing, thank you :)